Product Counsel Team Lead Senior Manager

Overview The Global Services Legal team functions as the integrator between various other parts of the Legal team, coordinating between multidisciplinary areas of deep expertise across the wider Legal team to deliver one holistic legal perspective to the business. The team seeks to appoint a Senior Manager to act as Products Counsel (CL6). Key Responsibilities Lead a team of global legal professionals focused on go‑to‑market enablement of software products, including management of team structure, workflow, relationship building, project execution, and creation of reports and risk assessments. Support senior business leadership in strategic initiatives, including designing new software products and bringing those products to market. Review global software products and provide practical legal risk analyses, mitigation strategies, and enable those products to go to market in a legally compliant and strategic manner. Work with Business teams and legal SMEs to evaluate the technology and use cases related to new products, including reviewing inbound technology, data supply, regulatory challenges, and internal client‑facing templates in different geographies. Develop clear communication messages, guidance, templates, and training regarding the technology/data components of products for go‑to‑market teams, development teams, and the rest of the Legal organization on how to bring software products to market in a legally compliant and strategic manner. Help design and implement tools and processes to enhance request management, legal risk assessments, and coordination with business and other legal colleagues. Preserve path to productization by providing guidance to transaction teams on operational and contractual measures to take before deal closure. Qualifications Minimum 12 years of experience at a law firm and/or as in‑house counsel at a technology company, managing software products and/or service offerings, complex commercial arrangements (client, alliances, and/or vendor side). Hold a Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school. Passion for supporting innovative technology and taking software products, agentic frameworks, and services to market. Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication skills. Experience working with international teams in a global business. Team management experience, including training of junior team members, with remote employees across multiple time zones. Individual achiever able to operate with minimal oversight and direction. Track record of developing trusted relationships with business leaders. Ability to adapt quickly to changes in business strategies. Technology transactional experience in drafting and negotiating technology‑focused client‑facing and/or vendor‑facing agreements (e.g., data licensing, SaaS agreements, cloud, software license agreements, or software development agreements). Working knowledge of data and security privacy issues, IP law, OSS licensing, and general product development considerations. Understanding of the connection between inbound agreements and client‑facing agreements. Appetite for tech enablement of legal, including exploring the capacity and implementation of legal AI agents. Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint). Experience leading teams, mentoring legal team members, and supporting career development. Compensation and Benefits Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. Compensation varies by location: California: $132,500 to $338,300 Cleveland: $122,700 to $270,600 Colorado: $132,500 to $292,200 District of Columbia: $141,100 to $311,200 Illinois: $122,700 to $292,200 Maine: $112,900 to $249,000 Maryland: $132,500 to $292,200 Massachusetts: $132,500 to $311,200 Minnesota: $132,500 to $292,200 New York: $122,700 to $338,300 New Jersey: $141,100 to $338,300 Virginia: $122,700 to $311,200 Washington: $141,100 to $311,200 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We are an equal opportunity employer. We have an unwavering commitment to equality for all. Together, we are acting, we are leading, and we will drive change across the globe. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Accenture is an EEO and affirmative action employer of veterans/individuals with disabilities. Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. #J-18808-Ljbffr 1000 Accenture LLP Company