Senior Legal Counsel

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About the Team

The mission of the Global Legal Services (GLS) team is to enhance the Legal organization’s support for Workday by focusing on simplicity, speed, scale, and skills, thereby accelerating strategic growth and improving the customer experience. The team’s focus areas include developing business strategy for the Legal organization and operational alignment with larger Workday initiatives. Additionally, the team leads ground-breaking efforts in process optimization, resourcing, and risk management, while enabling operational efficiencies in technology management and data harmonization. The GLS team also focuses on developing skills-based training for the organization and providing solutions through effective project management, strategic analytics, vendor management, and budget coordination.

About the Role

The Legal Compliance and Corporate Affairs organization seeks a highly motivated Senior Legal Counsel to join our Global Legal Services Center of Excellence. This role will play a key part in driving transformation in the legal department through driving change management communication, establishing standards, streamlining processes, and improving resources. The successful candidate will possess change management experience, communications experience, excellent contract drafting skills, project management experience, Salesforce systems experience, and the ability to work independently. 

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of transactional infrastructure governance policies and processes

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams in Legal and Business Technology to implement process and technology solutions

• Leading change management messaging and communication to executive, legal team, and cross-functional audiences 

• Mapping workstreams and department processes, identifying complexity, effort and risk

• Leveraging business expertise to implement process improvements and serve as a trusted advisor for business users

• Proactively participate in organizational change and launch support processes, aiding change management and support enablemen

• Leading negotiations for enterprise-level agreements (SaaS, procurement, non-disclosure, etc.) 

About You

Basic Qualifications

• J.D. Degree and membership in at least 1 state bar

• 8+ years of experience as a practicing attorney in a law firm or in-house/public sector legal department

• 3+ years of experience in modern contract drafting

• 3+ years of experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) concepts and technology
   

Other Qualifications

• Strong understanding of CLM integration with other systems, Salesforce and Conga CLM a plus

• Advanced Word and PowerPoint skills

• Experience working in an agile environment and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams

• Ability to identify and leverage workflow automation tools to streamline operations and improve business efficiency

• Analytical and methodological approach to problem-solving with keen attention to detail

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Strong communication and listening skills to effectively gather and understand business requirements from stakeholders

• Experience working in a legal department, particularly with customer contracts (strongly preferred)

• A strong interest in AI solutions and their application in data analysis, with a willingness to learn and contribute to model development and deployment 

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.TX.Austin

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $168,000 USD - $252,000 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $159,600 USD - $283,600 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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