Associate Counsel - Vendor Contracting
Location
Pune | India
Job description
ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare and beyond, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you'll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping solutions from start to finish. At ZS, we believe that making an impact demands a different approach; and that's why here your ideas elevate actions, and here you'll have the freedom to define your own path and pursue cutting-edge work. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business including portfolio strategy, customer insights, research and development, operational and technology transformation, marketing strategy and many more. If you dare to think differently, join us, and find a path where your passion can change lives.
Our most valuable asset is our people. At
ZS we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals, shape who we are and
make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about. Learn more
The ZS legal team is a close-knit team of lawyers and legal professionals who work with all of the different offices and the parts of the organization. The team is oriented around the ZS mission ('Our mission is help our clients achieve success through sales and marketing') and lives the ZS core values ('Get it right; Do the Right Thing; and Treat People Right'). ZS's operations and ever evolving services for its clients require the ZS legal team to constantly refine and develop new answers and standards for meeting the organization's legal needs. To succeed here, you'll need to be able to combine creativity with the organizational skills to manage many projects to tight deadlines. A good sense of humor is also appreciated.
As an Associate Counsel at ZS, you are a talented attorney who can work independently but collaboratively on a collegial team environment within a fast-paced legal department. The attorney, as part of our legal team you are primarily responsible for vendor contracts and other contract as required to support the team. You are willing and able to work on many different types of projects simultaneously, have the presence and ability to have the entrepreneurial spirit to contribute to the management and direction of a constantly evolving legal department.
Responsibilities: - Drafting and negotiating vendor agreements
- Ensuring compliance with vendor agreements.
- Track contract renewal with the help of contract management tool and prepare amendment to extend the contracts in co-ordination with various stakeholders
- Assist in managing ZS forms and playbooks
- Assist in providing legal support to business functions and across various departments within ZS, including finance, human resources, and IT.
- Ability to draft policies/SOPs/guidelines
- Ability to assess and mitigate risk for the corporation while negotiating and finalizing contract.
- Assist to track compliance with applicable jurisdictional laws as applicable to ZS.
- Ability to research different laws, notifications, circulars etc. and their applicability to ZS
- Ability to work with different automation tools like Contract Lifecycle Management
- Ability to cover multiple contracts over a limited period, needs to 'get into content' with a narrow time for analysis
Qualification: - Law Degree (L.L.B.) from a top tier institution / university
- 2-4 years of transactional experience.
- Solution oriented approach and exposure of drafting, vetting and negotiating vendor contracts- NDA, SOW, service contracts, license agreement, software contract etc.,
- Assist stakeholder such as procurement, finance, human resources and IT to structure transactions and expedite the contracting process. Sound business judgment and strategic thinking. Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of vendor contracts across global and compliance matters in collaboration with onshore and offshore team. General understanding on compliances with various Ability to develop innovative approach to negotiate and finalize contracts in support of strategic business initiatives and objectives.
- Hard-working, organized, and able to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure. Excellent interpersonal skills and highly team oriented.
- Strong communication skill and ability to present to leadership and other ZS teams as and when required
- A sound knowledge of the use of technology and software, coupled with experience in utilizing various automation tools such as Contract Lifecycle Management, is also a
Perks & Benefits: ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.
We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
Considering applying At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact in global healthcare and beyond. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
To Complete Your Application: Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment.
ZS is committed to providing and maintaining a safe workplace. In order to keep its employees safe, ZS recommends that all its employees and contractors be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination can be voluntarily provided upon acceptance of offer of employment.
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