At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things ! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.
We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose: Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion.
About the role and what you'll be doing: Ensono's global Commercial Contracting Office has opened a position for a Corporate Counsel role. This position provides front line support for Ensono's global sales and strategic revenue generating commercial transactions by collaboratively setting deal structure and strategy, performing contract review, drafting and negotiation, coordinating internal approvals and taking overall responsibility for deal completion. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted business advisor to Sales and internal stakeholders, balancing risk management with commercial objectives and developing practical solutions that enable transactions to move forward.
We are looking for a talented attorney with strong business acumen, initiative, drive and experience who can handle a high volume of varied and complex commercial transactions. This position will play a pivotal role in Ensono achieving its strategic and financial objectives by providing consultative, strategic and analytic support services on commercial transactions. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to develop strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders, as well as Ensono's sophisticated enterprise sales or outsourcing customers. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, commercially minded negotiator who thrives in a fast-paced sales environment and takes ownership of driving transactions to successful outcomes.
What You Will Do
• Lead commercial transactions to closure in prudent and expeditious and solutions-oriented manner
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex transaction agreements
• Identifying and mitigating issues and risks and ensuring that the business understands risks associated with contract language and positions, while developing practical alternatives that support business objectives
• Provide risk assessment and commercial legal advice, including advice related to relevant laws and regulations
• Exercise judgment and delegated authority on wide-ranging issues
• Coordinate across multiple internal organizations to resolve issues ensure compliance with laws, regulations and company policies
• Vet contract issues/requests with appropriate internal organizations, track responses, and draft resulting feedback
• Prepare and administer escalations as necessary
• Advising on existing contracts, including but not limited to contractual obligations and the resolution of contract disputes, with a focus on achieving commercially reasonable outcomes
• Identify, develop and drive implementation of solutions to deal roadblocks through creative problem-solving, stakeholder alignment and effective negotiation
• Project manage multiple deals to closure simultaneously
• Present training to client groups on transaction legal issues and strategies
• Continuously seek to improve the transaction support process
• Partner closely with Sales, Delivery, Finance, Security, Privacy and executive leadership to structure transactions that achieve strategic, operational, and financial objectives.
• Limited travel may be required
We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.
What You Will Need:
Requirements:
Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.
We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.
Some of our benefits include:
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $106,000 to $152,000 annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.
Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
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If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email USTalentAcquisition@ensono.com
Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 2,900 associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.
We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe.
And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place.
With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.
