Your work days are brighter here.
At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.
About The Team
The Product and Technology Legal and Compliance team supports workmates in the products and technology organization as they build, deliver, and support product offerings for Workday customers. We work closely with various teams to ensure that we are delivering offerings in a way that is consistent with our contractual commitments, legal requirements, and core values.
About The Role
Workday seeks a highly motivated Product Counsel to support Workday’s products and technology organization. This is a high growth area and the ideal candidate is a confident self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced and high-energy environment, and who can prioritize and manage multiple tasks and responsibilities with agility and efficiency. Strong candidates will have knowledge of and experience in counseling product and technology teams in functional areas including artificial intelligence and hyperscale computing. Primary responsibilities will be to provide strategic, tactical, and execution-level legal support to Workday’s product & technology teams for all phases of product development and technology initiatives, and to be a resource for the larger legal and compliance team.
This position will interact closely with business clients across the organization and requires working in cross-functional teams. The right candidate demonstrates integrity, a sense of humor, and the ability to be highly collaborative and results oriented. You must be a creative problem solver with exceptional judgment and strong critical thinking.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Partner with the products and technology organization to understand the strategic needs and business goals.
- Counsel and guide product management, development, engineering, support and marketing teams on a variety of issues, including commercial terms, privacy, data protection, and global regulatory compliance matters throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
- Draft clear and concise agreements, public-facing disclosures, disclaimers, terms of use and other external documents.
- Lead complex technology transactions by negotiating and drafting commercial agreements related to third party products and services.
- Review and interpret third party terms to guide the products and technology team and ensure organizational compliance.
- Provide pragmatic, day-to-day strategic advice that takes into account legal risk and product adoption issues to advance business goals and initiatives.
- Help develop commercial go-to-market strategy for new products.
About You
Basic Qualifications
- J.D. Degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least 1 state bar
- 12+ years of experience as a practicing attorney in a law firm or in-house/public sector legal department
- Minimum 5+ years of experience with a combination of general transactional experience and product counseling.
Additional Qualifications
- Excellent contract negotiation and drafting skills, comfortable and adept at teaming with leadership in fast-paced customer-facing transactions, preferably with enterprise software/SaaS experience.
- Ability to influence, advise, and advocate for company interests.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, effective communication with legal and non-legal audiences.
- Exercises superior judgment in-tune with complex needs of an organization to advise in an effective and creative manner.
- Cultivates internal and external relationships and leads project collaboration with cross-functional networks.
- Utilizes strategic focus, critical thinking and a problem solving approach.
- Proactively identifies and analyzes legal risks and exercises good judgment and effective techniques to reach solutions with little guidance.
- Manages legal projects using strong organizational and project management skills; uses best practices and lean principles for process improvements.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves to drive creative solutions, build efficient processes, and make sound decisions.
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: IRL.Dublin.Kings
Primary Location Base Pay Range: €110,700 USD - €165,900 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $177,800 USD - $321,300 USD
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re 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 you'll 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.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
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