Location: Prefer Wakefield, MA but open to remote

About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.

Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com

About The Role:

In-house corporate generalist primarily focused on the drafting, negotiation and review of commercial contracts (technology focused) and assisting the Legal Director, RWS Technology on various legal assignments as necessary.  The successful candidate will be part of a growing, proactive and energetic global legal team, reporting directly into the Legal Director, RWS Technology.

Responsibilities:

• Review and negotiate all forms of contracts and third party agreements with customers, vendors and partners worldwide (including without limitation, SaaS, software license agreements, maintenance and support agreements, services agreements, reseller, alliance agreements, and leases). Emphasis is on sound service delivery, appropriate and pragmatic solutions, quick turnaround time and high quality advice on legal aspects of all contract negotiations.
• Advise technology division on legal issues relating to corporate contracts currently under review or negotiation.
• Work with business division to deliver a first class proactive transactional support for technology contracts and services where required.
• Ensure timely, high-quality analysis and pragmatic advice on legal and business issues to internal clients.
• Operate in a collaborative manner with the legal team and adhere to the rules of engagement on risk management following the corporate risk matrix structure. 

Requirements:

• JD degree or equivalent degree or legal qualification.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a PQE (preferably as in-house counsel) with an active license to practice law.
• Qualified candidates must have expertise in many areas of domestic and international business and intellectual property law. Including exposure to Commercial Law, IT Law or international commercial contracts, and understanding of privacy issues.
• Experience working within a fast paced sales environment is ideal.
• Flexibility and eagerness to work on a broad range of legal matters.
• General experience with working in an international and multicultural working environment with geographically dispersed team members.
• Competent in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrate strong contract negotiation and drafting skills, and substantive expertise with key provisions of most contracts, with specific experience in complex IT/software technology agreements.
• The successful candidate must be capable of providing sound, practical advice in response to complex and rapidly changing conditions, be able to make a positive contribution in a very collegial working environment, be able to work with cross-functional teams, work as a team player, take an active role in driving solutions and work under pressure to meet short deadlines.
• The candidate should demonstrate excellent business sense and judgment, possess well developed analytical problem-solving and excellent multi-tasking abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, a second language is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and strong interpersonal and relationship development skills.
• Self-motivated individual with a flexible and efficient working style.

Life at RWS - We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives  us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch 
As a company focused on connecting people through language, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our company culture. RWS is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed in ensuring that all employees work in an environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination and one that actively promotes teamwork, diversity and trust. All employees have a right to be treated with respect and dignity. RWS operate in a manner for the inclusion of all - any form of discrimination is expressly prohibited. Employees are selected and promoted on merit alone and no other factors whether race, gender, age, religion, marital status, gender identity or disability are taken into consideration.

We are proud to work in a company where all can succeed and grow their career and while RWS operates in accordance with all local employment laws, if local law enables any form of discrimination this is against RWS company policy and we will adhere to the highest standard.   

 RWS is an Affirmative Action Employer.  Qualified applicants will be evaluated for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran, and disability status.  For more information about EEO/AAP legislation please visit: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.