Job Description

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Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid) or another SAP office location.

Purpose & Objective

SAP seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to support its Canadian business, with a particular focus on Quebec and other French-language matters. The successful candidate will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice across a broad range of commercial, regulatory, contracting, procurement, technology, privacy, language, and policy-related matters.

This role is well suited for a lawyer with experience in the software, cloud, technology, consulting, telecommunications, or enterprise solutions sector who is comfortable working closely with sales, services, compliance, finance, data protection, security, and other internal stakeholders. The role requires excellent legal judgement, strong drafting and negotiation skills, the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously, and the confidence to advise business leaders in a fast-paced, multinational environment.

Strong French-language capability is essential. The successful candidate must be able to draft, review, negotiate, and advise in French on complex legal and business matters, particularly where Quebec law, customers, procurement requirements, language requirements, or public policy considerations are involved. English proficiency is also required to collaborate effectively with SAP’s Canadian, North American, and global teams.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of customer, partner, supplier, services, cloud, software, and technology-related agreements.

• Support commercial negotiations across SAP’s lines of business, including cloud services, software licensing, professional services, data protection, security, confidentiality, intellectual property, procurement, and related risk areas.

• Provide legal support for Quebec and other French-language matters, including contract drafting and negotiation in French, review of French-language materials, and advice on applicable legal, regulatory, procurement, language, privacy, and policy considerations.

• Advise internal stakeholders on legal implications of proposed business actions and develop practical, risk-balanced solutions aligned with SAP policies and business objectives.

• Work closely with internal teams, including Sales, Services, Commercial Finance, Pricing, Data Protection, Security, Revenue Recognition, Compliance, Procurement, and Shared Services during contract drafting, review, approval, and negotiation processes.

• Support complex transactions by identifying legal and business risks, escalating issues appropriately, and helping drive matters to resolution in a timely and commercially reasonable manner.

• Provide internal client support by acting as a trusted point of contact for sales, services, account teams, business leaders, and other internal stakeholders requiring legal guidance.

• Collaborate with legal colleagues locally, regionally, and globally to ensure consistency with SAP policies, templates, approval requirements, and risk management practices.

• Support the development, localisation, review, or update of contract templates, playbooks, guidance materials, training resources, and other legal documentation where required.

• Manage, coordinate, or work effectively with external counsel when specialised local advice or additional support is required.

• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments affecting SAP’s Canadian business, with particular attention to French-language and Quebec-related matters.

• Undertake special projects and additional legal responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

Education & Skills

• University degree in law is required.

• Membership in good standing with a Canadian law society is preferred; membership with the Barreau du Québec or another relevant Canadian law society would be an asset.

• Strong French-language legal drafting, negotiation, and advisory skills are required.

• Strong English-language skills are required for collaboration with internal Canadian, North American, and global stakeholders.

• At least 7 years of relevant legal experience is preferred, ideally including experience in the software, cloud, technology, consulting, telecommunications, or enterprise services sector.

• Proven experience negotiating and advising on complex commercial, technology, cloud, software, services, licensing, procurement, privacy, security, and related agreements.

• Experience supporting Quebec-related matters, French-language contracting, public-sector or procurement matters, policy-sensitive issues, or regulated customer environments would be an asset.

• Strong business judgement and ability to provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously, prioritise effectively, and work both independently and collaboratively.

• Strong interpersonal skills, sound judgement, attention to detail, and ability to build trusted relationships with business stakeholders and legal colleagues.

• Experience working in a multinational organisation, matrixed environment, or with cross-border teams would be an asset.

Successful candidates may be subject to a background verification process with an external vendor.

Site

Montréal, Québec, Canada (travail en mode hybride) ou un autre bureau SAP.

Mission et objectif 

SAP recherche un conseiller juridique confirmé pour soutenir ses activités au Canada, plus particulièrement au Québec et pour les autres affaires où le français occupe une place importante. Le candidat retenu fournira des conseils juridiques pratiques axés sur les activités pour un large éventail de questions liées au droit commercial, à la réglementation, aux contrats, à l’approvisionnement, à la technologie, à la confidentialité, aux exigences linguistiques et aux politiques. 

La personne idéale dans ce rôle serait un juriste possédant de l’expérience dans les secteurs des logiciels, du nuage, de la technologie, du conseil, des télécommunications ou des solutions d’entreprise, qui n’a pas peur de collaborer étroitement avec les équipes des ventes, des services, de la conformité, de la finance, de la protection des données et de la sécurité ainsi qu’avec d’autres parties prenantes internes. Le poste exige un excellent discernement digne d’un juriste, de solides compétences en rédaction et en négociation, la capacité à gérer simultanément plusieurs affaires complexes, ainsi que l’assurance nécessaire pour conseiller les dirigeants dans un environnement multinational dynamique. 

La maîtrise du français est essentielle. Le candidat retenu devra être capable de rédiger du contenu, d’examiner, de négocier et de conseiller en français sur des affaires juridiques et commerciales complexes, notamment lorsque le droit québécois, des clients, des obligations en matière d’approvisionnement, des exigences linguistiques ou des considérations relatives aux politiques publiques sont en jeu. La maîtrise de l’anglais est également requise pour collaborer efficacement avec les équipes canadiennes, nord-américaines et internationales de SAP. 

Tâches et responsabilités 

• Préparer, examiner, négocier et fournir des conseils pour un large éventail de contrats conclus avec des clients, partenaires et fournisseurs, en lien avec des services, solutions infonuagiques, logiciels et technologies. 

• Apporter son soutien dans les négociations commerciales pour les différents secteurs d’activité de SAP, notamment les services infonuagiques, les licences de logiciels, les services professionnels, la protection des données, la sécurité, la confidentialité, la propriété intellectuelle, l’approvisionnement et les risques connexes. 

• Fournir une assistance juridique pour le Québec et les autres affaires en langue française, notamment la rédaction et la négociation de contrats en français, la révision de documents en français et l’apport de conseils sur des considérations applicables d’ordre juridique, réglementaire, linguistique, touchant à l’approvisionnement, à la confidentialité et aux politiques. 

• Conseiller les parties prenantes internes sur les implications juridiques des actions commerciales proposées et élaborer des solutions pratiques tenant compte du risque qui sont conformes aux politiques et aux objectifs de SAP. 

• Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les équipes internes lors des processus de rédaction, de révision, d’approbation et de négociation des contrats, notamment avec les équipes chargées des ventes, des services, des finances commerciales, de la tarification, de la protection des données, de la sécurité, de la constatation des produits, de la conformité, de l’approvisionnement et des services partagés. 

• Assister les transactions complexes en identifiant les risques juridiques et commerciaux, en faisant remonter les problèmes aux échelons supérieurs lorsque nécessaire et en contribuant à leur résolution en temps voulu au travers d’une approche commercialement raisonnable. 

• Soutenir les clients internes en s’imposant comme l’interlocuteur principal de confiance pour les équipes des ventes, des services, des comptes, ainsi que les dirigeants et les autres parties prenantes internes sollicitant des conseils juridiques. 

• Collaborer avec les collègues juristes aux niveaux local, régional et mondial, afin de garantir une cohérence avec les politiques, les modèles, les exigences d’approbation et les pratiques de gestion des risques de SAP. 

• Contribuer à la rédaction, à la localisation, à la révision et à la mise à jour des modèles de contrats, des manuels, des documents d’orientation, des ressources de formation et autres documents juridiques, le cas échéant. 

• Gérer, se coordonner ou collaborer efficacement avec des conseillers externes lorsque des conseils locaux spécialisés ou une assistance supplémentaire sont requis. 

• Suivre l’évolution des dispositions juridiques et réglementaires pertinentes pour les activités de SAP au Canada, en particulier les affaires impliquant la langue française et le Québec. 

• Entreprendre des projets spéciaux et assumer des responsabilités juridiques supplémentaires lorsque de telles tâches sont confiées par le superviseur. 

Formation et compétences 

• Diplôme universitaire en droit obligatoire. 

• Membre en règle d’un barreau canadien souhaité; une adhésion au Barreau du Québec ou à un autre barreau canadien pertinent serait un atout. 

• Excellentes compétences de rédaction, négociation et conseils juridiques en langue française requises. 

• Maîtrise de l’anglais requise pour collaborer avec les parties prenantes internes au Canada, en Amérique du Nord et à l’échelle mondiale. 

• Au moins 7 ans d’expérience juridique pertinente souhaitées, idéalement dans les secteurs des logiciels, du nuage, de la technologie, du conseil, des télécommunications ou des services d’entreprise. 

• Expérience avérée dans la négociation et le conseil pour des contrats complexes portant sur le commerce, la technologie, le nuage, les logiciels, les services, les licences, l’approvisionnement, la confidentialité, la sécurité et des domaines connexes. 

• Une expérience dans les disciplines suivantes serait un atout : la gestion d’affaires liées au Québec, la rédaction de contrats en français, les marchés publics ou l’approvisionnement, les questions régies par des politiques ou les environnements clients réglementés. 

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 108300-239400CAD The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount, and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. A summary of benefits and eligibility requirements can be found by clicking this link: www.SAPNorthAmericaBenefits.com.

Due to the nature of the role, which involves global interactions with SAP entities, as well as with employees and stakeholders in Canada, functional proficiency in English is required for positions based in the Quebec.

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Requisition ID: 455912 | Work Area: Legal | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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