Senior Manager - Legal

Job description

Job summary Senior Manager - Legal within the Global Alliance and Procurement team. Responsibilities • Partnering with various business units of Cognizant and help them in creating contractual framework to support Cognizant business. • Drafting vetting and negotiating various global Contracts and other documents including Software License and subscription agreements Alliance/Teaming agreements sub-contracts vendor service agreements RFP(s) Non-Disclosure agreements. • Analysing legal implications of various legal commercial and operational risks in a contract and advising internal stakeholders of possible mitigations. • Coordinating with various internal stakeholders and obtaining their input on contractual provision pertaining to their domain and assimilating them in the contract draft. • Collaborate within the legal team to share knowledge improve efficiency and continuously increase the added value of the legal function for the business. • Drive initiatives to align with the learning culture and add value through the processes and practices. • Actively manage team and direct reports to ensure high quality services and professionally handle any escalations (being a co-chair) or issues. Be responsible for the career progression of direct reports. • Identify innovative ideas for transformation to drive greater efficiency in the delivery of services to internal clients at Cognizant including improvement of processes people and improved data gathering. • Understand engage and help manage deal provide sufficient advance warning to Cognizant senior management of risks. • Lead the development and implementation of any training program/mentorship/coaching. Certifications Required Law Degree from a leading university and/or law school.