Counsel - Commercial Transactions- Hybrid

The Counsel - Commercial Transactions position provides enterprise-wide support and guidance for U.S.

and global contracting activities, with an emphasis on buy-side indirect procurement contracts and vendor management matters.

The position will work closely with Procurement, Legal, Compliance, and business colleagues and will report directly to the Associate Chief Counsel Enterprise Corporate Law.

The position requires an ability to negotiate and draft contract terms across a wide area of buy-side contracts, ensure that contracts meet compliance/governance requirements and work with clients at all levels on a daily basis.

Candidates must have knowledge and expertise in contract drafting, compliance, risk evaluation and management of vendor relationships, including pre-litigation disputes.

• Contract Drafting and Negotiations: Experience in drafting and negotiating buy-side indirect procurement contract terms, templates and guidelines for contracting, including standard alternative clauses for a wide range of commodities
• International Contracting: Working with global internal legal colleagues and vendors on contracting and related issues
• Risk Management and Compliance: Identification, evaluation and reporting on potential risk in connection with commercial contracting and disputes; meeting with senior legal, corporate and client management concerning key risk issues
• Training, Education and Presentations: Ability to develop and provide training to all levels of the organization; strong presentation skills, including the ability to present to senior management
• Responsibilities:
• Negotiate various types of consulting, services, licensing and technology transactions with domestic and international suppliers with a focus on limiting Cigna's liability, protecting Cigna's confidentiality and intellectual property rights and protecting customers' privacy interests.
• Negotiate resolutions to disputed issues consistent with Cigna's objectives.
• Provide and manage contract template language for use by Cigna Procurement operations.
• Support other senior-level attorneys within the corporation on mergers and acquisitions and financing activities
• Create and present training materials on contracting and related matters to the Procurement and other contracting staff
• Support sell side contracting efforts with respect to vendor relationship impacts
• Routinely look for creative interpretations or application of law
• Effectively matrix with critical business partners, including Compliance, Privacy, Information Technology, operations and Corporate/Business Development
• Manage outside counsel on discrete matters as may be required
• Share knowledge and skills in areas of subject matter expertise with other Cigna legal counsel as requested, in keeping with our collaborative environment
• Lead discussions of stakeholders to gather information and input to achieve goals
• Work with Legal, Compliance and business cli...