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What You'll Do
As Senior Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracting, you will serve as a strategic legal partner to the business in a global, technology-enabled environment. You will lead complex commercial negotiations, shape contracting standards, and strengthen scalable legal solutions that enable growth while protecting the firm.
You will combine deep commercial contracting expertise with strong discernment, operational awareness, and thoughtful use of AI and digital tools. Your work will directly influence how BCG manages risk, accelerates deal cycles, and modernizes legal delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
Lead complex commercial contracting
Draft, review, negotiate and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including client services agreements, vendor contracts, technology and SaaS arrangements, licensing, NDAs, subcontractor agreements and strategic partnerships.
Provide clear, pragmatic and commercially aligned advice that balances business objectives with legal integrity.
Identify legal and commercial risk early, articulate implications clearly and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
Champion contracting standards and scalable solutions
Develop, maintain and evolve global contracting playbooks, templates and negotiation guidance.
Drive consistency and efficiency across contracting processes.
Embed appropriate legal guardrails into commercial workflows and standards.
Move beyond one-off advice to system-level improvements that reduce repeat risk.
Use AI and technology responsibly to enhance legal delivery
Leverage AI tools to accelerate research, assess risks, contract review, drafting and synthesis.
Structure inputs thoughtfully and critically assess outputs to ensure accuracy, defensibility and tone.
Understand and manage risks associated with AI use, including confidentiality, bias and reliability.
Identify opportunities to scale legal support through automation, knowledge tools and repeatable workflows.
Operate as a strategic cross-functional partner
Partner closely with Consulting teams, Finance, Procurement, Risk, Compliance, Technology and business leadership.
Translate complex legal concepts into practical guidance that enables confident decision-making.
Anticipate second-order operational and reputational impacts of commercial decisions.
Contribute to broader governance discussions, including responsible AI use and regulatory developments.
Contribute to team capability and innovation
Support knowledge creation, sharing, training and development within the Legal team.
Help modernize how Legal delivers value through expertise, process improvement and technology adoption.
Foster a culture of sound judgment, responsiveness and continuous improvement.
What Success Looks Like
Commercial contracts negotiated efficiently with clear risk positioning and strong commercial alignment.
Legal advice that is precise, practical and trusted by senior stakeholders.
Reduced cycle times and improved quality through scalable templates and AI-enabled workflows.
Strong cross-functional relationships built on credibility…