Legal Counsel
Required Travel :Minimal
Managerial - No
Location: **Please note, this role can be based in Toronto, Canada, Jersey City, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Dallas TX**
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time or in the future for this position.
Who are we?
Amdocs helps the world’s leading communications and media companies deliver exceptional customer experiences through reliable, efficient, and secure operations at scale. We provide software products and services that embed intelligence into how work runs across business, IT, and network domains –delivering measurable outcomes in customer experience, network performance, cloud modernization, and revenue growth. With our talented people, and more than forty years of experience running mission-critical systems around the globe, Amdocs runs billions of transactions daily. Our technology is relied on every day, connecting people worldwide and advancing a more inclusive, connected world. Together, we help those who shape the future to make it amazing. Amdocs is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: DOX) and reported revenue of $4.53 billion in fiscal 2025. For more information, visit www.amdocs.com
At Amdocs, our mission is to empower our employees to 'Live Amazing, Do Amazing' every day. We believe in creating a workplace where you not only excel professionally but also thrive personally. Through our culture of making a real impact, fostering growth, embracing flexibility, and building connections, we enable them to live meaningful lives while making a difference in the world.
In one sentence
As Legal Counsel in the Legal Department’s Global Business Group, you will be a partner and trusted advisor to Amdocs’ business group, drafting and negotiating a variety of technology licensing, professional services, SaaS, managed services and other commercial agreements, as well as providing legal consultancy and participating in business decision making processes and promoting legal, regulatory, and Amdocs policy compliance, all in collaboration with other Amdocs units, including finance and tax, and external customers and vendors.
What will your job look like?
You will be responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing legal aspects of all forms of commercial agreements, including supporting pre-sales activities, in North America, and providing ongoing post-closing legal support to internal business clients. In your day to day work we encourage and expect you to utilize our innovative legal tech platforms and collaborate with the broader legal teams to further build and improve the legal technology our group is leveraging.
You will interface with a highly collaborative and interactive legal / business team.
You will interact with business clients, management and outside customers in regard to drafting and negotiating the relevant and appropriate complex commercial agreements and transactions.
You will provide legal analyses and risk assessments and participate in business decision making processes, providing practical and issue focused legal advice and recommendations in view of business needs and applicable legal and company policy requirements and standards.
You will lead the legal aspects of commercial negotiations with internal and external customers and vendors in a variety of settings.
You will work on cross-department and cross-company legal projects.
All you need is...
Law degree from a recognized law school with solid record of academic achievement
Admission to the Bar in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction
At least 5+ years commercial and transactional legal experience (either in-house at a global hi-tech company or in an international law firm environment) with strong background in IT licensing, professional services and other services agreements.
Experience working in complex, dynamic and fast paced environments.
Experience in business risks analysis and handling business needs in a complex and ever-changing environment.
Outstanding negotiation skills
Strong customer facing orientation
Ability to conclude agreements of strategic importance with others inside and outside the organization that have widely differing perspectives and objectives
Strong interpersonal skills
Analytical thinking ability and strong attention to detail
Highly motivated to learn and leverage legal tech solutions
Ability to effectively work remotely in an environment where partners and counterparties are often not in the same location
Why you will love this job:
You will work for a dynamic international company and have responsibility to negotiate technology and services agreements with leading communications providers, while interacting with a variety of internal and external customers and providing them business sensitive legal advice.
#LI-CH1
Amdocs is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce
Apply To This Job
Managerial - No
Location: **Please note, this role can be based in Toronto, Canada, Jersey City, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Dallas TX**
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time or in the future for this position.
Who are we?
Amdocs helps the world’s leading communications and media companies deliver exceptional customer experiences through reliable, efficient, and secure operations at scale. We provide software products and services that embed intelligence into how work runs across business, IT, and network domains –delivering measurable outcomes in customer experience, network performance, cloud modernization, and revenue growth. With our talented people, and more than forty years of experience running mission-critical systems around the globe, Amdocs runs billions of transactions daily. Our technology is relied on every day, connecting people worldwide and advancing a more inclusive, connected world. Together, we help those who shape the future to make it amazing. Amdocs is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ: DOX) and reported revenue of $4.53 billion in fiscal 2025. For more information, visit www.amdocs.com
At Amdocs, our mission is to empower our employees to 'Live Amazing, Do Amazing' every day. We believe in creating a workplace where you not only excel professionally but also thrive personally. Through our culture of making a real impact, fostering growth, embracing flexibility, and building connections, we enable them to live meaningful lives while making a difference in the world.
In one sentence
As Legal Counsel in the Legal Department’s Global Business Group, you will be a partner and trusted advisor to Amdocs’ business group, drafting and negotiating a variety of technology licensing, professional services, SaaS, managed services and other commercial agreements, as well as providing legal consultancy and participating in business decision making processes and promoting legal, regulatory, and Amdocs policy compliance, all in collaboration with other Amdocs units, including finance and tax, and external customers and vendors.
What will your job look like?
You will be responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing legal aspects of all forms of commercial agreements, including supporting pre-sales activities, in North America, and providing ongoing post-closing legal support to internal business clients. In your day to day work we encourage and expect you to utilize our innovative legal tech platforms and collaborate with the broader legal teams to further build and improve the legal technology our group is leveraging.
You will interface with a highly collaborative and interactive legal / business team.
You will interact with business clients, management and outside customers in regard to drafting and negotiating the relevant and appropriate complex commercial agreements and transactions.
You will provide legal analyses and risk assessments and participate in business decision making processes, providing practical and issue focused legal advice and recommendations in view of business needs and applicable legal and company policy requirements and standards.
You will lead the legal aspects of commercial negotiations with internal and external customers and vendors in a variety of settings.
You will work on cross-department and cross-company legal projects.
All you need is...
Law degree from a recognized law school with solid record of academic achievement
Admission to the Bar in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction
At least 5+ years commercial and transactional legal experience (either in-house at a global hi-tech company or in an international law firm environment) with strong background in IT licensing, professional services and other services agreements.
Experience working in complex, dynamic and fast paced environments.
Experience in business risks analysis and handling business needs in a complex and ever-changing environment.
Outstanding negotiation skills
Strong customer facing orientation
Ability to conclude agreements of strategic importance with others inside and outside the organization that have widely differing perspectives and objectives
Strong interpersonal skills
Analytical thinking ability and strong attention to detail
Highly motivated to learn and leverage legal tech solutions
Ability to effectively work remotely in an environment where partners and counterparties are often not in the same location
Why you will love this job:
You will work for a dynamic international company and have responsibility to negotiate technology and services agreements with leading communications providers, while interacting with a variety of internal and external customers and providing them business sensitive legal advice.
#LI-CH1
Amdocs is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce
Apply To This Job