Global Technology Counsel

**Responsibilities**:

- Drafting and negotiating complex technology transactions, including multi-jurisdictional IT outsourcing agreements, technology-related provisions in merger/acquisition/divestiture-related agreements, including transition services agreements, software-as-a-services/cloud and web hosting agreements, software license and maintenance agreements, reseller agreements, and hardware purchase agreements
- Supporting the Global Information Technology and Global Sourcing & Procurement functions’ project teams with respect to vendor management and sourcing negotiations; drafting and reviewing agreements and other documents; recommending paths to effective resolution of disputes as well as identifying and mitigating legal risks
- Providing advice to Olympus’ technology/engineering teams on the development of products, platforms, services and other initiatives with partners around new and agile contract relationships in the Digital Innovation Environment (e.g. involving the collection and use of consumer and employee data, including business intelligence, advanced advertising, customer experience, and related business and technology initiatives) to ensure compliance with applicable law
- Supporting the Global IT Legal Core Team members on global and regional matters; drafting and contributing to guidelines, best practices, playbooks; designing and implementing processes for collaboration between and/or within the legal and business functions
- Advising clients across the company including product teams, engineering teams and business management regarding global developments in surveillance, data privacy, and security laws. Ensuring effective customer communications related to company’s practices, policies, and procedures for responding to government requests for user data
- Monitoring and tracking legal and regulatory developments, conducting primary research and analysis, drafting memos, drafting and reviewing corporate communications, and advising internal clients, both verbally and in writing, all with mínimal reliance on outside counsel

Your qualification
- Qualified attorney with active license in good standing and authorized to practice law in the location where the position resides
- Three to five years’ experience in information technology at a major law firm and/or multinational corporation;
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication and analytical skills enabling timely, proactive and practical identification and communication of legal issues and risks
- Excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Experience in data protection and/or data privacy legal advice
- A high degree of independent motivation and judgment, as well as the ability to work directly with a wide variety of personnel, IT Department staff, business unit personnel and outside counsel
- Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, and able to complete projects and other assignments efficiently, timely and with a minimum of supervision
- Experience with intellectual property and/or data security matters is also desirable
- Experience working with information technology professionals and management level clients
- Sound business and legal judgment, with the ability to balance business objectives and risks, and to ensure accountability
- Courage, as well as the highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics
- Situational adaptability and the ability to manage ambiguity
- Ability to work both independently as well as collaboratively with global colleagues and cross-functional teams, and to build networks
- A positive, energetic, collaborative, action
- and team-oriented approach to working with colleagues and clients
- Able to navigate large, multifaceted, and international organizations, including working across time zones
- Experience in engaging and managing outside counsel
- Must be fluent in English, multi-lingual is a plusThe role can be located in another location globally.

Your benefits
- Flexible working hours, remote work possible
- 30 days of holidays per year
- Modern office and an inspiring working environment
- Employee restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
- Public transport ticket (100 % subsidized) or free parking space
- Company sport groups and an inhouse company gym
- A comprehensive company pension scheme
- Company medical officer and vaccination offers
- Childcare through our ‘Buttje&Deern’ partner