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About the Team
Workdays legal department is seeking a high-performing legal associate who will be engaged fully communicate openly and forge close working relationships throughout our company. We seek a confident and proactive self-starter with 3 years of experience drafting and negotiating vendor contracts who can prioritise and manage multiple tasks and responsibilities and who enjoys working in a fast-paced and high-growth environment.About the Role
We seek a thought leader who can use his or her exceptional judgment and strong critical thinking and interpersonal skills to closely support our internal clients throughout the organization while balancing risks to protect Workday. It is imperative that this person thrives working independently as his/her direct manager (and the rest of the team) is US-based although other members of the Legal department do work out of Workdays office.
Workday is a fast-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in Pleasanton California. The Legal Associate will provide legal support for our sourcing and procurement functions and help support Workdays ground-breaking technology and operations.
About You
This role will have the primary function of supporting contracting with our international vendors abroad with a particular emphasis/large volume being with our international marketing and human resource teams and will have significant interaction with Workdays procurement organisation and other constituent organisations (security IT privacy ethics and compliance and others).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Work with internal operations teams to build scalable infrastructure for supporting rapidly growing domestic and international teams
Collaborate with procurement organisation regarding improved ways to facilitate high volume transactions for clients
Serve as trusted counsel to specified Workday business units to support commercial initiatives and internal compliance in addition to a wide range of legal issues
Draft review negotiate and oversee supplier contracts including inbound licensing agreements and complex transactional matters for Workday
Analyse and interpret complex provisions in multi-party contracts to ensure compliance and consistency
Proactively deliver timely pragmatic and business-oriented advice to Workdays various internal clients and stakeholders (serve as a partner in the business)
Required Skills & Experience
3 years of relevant experience in private practice or multinational corporation with demonstrated and solid deal structuring drafting and negotiation experience
Significant experience negotiating complex contracts while managing a high volume of day-to-day transactions
Ability to work independently (direct manager and entire team will be US-based) and to prioritise workload
Metrics and results oriented
Superior business judgment and the ability to address complex issues in creative and
effective ways
Collaborative with exceptional client service skills
Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills
Excellent oral written and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to create
and sustain lasting relationships with internal clients and management
Legal / Business Degree.
Procurement Graduate; Barrister-at-Law Solicitor Masters or equivalent advanced
degree is welcome
Personal Attributes
Strong leadership ability with excellent communication skills
A strong team player who can work well with Workday colleagues in finance marketing
human resources and other functions
Ability to work in a fast-paced high-output team oriented environment
Demonstrated willingness to identify and act on ways he or she may assist others to
accomplish corporate goals
Open and honest in communications with all stakeholders legal colleagues
management customers auditors regulators and others
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
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Required Experience:
IC