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Job Summary:

Scientific Games, a multinational lottery and gaming supplier with operations on five continents, seeks a skilled and experienced attorney to join its collegial global Legal Department as Senior Counsel – Commercial.  This position will provide legal support and advice regarding a wide variety of commercial matters to the various business operations worldwide, including, but not limited to, negotiation of appropriate agreements for existing business as well as entry into new markets; complex joint venture and business development agreements; and development or acquisition of new businesses and technologies.  Responsibilities include working and coordinating across multiple corporate functions with various internal clients and external entities to timely close matters that meet business objectives.  The position requires identifying and analyzing legal, organizational and public relations issues; presenting positive, creative solutions; and advising management of risks, as well as working well with colleagues in the Legal Department and throughout the company at all levels to resolve matters. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Drafting, negotiating and finalizing a wide variety of commercial transactions, including B2B and B2G services and supply agreements, NDA, real estate leases, SaaS engagements and IT solutions, licensing and other IP agreements and ancillary documents, and public procurements involving state, provincial and national government.
• Communicating clearly with internal clients and external entities on a wide variety of regulatory compliance and commercial law matters.
• Providing counsel and strategic advice on a variety of commercial legal issues, including to ensure compliance with corporate policies and processes.
• Advising business stakeholders on contract status and legal risks.
• Working productively with cross-functional teams, including sales, tax, accounting, government relations, management, regulatory, procurement, licensing and proposals.
• Managing outside counsel.
• Supporting the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, corporate policies, contract management tools and legal processes.
• Addressing disputes with vendors and customers in an efficient and strategic manner.
• Assisting the Compliance and Regulatory teams on due diligence, privacy and data protection matters, including, as needed, with advice from outside counsel.
• Assisting in global corporate governance matters.
• Leading the business licensing function for all Scientific Games´ facilities.
• Collaborating with the larger legal team on assigned special projects across a spectrum of complex business, legal, operational and strategic issues.
• Assisting internal stakeholders in ESG and other reporting matters and global requirements.

Qualifications:

Education

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school. 
• Current member in good standing, or registered in-house counsel, with the bar of at least one U.S. state required.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 8 years experience in a law firm, corporate law department or a combination thereof.

• Practical and demonstrable expertise in commercial transactions.
• Extensive commercial contract drafting and negotiation experience

Preferred Experience

• Public procurement at state or national level.
• Prior experience drafting and negotiating licensing and IP Agreements.
• International supply chain and SaaS contracting.
• Foreign language proficiency.
• Regulatory compliance.

Skills, Attributes & Abilities

• Excellent writing, communication and negotiation skills are essential.
• Team player and willing contributor.
• Ability to foster good business relationships (internally and externally).
• Demonstrates good judgment and a strong work ethic.
• Works independently and takes initiative.
• Communicates willingly and seeks input from others.
• Enjoys novel legal and commercial issues occurring on a regular basis.
• Manages staff and budget issues.
• Ability to manage multiple high-level priorities.
• Management of outside counsel.

Physical and Office Requirements

• Office Environment.
• Hybrid or in-office.  The Scientific Games Legal Department’s offices are in in Alpharetta, Georgia and we will consider full-time remote work for exceptional candidates.

Work Conditions

• May require weekend and evening hours.  
• May require domestic or international travel.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Scientific Games, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, “SG”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses.   As a result, certain SG employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.   In order to ensure SG complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, SG requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.  As a prerequisite to employment with SG (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SG conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. 

SG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here: EEOC Poster.