Corporate Counsel, APAC

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Summary:

Genesys is seeking a commercially minded Japan-qualified Corporate Counsel to support Genesys Cloud Services KK and its Japan business as part of the APAC Commercial Legal team. The role sits at the intersection of cloud-based customer experience technology SaaS subscriptions AI-powered experience orchestration data privacy enterprise sales and partner-led go-to-market strategy.

In this Counsel Coucnsel role you will support complex direct and indirect transactions across Japan and work closely with Sales Partner Sales Deal Desk Privacy Security and regional and global Legal stakeholders to enable revenue while protecting Genesys legal commercial regulatory and operational position.

The successful candidate will be a trusted business partner who combines practical judgment strong contracting discipline and the confidence to support growth while maintaining scalable contracting standards consistent global processes and appropriate escalation discipline.

Key Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:

Lead the drafting review negotiation and closure of commercial technology agreements in Japanese and English including cloud subscription agreements and AI solution terms reseller and partner agreements and system integrator arrangements alliance agreements NDAs amendments statements of work RFP responses assignment and novation agreements MOUs and other customer and partner-related documents.

Provide senior-level practical legal advice to Japan Sales Partner Sales Channel and other internal stakeholders balancing revenue objectives customer and partner requirements legal risk operational scalability and consistency with Genesys global contracting positions.

Support direct and indirect transactions including partner-led deals resale models flow-down terms end-customer terms partner obligations and related escalation points.

Exercise independent judgment to identify legal commercial regulatory and operational risks propose pragmatic solutions and escalate appropriately to APAC Legal Privacy Security Deal Desk or other stakeholders.

Apply and improve Genesys templates playbooks fallback positions and contracting standards to reduce unnecessary customization and support a scalable Japan business.

Partner cross-functionally with Sales Partner Sales Deal Desk Privacy Security Finance Procurement and Operations to resolve contract issues improve deal velocity and help stakeholders understand legal compliance and governance requirements.

Advise on data privacy data security cloud SaaS AI and technology-related contracting issues including legal and regulatory considerations that affect enterprise cloud services AI-enabled customer experience solutions and cross-border transactions in Japan.

Identify recurring issues in Japan contracting and partner sales motions then develop guidance training templates process improvements and self-service tools to improve consistency and reduce avoidable legal friction.

Manage routine through complex commercial legal work in-house helping reduce unnecessary outside counsel spend while coordinating with external counsel where specialist Japan law advice is required.

Stay current on legal and regulatory developments relevant to technology transactions data privacy cybersecurity AI governance cloud services partner sales and commercial contracting in Japan.

Provide guidance coaching and practical support to more junior team members or business stakeholders including on contracting discipline escalation judgment and negotiation strategy.

Ad hoc responsibilities as directed by management.

Qualifications:

Qualified to practice law in Japan and in good standing including registration with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations where required.

Approximately 6 years of post-qualification legal experience ideally gained in a combination of law firm and in-house roles with meaningful experience supporting technology SaaS cloud AI telecommunications customer experience or enterprise services businesses.

Strong commercial contracting experience including drafting and negotiating complex customer partner reseller distributor SaaS subscription cloud services AI-enabled solutions and related technology agreements.

Demonstrated ability to understand support and negotiate partner sales and indirect deal structures including transactions involving resellers distributors system integrators alliance partners channel programs flow-down obligations and end-customer considerations.

Strong Japanese language capability is required. Professional-level English proficiency is strongly preferred; fluency is not required but the successful candidate must be able to work effectively with a native English-speaking hiring manager and regional and global stakeholders review contracts and communicate legal and commercial positions in English.

Working knowledge of data privacy data security and technology-related regulatory issues with Japan privacy experience including APPI-related contracting considerations strongly preferred.

Commercial pragmatic and business-oriented with a genuine desire to understand how the business operates and to enable sales outcomes while managing risk.

Sound judgment and senior-level escalation discipline including the ability to distinguish between issues that can be resolved within approved positions and issues requiring regional or global input.

Confident communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders explain risk clearly and maintain appropriate contracting discipline where non-standard requests would undermine scale consistency governance or global operating processes.

Flexible creative and resilient with the ability to manage competing priorities and complex negotiations in a demanding fast-paced environment.

Excellent drafting discipline attention to detail and ability to produce clear practical and actionable legal advice.

Collaborative and team-oriented.

Please note that Genesys will not accept resumes from agencies at this time.

To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work in Japan.

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