Chief Counsel Procurement
NCR, Atlanta, GA, United States
About NCR VOYIX
NCR VOYIX Corporation (NYSE: VYX) is a leading global provider of digital commerce solutions for the retail, restaurant and banking industries. NCR VOYIX is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with approximately 16,000 employees in 35 countries across the globe. For nearly 140 years, we have been the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, turning everyday consumer interactions into meaningful moments. Today, NCR VOYIX transforms the stores, restaurants and digital banking experiences with cloud-based, platform-led SaaS and services capabilities.
Not only are we the leader in the market segments we serve and the technology we deliver, but we create exceptional consumer experiences in partnership with the world’s leading retailers, restaurants and financial institutions. We leverage our expertise, R&D capabilities and unique platform to help navigate, simplify and run our customers’ technology systems.
Our customers are at the center of everything we do. Our mission is to enable stores, restaurants and financial institutions to exceed their goals – from customer satisfaction to revenue growth, to operational excellence, to reduced costs and profit growth. Our solutions empower our customers to succeed in today’s competitive landscape.
Our unique perspective brings innovative, industry-leading tech to all the moving parts of business across industries. NCR VOYIX has earned the trust of businesses large and small — from the best-known brands around the world to your local favorite around the corner.
Position Summary & Key Areas of Responsibility
As part of the legal team, you will work on a broad variety of interesting legal matters supporting a wide range of business units and functions globally. You will support the Global Procurement, Global Real Estate and Global Products and Services Operations (“PSO”) and be part of a large integrated worldwide in-house legal team.
- Act as legal advisor to management and business clients for the above-described areas of the organization
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various types of international contracts and other legal documents, including but not limited to NDAs, Real Estate documents, Master Framework Agreements, Statements of Work, SaaS agreements, novation agreements, partnering, licensing, and outsourcing agreements
- Lead and manage escalations from PSO and other parts of the business
- Manage, train, and mentor junior attorneys in the Law department
- Supporting Law VP on strategic projects and escalations
- Provide rapid, proactive, practical, and pragmatic business-oriented legal advice
- Drafting and revising contract and other legal templates
- Co-ordinate, advise, and manage legal disputes with vendors, partners, Landlords including but not limiting to coordinating with the internal team as well as the outside counsels in handling the disputes
- Support the Global Real Estate team in reviewing property agreements and dealing generally with matters relating to real estate globally
- Handling matters pertaining to regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions for the PSO organisation
- Advise on complex commercial law projects such as partnerships and joint ventures
- Advise on other areas such as competition law, regulatory compliance including data protection, and anti-bribery laws.
- Participate in the law department activities including development of best practices, special projects, developing and maintaining templates that comply with company policies and local law
- Analyze and interpret law, rulings and regulations that affect company and recommend changes accordingly
- Provide internal training on relevant legal issues to clients and members of the Law Department
- Manage outside legal counsel and external legal spend
Basic Qualifications
- Graduate of a well-regarded law school
- Preferred that candidate has at least 10 years’ experience in-house at a multinational company and/or in a major law firm, with focus on commercial contracts
- Experience in complex IT services contracts (IP / IT expertise valued) as well as in IT technology / consulting, SaaS contracts
- Experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions
- Strong organizational talent who enjoys working in a global distributed team
- Results-oriented thinker with self-initiative and able to interlink both legal and business perspective
- Familiarity with privacy law and cybersecurity matters
- Excellent communication skills with ability to negotiate at high levels
- Strong writing skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work under short deadlines and outside normal working hours with minimal advance notice and minimal supervision; self-sufficient and independent
- Proactivity, flexibility, and willingness to work on a broad variety of matters in a dynamic busy environment
Offers of employment are conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job.
EEO Statement
Integrated into our shared values is NCR Voyix’s commitment to diversity and equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, military service, genetic information, or any other characteristic or conduct protected by law. NCR Voyix is committed to being a globally inclusive company where all people are treated fairly, recognized for their individuality, promoted based on performance and encouraged to strive to reach their full potential. We believe in understanding and respecting differences among all people. Every individual at NCR Voyix has an ongoing responsibility to respect and support a globally diverse environment.