Sr. Specialist, Legal

**Date**:May 13, 2025

**Location**: Remote, MX

**Company**:Syniti

ABOUT US

Syniti, part of Capgemini is **_the_** enterprise data partner, empowering anyone who relies on data to make business-critical decisions by delivering data they can trust through a unique combination of intelligent software and experts who deeply understand the role of data in enterprise growth. At Syniti, we tackle the hardest work in data for the world’s largest organizations. As the industry’s only pure-play data company, we combine our Data First strategy, intelligent software and team of 100% data-focused experts to turn complex data initiatives into quantifiable business success.

Trusted by the Fortune 2000, Syniti helps leading businesses reconfigure the role of enterprise data from afterthought to foundational first step; enabling them to unlock valuable insights that ignite growth, reduce risk, and expand their competitive advantage. We’ve enabled more than 5,000 successful projects and we’re a trusted partner for global enterprises and organizations throughout their data journeys.

Syniti’s Data First philosophy and enterprise data management platform supports data migration, data quality, data replication, data matching, master data management, analytics, data governance, and data strategy in a single, unified solution.

As an innovative, global leader in Enterprise Data Management, the combination of our award-winning software platform and premier consultants creates a unique advantage for leading enterprises. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in countries around the world, Syniti operates in all global regions and industry verticals, and maintains a 100% client success rate across thousands of complex data projects and initiatives.

The ROLE

The Sr. Corporate Legal Specialist will be responsible for contract drafting, negotiating, data protection law, IT Law and International Law. This role will work with the Director of Contracts, Americas and the global legal team to support the company's legal affairs including licensing and contract negotiation, DTA compliance, and advising internal and external customers on day-to-day legal matters.

**This role has been designated as a hybrid position. (Mexico City office)**

**This is a temporary position.**

WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Provide timely and pragmatic legal counsel meeting critical internal and vendor timelines
- Review, draft and negotiate strategic commercial contracts, including DPA’s, software licenses, master services agreements, SaaS agreements as well as vendor agreements
- Ensure business compliance, including regulatory, employment law and data protection compliance
- Proactively review current legislative changes to ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies
- Manage large volumes of transactions and several projects simultaneously, seeking appropriate inputs from various internal stakeholders while engaging proactively with business clients
- Synthesize and summarize information efficiently to allow informed and reasonable decisions on complex issues escalated for legal review
- Provide legal advice on complex technology transactions
- Exercise independent judgment to bring in stakeholders as necessary and update management on status of projects

WHAT IT TAKES
- Law degree from an accredited law school
- 7+ years of commercial legal experience
- 5+ years of experience in data protection, IT service contracts and general contract matters
- Proven contract drafting and negotiation abilities
- Sound working knowledge of data protection, commercial & IT/IP law, preferably gained in an international environment
- Experience with software and software licensing issues
- Professional working proficiency in English
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to present and lead meetings at all levels
- Well organized, multi-tasker, able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Experience in a deadline driven environment with an ability to effectively manage and prioritize workload
- Proactive and mature approach in decision making under high pressure
- Competent problem solver, possessing excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Proven ability to interact with people at all levels globally with the ability to absorb and respect cultural differences

Be fully aligned to our core values:

- **Think Big** - Be courageous and bold. Aspire to greatness. Relentlessly pursue market innovation. Set the standard by which others follow. Create solutions that have a meaningful impact. Solve the challenges our customers don’t know they have.
- **Be Curious** - Be a lifelong learner. Seek out new ideas to serve customers. Understand our competition and the world. Be permanently dissatisfied with the status quo. Challenge preconceptions. Focus on the future rather than yesterday.
- **Take Action** - Be the first. Don’t wait. Take accountability. Inspire others by doing. Fail fast and learn from mistakes. Make a difference every