Job Summary
This is a full-time, Legal Counsel for role for Netapp Japan. You'll act as Lead Negotiator and draft various contracts and subcontracts in relation to our customers and partners, including cloud service providers (e.g. Amazon, Google & Microsoft). You will be working closely with our Sales, Professional Services and Leadership Team to advise on other relevant laws and regulations that impact our business as well as outbound agreements and ultimately provide your expertise and legal counsel to help us in delivering solutions for the complex challenges facing our customers in an increasingly diverse and dynamic data driven world.
What you'll be Doing...
• Acting as lead negotiator and drafting a wide range of contracts and subcontracts with our NetApp's strategic, enterprise, commercial customers and channel sales partners; this includes hyperscaler cloud service providers (e.g., Amazon, Google, Microsoft), SaaS, PaaS and IaaS agreements), on premises hardware and software agreements as well as other outbound agreements including professional services, reseller, information security and data privacy-related agreements.
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• Looking for ways to fast-track engagements and deal closures with our customers as well as public sector/government organizations.
• Providing timely, proactive, and practical business-oriented legal solution and support to cloud services and sales organizations as well as finance and other cross-function departments on legal issues and risks, negotiation strategies and deal structures.
• Acting as a subject matter expert and advising sales clients on XaaS and cloud issues, intellectual property, information security, data privacy and all other matters related to commercial contract terms.
• Having a "Get Things Done" mindset - a sense of urgency and ability to find and present simple, practical, and actionable solutions to complex problems.
• Ability and interest in developing a deep understanding of NetApp's product and services portfolio, market segments, value propositions, routes to market, and business models.
• Team-oriented, with the ability to collaborate with others both within legal and cross functionally, bringing a high level of integrity, responsibility, and professionalism.
What You Bring to the Table...
If you are an energetic, inquisitive, eager to learn-on-the job, dynamic, able to navigate with the unknown and trust your good judgment as you go, then this role is for you!
You must be very curious and keen to learn and unlearn and learn again. There is no stagnant playbook. This is about change that happens all the time and every time and for the good!
Your time will be heavily dedicated to helping the sales people run as you need to run faster! You need to be able to think on your feet and you need to be able to make the imagined, real in a compliant manner. This is not a job for anyone - this is a job for a super person. That's You!
You know that you are the best of the best and the strongest of candidates. You take pride in your intelligence and strength on what you can bring to the table and to the business. You must have the confidence, dedication, focus and ability to work harder than anyone you know because purpose and adding value matters to you.
You need to be a team player and be the best sports person in terms of taking pride when others succeed because this team is about Teamwork!
Job Requirements
• At least 5 years of relevant PQE (Post Qualification Experience), preferably in-house at a technology company supporting sales transactions .In-house experience at a technology, cloud or internet company is preferable
• Software, hardware, and services experience, and cloud, PaaS/SaaS/IaaS experience is ideal.
• Expertise and experience in the areas of contracts, technology law, cybersecurity, data privacy law and/or intellectual property, especially with respect to software and data issues.
• Experience working with Public Sector/government and similar organizations is preferable
• Ability to thrive in a high performance, fast-paced environment and to multitask, prioritize effectively and execute quickly
• Japanese language (native-speaker proficiency level) a must
Education
The ideal candidate for this role will possess a Juris Doctor (JD) or a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from a reputable and accredited law school, with a proven track record of academic excellence in subjects such as business law, corporate finance, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, and tax law.
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