Associate Contract Professional

**Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.**

**Associate Contract Professional**

**Why Ciena**:

- We are big proponents of **life-work integration** and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work.
- We believe an **inclusive, diverse, and barrier-free** work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.
- We recognize the importance of **well-being** and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
- We are committed to **employee development**, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities.
- We know that **financial security** is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
- We realize **time away** to recharge is important. We offer flexible paid time off
- Great work deserves **recognition. **We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

**How You Will Contribute**:
Reporting to the Head of Legal, Caribbean & Latin America (CALA), as a Contracts Professional, you will be part of a high-performing, customer-focused group of legal professionals providing negotiation and transactional support to our customers in Ciena’s CALA region, including Mexico.
- You will draft, review and negotiate a broad range of agreements, ranging from complex technology agreements, various forms of software licenses, hardware, support and maintenance, professional services contracts, and non-disclosure agreements, advising on liabilities, legal restrictions and risks associated with such agreements, including customer templates and forms.
- You will partner with the business, Ciena Sales, Commercial Management, Finance and Operations teams to provide advice on legal, financial and commercial issues related to a broad range of commercial transactions.
- You will participate in projects and activities that require a legal view on corporate, tax, compliance and data privacy, attend to audits and monitor industry trends.
- You will participate in special and continuous improvement initiatives in the negotiation & contracting area, helping to improve contracting efficiencies, processes and agreements that scale globally.
- You will act as a fiduciary for the company driving compliance in day-to-day sales activities, including providing counseling to sales professionals and coordinating with other groups within Ciena on compliance matters.

**What Does Ciena Expect of You?**
- ** Initiative -** You’re a self-starter who works with limited direction, is committed to delivering against aggressive deadlines, and does whatever it takes to get the job done.
- ** Agility **- you are readily able to manage competing and ever-changing priorities.
- ** Relationship builder** - you’re capable of building trusted and collaborative internal and external working relationships quickly with the ability to influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building.
- ** Communication expertise** - you have the ability to quickly understand requirements and tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and agreement.
- The flexibility to **work independently** and as **part of a broader team** - you thrive in a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team environment, but are comfortable working independently as required.

**The Must Haves**:

- Law degree coupled with 2 years + proven experience in reviewing, drafting, managing and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts, with a strong emphasis on software licensing agreements, hardware agreements and professional services/project implementation agreements (including negotiating from the customer’s form agreement, if approved).
- Fluency in English and Spanish.
- Solid understanding of legal concepts and contractual terms.

**Assets**:

- Fluency in Portuguese.
- Experience in negotiating project implementation agreements.

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