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Job Summary
The Associate Counsel, Business Services, will be responsible for negotiating customer-facing commercial transactions for Comcast Business. This role will report to the Counsel, Business Services.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate agreements for Comcast Business with respect to sales to commercial customers.
- Provide legal counsel and support to one or more groups within Comcast Business, including recently acquired companies. Counsel on a broad range of legal issues relating to assigned area(s).
- Provide guidance on new and developing products and services.
- Lead and provide guidance to the contract management team within Comcast Business as well as other legal staff including Paralegals, Contract Specialists, and administrative staff, as required.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Education & Experience Requirements:
- JD degree from a top tier law school with strong academic credentials.
- Licensed in one US jurisdiction and active membership in good standing in a state bar.
- 1-3 years of experience in drafting and negotiating commercial transactions is preferred, along with experience within telecommunications, media, technology, software, or any innovative business-to-business sales industry highly preferred.
- Excellent negotiating, drafting, problem solving and communications skills.
- Ability to work effectively with management and operations personnel, simultaneously manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines with consistently high-quality work product.
- Law firm and/or in-house experience preferred.
Personal Traits & Competencies:
- Consistently exercise independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Understand risk assessment and analysis within the context of a growing, innovative technology industry.
- Maintain regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to work a variable schedule(s) as necessary, particularly in advance of key sales cycle end dates.
- Respect, embrace and promote inclusion & diversity.
Employees at all levels are expected to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Skills
Business, Collaboration, Decision Making, Legal Practices
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Education
Juris Doctor
Certifications (if applicable)
Relevant Work Experience
0-2 YearsComcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
