EY Manager - Commercial Contracting 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

995628419

Job Title: Manager – Commercial Contracting

LL. B

Your responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiation, finalization and advisory on client/vendor/partner agreements, Tenders/RFP’s, teaming agreements, MSAs, framework agreements, software license agreements, SaaS subscription agreement, Hosted software agreements, Orders, SOW’s, proposals, services contracts, subcontracts and other ancillary documentation.
• Communicating progress, challenges, risks and benefits to appropriate management levels and affected user groups and other members of the GCO in the affected jurisdictions.
• Understanding practice and business goals and how they impact the types of products and services procured.
• Identify, track and manage key risks in close collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Act as a point of contact for EY’s business/procurement teams and support the legal team.
• Have a thorough understanding of general key business risks that need to be managed (training will be facilitated in respect of EY’s specific risk management framework).
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams to develop risk matrix and policies, engagement strategies, and operational measures and implementing tactics.
• Assist with creating, facilitating, and delivering guidance and training to team members and stakeholders.
• Collaborating with internal specialist functions including Independence, onshore legal teams, Security, Privacy and Risk Management.
• Advise on commercial risks and legal risks surrounding technology implementation services, managed services, and software agreements.
• Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in EY policies, organizational structure, and procedures.
• Managing team’s workflow and propose process improvements, automations and efficiencies.
• Guiding and handholding junior team members in their day-to-day transactions

Skills and attributes for success

We are looking for someone who has the following attributes and skills:

• pragmatic problem solver

• drive to continuously master key technical, functional and professional skills
• Self-starter and motivated
• Ability to effectively manage a demanding workload with tight deadlines in a fast-paced, challenging and demanding environment
• Hands-on Technology experiences - preferable if the candidates had at least some experience negotiating with the “big box” vendors (IBM, MSFT, SAP, etc);

Experience and qualifications

• Law Graduate/ LL.B, with 8-12 years of post-qualification experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating technology contracts and other complex contracts with an appreciation of general legal and risk management issues.

• Experience in dealing with IT contracts - S.I programs, managed services, niche projects / agile approach, IT advisory, Program/software development projects.
• Knowledge of data protection, privacy and security terms
• Experience of senior management and stakeholder management.
• Experience in managing team members (Including work assignments, allocations and quality).

• Confidence in delivering subject matter content to peers and seniors (to facilitate training either in person or online).
• Understanding of compliance related concepts such as Independence, Conflicts.
• Experiences in drafting and negotiating IP, liability, indemnity, data privacy, security and other terms for new-age technologies such as GenAI, Blockchain etc.

What we look for

• Someone who wants to grow into a new role at EY and develop new skills and attributes
• A passion to contribute to the growth of the wider GCO and GDS team

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.