Who are we?

Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers’ innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our approximately 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers’ migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.89 billion in fiscal 2023.

In one sentence

As Legal Counsel in the Legal Department’s Global Business Group, you will be a partner and trusted advisor to Amdocs’ business group, drafting and negotiating a variety of technology licensing, SaaS, professional services, managed services, and other commercial agreements, as well as providing legal consultancy and participating in business decision-making processes and promoting legal, regulatory, and Amdocs policy compliance, all in collaboration with other Amdocs units, including finance and tax, and external customers and vendors.

What will your job look like?

• You will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing legal aspects of all forms of commercial agreements, including supporting pre-sales activities, in North America, and providing ongoing post-closing legal support to internal business clients.
• You will interface with a highly collaborative and interactive legal / business team.
• You will interact with business clients, management, and outside customers to draft and negotiate relevant and appropriate complex commercial agreements and transactions.
• You will provide legal analyses and risk assessments and participate in business decision-making processes, providing practical and issue-focused legal advice and recommendations in view of business needs and applicable legal and company policy requirements and standards.
• You will lead the legal aspects of commercial negotiations with internal and external customers and vendors in a variety of settings.
• You will work on cross-department and cross-company legal projects.

All you need is….

• Law degree from a recognized law school with solid record of academic achievement
• Admission to the Bar in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction
• Relevant experience with commercial and transactional legal experience (either in-house at a global hi-tech company or in an international law firm environment) with strong background in IT licensing, professional services and other services agreements.
• Experience in governmental or state contracts (an advantage).
• Experience in SaaS engagements.
• Experience working in complex, dynamic and fast paced environments.
• Experience in business risks analysis and handling business needs in a complex and ever-changing environment.
• Outstanding negotiation skills
• Strong customer facing orientation.
• Ability to conclude agreements of strategic importance with others inside and outside the organization that have widely differing perspectives and objectives.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Analytical thinking ability and strong attention to detail
• Ability to effectively work remotely in an environment where partners and counterparties are often not in the same location.

Why you will love this job:

• Amazing benefits including health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Unlimited vacation, 2 weeks sick time, 5 hours/month for volunteering, and parental leave.
• Well-being benefits that include clubs, goodies, gifts, health checks, employee assistance, etc.
• Access to the latest training in the industry both internally and externally.
• Great opportunity to work with our industry’s most sophisticated technologies.
• Personal and professional growth opportunities within our dynamic, multicultural organization with a dedication to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• You will work for a dynamic international company and have the responsibility of negotiate technology and services agreements with leading communications providers, while interacting with a variety of internal and external customers and providing them business sensitive legal advice.