Associate General Counsel

An Amazing Career Opportunity for an Associate General Counsel!!

Location: Galway, Ireland/ Stockholm, Sweden/ Graz, Austria

Job ID: 33666

Who are we? 

HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo 

HID’s Identity and Access Management Solutions Department: 

HID Identity and Access Management Solutions products protect more than 85 million user identities. At HID Global, we understand that no person, device, or workplace can go unprotected. This philosophy of Zero Trust drives us to create new advances in risk-based multi-factor authentication, leads us to secure user identities in converged access environments and drives the need to expand implementations with our industry-leading digital certificates and PKIaaS solution to manage them at scale.

As our Associate General Counsel, you’ll support HID’s success by: 

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial transactions, including SaaS and other cloud-computing solution customer agreements, and channel partner agreements (e.g., OEM, distribution, reseller, and systems integrator agreements)
• Providing legal guidance on data privacy matters in the EU, EEA and globally
• Researching and advising on legal and regulatory compliance applicable to transactions in the EU and EEA
• Supporting the development of scalable processes and templates for all of the foregoing transactions
• Assisting in the development of contractual and process-oriented risk mitigation strategies especially in the areas of data protection
• Creating and implementing company policies
• Assisting in responding to RFP/RFI, questionnaires and compliance documents
• Researching and supporting guidance to senior management on a broad range of matters including identifying areas of risk and mitigation strategies
• Creating and delivering training to business teams regarding commercial transactions and other legal areas of risk
• Advancing third party due diligence and risk mitigation strategies for vendors and other third party business relationships
• Integrating the legal function within the business and provide comprehensive support

What we will love about your background: 

• Judicious independent worker also adept at working collaboratively
• Sound legal and business judgment and the ability to make strategic decisions and provide recommendations
• Experience in a high growth and diverse environment; a record of accomplishment including driving results and working with a high performing team
• Strong deal-making skills that go beyond negotiating legal terms and resolving legal issues
• Detail-orientation and ability to manage multiple transactions and projects simultaneously under deadline pressure
• Significant experience counseling global organizations on commercial and compliance issues
• Familiarity with global banking industry laws and regulations is desirable (EBA Guidelines, outsourcing requirements, audit and security standards, etc.)
• Proactively isolate and prioritize issues to focus on implementing both top-level, strategic solutions as well as the day-to-day initiatives
• Ability to deliver in a demanding and entrepreneurial environment in a timely manner

Your Experience and Education include:       

• Qualified solicitor
• 4-6 years’ PQE, ideally prior in-house experience
• Strong technology contract experience, including SaaS, cloud-hosted solutions and software licensing
• International business experience is desirable
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to create and sustain lasting relationships with customers and management
• Strong proficiency in MS Office
• Proficient in MS Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Familiar with operating systems, such as Windows, etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English verbally and in writing
• Must be able to review and negotiate contracts in the English language
• Ability to read and interpret technical journals, specifications, international technical standards, etc.              

Who you are as a Team Member:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to ‘roll up sleeves’ and dive deep into tactical work when necessary
• Good interpersonal skills, willingness to learn and continue to grow professionally
• Strong team player and ability to work well with others

Why apply? 

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive ambitious change
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly

HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something.  HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries.  We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.  
 
When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 61,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

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