Product Counsel Data Strategy Legal

Overview

Product Counsel for Data Strategy Legal at Accenture, advising on data usage, data products and related agreements to support responsible and sustainable use of data in internal and client-facing technologies and services.

What you'll do

• Perform risk assessments on data usage and data products, including regulatory, industry, contractual, strategic and other considerations.
• Provide practical legal risk analyses and operational and contractual risk mitigation strategies.
• Work with business teams and legal SMEs to evaluate data risks in assets, platforms and offerings or solutions.
• Support development and launch of products that make productive use of data.
• Develop clear communication messages, guidance, templates and trainings on data use rights, data products, and data-related terms in inbound and outbound agreements, for go-to-market teams, development teams and the wider Legal organization.
• Lead and mentor junior Data Strategy legal team members in growing their skills, relationships and careers.
• Support data-led acquisitions, joint ventures, and other special projects as required by the Data Strategy Legal Lead or Legal Leadership.
• Support design and implementation of GenAI/AI tools and processes to enhance daily work, request management, legal risk assessments and collaboration with business and other Legal colleagues.

What you'll need

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a law firm or as in-house counsel for a global technology company, advising on matters regarding data usage, data products, internal data governance, agentic technology, GenAI/AI models, SaaS, PaaS, cloud or software.
• Passion for supporting business teams in taking innovative technology and services to market; willingness to grow in new areas.
• Fluency in English with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience of working with international teams in a global business.
• Open to work with and understand cross-cultures throughout the Accenture global organization.
• Team management experience, including leading, mentoring and training junior team members located across multiple time zones.
• Individual achiever able to operate with minimal oversight and direction.
• Track record of developing trusted relationships with business leaders.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes in business strategies.
• High degree of organization with the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Technology transactional experience in drafting and negotiating technology-focused client-facing agreements (e.g. data licensing, software as a service agreements, cloud, software license agreements, or software development agreements).
• Working knowledge of data privacy regulations, data governance considerations, IP law, and general product development considerations.
• Understanding of the connection between inbound agreements and client-facing agreements.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint), including CoPilot.

Nice to have

• Desire to contribute to tech enablement of legal, including exploring the capacity and implementation of legal agents.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.