Workday

Workday

Legal Counsel, Global Legal Services

USA, MA, Boston · Senior

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Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

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Green-card follow-through: 99%

Of 78 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 1 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 497 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

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About the role

  • A successful candidate will be proactive, solutions-oriented, and able to provide practical legal guidance that helps move transactions forward while appropriately managing risk.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a high-volume contracting queue while maintaining quality, meeting business timelines, and prioritizing matters based on risk, urgency, and business impact.
  • Support improvements to contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, internal guidance, and workflow processes to increase consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Help implement legal efficiencies through the negotiation cycle and support continuous improvement of contract management systems and related operational processes.
  • Legal & Business Support
  • Build and maintain effective collaboration with internal business groups, including Sales, Deals Operations, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, and other Legal teams.
  • Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor degree and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
  • 5+ years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in a corporate, in-house, or law firm environment.
  • Experience with privacy, data protection, or AI-related contracting issues.
  • Strong commercial contracting experience, including MSAs, order forms, data protection agreements, AI addenda, service level agreements, and related customer-facing commercial agreements.
  • Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and practically to legal and non-legal audiences.
  • Strong business judgment and ability to align legal guidance with company objectives.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Deals Operations, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, Services, and Legal teams.
  • Experience with contract lifecycle management systems, such as Salesforce, Apttus, or Conga, and electronic signature tools, such as Adobe Sign or DocuSign.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to work independently, take initiative, and adapt to changing priorities.

Skills

  • Your work days are brighter here.

Compensation

  • $147,800 USD - $221,800 USD
  • $133,800 USD - $237,600 USD
  • In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

Benefits

  • Our Approach to Flexible Work
  • 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.

Company info

  • The Global Legal Services team delivers world class legal shared services to Workday's Legal and Sales teams in a wide variety of transactional and in-depth work.
  • This worldwide team is composed of legal professionals who handle work across Workday's customers, vendors, and internal partners.
  • The team is asked to manage a large volume of deals and opportunities; as well as interact with several cross functional teams, and it operates at scale through efficiency, speed, and skills.
  • Review proposed contract modifications from customers and prospects, working directly with Sales, Deals Operations, and internal stakeholders to secure necessary approvals.
  • Participate in calls with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to support negotiation and resolution of contract issues.

Equal opportunity

  • Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
  • If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
  • Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
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