Senior Counsel, Commercial Transactions - IT (H...

Description:

Position Summary:
The Senior Counsel is responsible for providing legal support to Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Supply Chain organization, including assisting in the development and negotiation of commercial contracts that support PG&E's utility operations. In particular, the Senior Counsel will support the review, drafting, and negotiation of information technology (IT) – related requests for proposals and contracts. This role will also include negotiating and providing advice and counsel for large strategic transactions, as well as assisting with contractual disputes and other contract administration advice and counsel.

The IT contracting process is a fast-paced environment requiring a responsive, thoughtful, and detail-oriented individual capable of identifying critical risks, prioritizing work, and collaborating with groups across the company. The Senior Counsel will work with other functional areas within the company when the transactions call for the necessary expertise, such as insurance, cybersecurity, AI, privacy, tax, and business and commercial requirements.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

Reporting:
The Senior Counsel, Commercial Transactionsreports to the Managing Counsel for Commercial Law within the PG&E Law Department. This role is a high level individual contributor role that requires the ability to influence leaders and peers; and successfully communicating highly complex transactions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Primary legal reviewer for IT-related contracts, including software (SaaS and on-premise), managed services, staff augmentation, and hardware procurement and maintenance agreements.
• Provide counsel to PG&E's Supply Chain organization and other business units on technology procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor performance, and other forms of key commercial agreements.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with external supply chain vendors, including leading negotiations with external partners and suppliers.
• Draft and maintain forms/templates for a variety of supply chain agreements including detailed negotiation position documents.
• Develop processes and procedures for utility requirements impacting supply chain and other business unit activities.
• Provide training to internal customers on contract drafting, negotiation, management issues and best practices.
• Support legal operations and processes, including template agreements, playbooks and back-stop negotiating and drafting positions.
• Provide practical legal advice and sound business judgment on a range of relevant supply chain legal and operational matters, including supplier risk management, corporate social responsibility, and the various requirements that impact utility supply chain activities.
• Support contract management teams with identified legal issues in connection with ongoing or completed projects and assist contract management and litigation team members with complex commercial disputes and other dispute resolution processes with general guidance.
• Coordinate with outside counsel supporting specific legal issues.

Background Qualifications:
Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
• Law Bar admission, US
• US state bar active member in good standing
• Ten (10) years of legal experience (post J.D.) or other industry experience relevant to the position, of which at least 7 years must be experience working as a transactional attorney.

Desired:

• Licensed to practice law in California or Registered In-House Counsel permit, CA
• Experience in the energy sector
• Experience advising on commercial and transactional legal matters in the IT area.
• Competence in drafting and negotiating commercial transactional agreements in the IT area.
• Experience directly advising clients and ability to provide a high level of client service.
• Ability to represent PG&E as a lead counsel internally and with external partners, vendors and suppliers.
• Ability to provide a high level of client service, build consensus, and influence across lines of business.
• Ability to set priorities and to respond to changing demands from multiple internal and external sources.
• Detail-oriented
• Capable of working independently and as a team member.
• Business acumen and excellent business judgment
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Strong academic record.

Leadership Qualities
PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operates effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Inclusion and Respects Individual Differences
Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

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