Corporate Counsel-Remote Within Canada (Ontario, ON, CA)

NTT DATA is seeking a Canadian Corporate Counsel to support their North American legal team, focusing on complex IT, digital, consulting, and AI services transactions, as well as Canadian employment law and corporate governance.

Location: Remote (Canada)

Responsibilities

• Lead counsel in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts in support of IT, applications, business process, digital, consulting and AI services sales and delivery organizations
• Advise business clients on terms and conditions, and risks, in complex outsourcing relationships (including scope of the services, service level agreements, pricing schedules, intellectual property, benchmarking, termination, and IP)
• Assist in developing and achieving resolutions to business disputes with customers
• Enforce compliance with corporate policies
• Work collaboratively with internal corporate units and global stakeholders
• Manage internal executive briefings and escalations
• Provide legal support for employment law issues as needed

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience as a lawyer, preferably with some law firm experience, and at least 3 years of experience drafting and negotiating complex IT services agreements, including leading or “second chairing” the negotiation of IT, applications and/or business process outsourcing agreements
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and interact with senior business executives
• Knowledge of the market for complex IT services
• Strong written and verbal communications skills (English)
• Flexibility and willingness to work with multiple stakeholders in an evolving business