Associate Director GCO Enablement Team

Job Title - Associate Director Commercial Contracting

Qualification

• Bachelor of Laws (LL. B)

The Opportunity

This is an exciting leadership opportunity to join EYs rapidly expanding GDS GCO Enablement team and work closely with EYs General Counsels Office (GCO) globally. The role requires demonstrated experience leading and developing highperforming teams including setting clear performance expectations providing ongoing feedback and coaching and managing formal performance processes. Further the role requires proven capability across the full people lifecycle including hiring onboarding compensation and reward decisions and talent addition the role requires deep industry knowledge in commercial contracting risk assessment data privacy technology contracting and complex negotiation with experience supervising the providing oversight of team members from a technical legal perspective.

As a senior lawyer the Associate Director will oversee a team of lawyers in India (Gurgaon Bangalore Noida) and Argentina (Buenos Aires) drive operational excellence and ensure delivery of consistent highquality legal support.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead multiple legal teams supporting various service lines and geographies on both client and vendor commercial contracts.
• Lead mentor and develop a team of lawyers in India and Argentina fostering a high-performance inclusive culture.
• Oversee hiring onboarding capability building and career development initiatives within the team.
• Build capability and drive continuous learning specialization and role enrichment in alignment with global priorities.
• Oversee the execution of legal workstreams by direct reports providing strategic guidance and removing obstacles.
• Allocate work manage utilization and ensure delivery aligned with SLAs quality measures and stakeholder expectations.
• Serve as escalation point for complex highrisk or nonstandard matters.
• Provide coaching performance feedback and development support to team members.
• Drive people engagement and implement retention strategies.
• Foster a culture of innovation inclusivity accountability and excellence.

Commercial Contracting

• Oversee drafting reviewing and negotiating complex commercial contracts including technology licensing SaaS procurement and professional services agreements.
• Assess contractual risks regulatory exposure and data protection implications (GDPR/CCPA).
• Provide strategic businessaligned legal advice to internal stakeholders across global markets.
• Maintain high standards in legal accuracy risk management and commercial pragmatism.
• Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in EY policies organizational structure and procedures.

Governance Processes & Transformation

• Develop and refine policies processes SOPs templates and contracting playbooks to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Accelerate adoption of digital analytics and AI capabilities across functional processes and creating the culture of innovation transformation and adaptation of technology to enhance the service delivery.
• Define endtoend delivery models to optimize work allocation minimize handoffs and enhance timezone coverage.
• Establish and define end-to-end delivery enablers that prioritize optimized delivery from the right team/location that minimizes hand-offs and allows maximum time zone coverage.
• Adoption of methodologies for achieving delivery excellence with structured KPIs and governance.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Build strong trustbased relationships with global stakeholders internal clients and senior leadership.
• Communicate progress risks challenges and benefits to relevant leadership groups.
• Proactively address stakeholder feedback to enhance service delivery and client satisfaction.
• Represent the GCO Enablement function in crossfunctional forums problemsolving discussions and governance reviews.

Skills & Attributes for Success

• Unquestionable integrity ethics and professional values.
• Experience managing and developing highperforming teams including hiring performance management compensation decisions and talent development.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire motivate and drive performance.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities with an innovative mindset.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and stakeholderengagement skills.
• Ability to simplify complex legal concepts for diverse audiences.
• High cultural intelligence and ability to thrive in a global virtual environment.
• Advanced negotiation skills including experience with major technology vendors (IBM Microsoft SAP etc.).
• Strong organizational capability attention to detail and execution discipline.
• Serviceoriented mindset with the ability to deliver highquality outputs under tight deadlines.

Experience & Qualifications

• LL. B/Law graduate with 15 years of postqualification experience including 5 years in leadership or peoplemanagement roles.
• Handson experience negotiating complex technology and commercial contracts.
• Strong knowledge of privacy and data protection laws (GDPR CCPA).
• Demonstrated ability to manage global stakeholders and crossborder teams.
• Excellent interpersonal analytical and communication skills.

What you can look for

• A Team of highly qualified legal professionals with energy and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment.
• An opportunity to be a part of a global organization and interact with attorneys and business team across the globe.

What working at EY offers

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across eight countries Argentina China India the Philippines Poland Spain Hungary and Mexico and with teams from all EY service lines geographies and sectors playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business GDS you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. Well introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people learning skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.