Position Description: Support OGC in data privacy work related to special projects . Participating in cross-functional teams formed to ensure that business objectives and requirements are met with a given transaction. . Representing Ford, IT, and ITO principles, practices, and values in IT transactions with 3rd parties via drafting, reviewing, editing legal documents. . Managing risk to Ford, IT, and ITO through effective negotiations with 3rd parties in IT transactions. . Managing complex IT transaction projects with 3rd parties to achieve required deadlines. . Ensuring effective ongoing relationships with 3rd parties with whom there are existing transactions (licenses, agreements, regulatory). . Participate in IT Supplier Relationship Management activities . Consulting with customers on proposed or completed transactions in order to aid their decision making and risk assessment. . Providing proactive decision making information for contracts and other related legal documents. Requirements Skills Required: Demonstrated experience with global data privacy schema * Experience with global data privacy regulatory requirements . Demonstrated experience with drafting IT technology contracts . Demonstrated experience servicing customers in various IT transactions . Information technology industry experience . Demonstrated experience with negotiating IT technology contracts . Demonstrated experience managing relationships with information technology 3rd party suppliers . Demonstrated communication skills translating legal risk stemming from IT activities into business risk. Skills Preferred: Demonstrated public speaking and presentation skills Education Required: JD degree, Technical or business undergraduate degree and/or relevant experience Additional Information : Personal Attributes and Job Requirements: . Ability to service customers by: o listening to business partner's needs to ascertain needs and clear objectives o identifying the key drivers in various transactions / focusing on the true issue o balancing enterprise risk factors with business partner's goals o setting strategy and defining actions to achieve the strategy o applying industry knowledge to drafting agreements and conducting negotiations o motivating and leading diverse virtual teams brought together to execute a particular transaction . Ability to leverage limited resources to achieve goals . Demonstrate flexibility . Creativity in finding win-win solutions in negotiations and terms . Drive to proactively manage 3rd party vendor issues/relationships . Requires unique combination of competency in IT, law, and general business (e.g. global tax, global budgets). . Key role in numerous types of transactions (services, hardware, software, data) resulting in a required breadth of competence leading to customized services for each client. . Multiple projects to manage simultaneously . each with critical deadlines. . Requires management of cross functional /multi-departmental global projects . many perspectives, cultures, geographies to involve, manage, influence within Ford and the suppliers's organization. . Requires constant balancing of client's goals with overall corporate risk management (balancing pressing project needs with prudent risk management) resulting in the need to frequently use mediation, problem solving, communication, and influencing skills. . Requires ability to understand the motivations of each party in a transaction and translate that into a win-win solution. Fast Switch, Ltd. is a 15-year-old IT Consulting company with offices in Detroit, MI and Columbus, OH and doing business in almost half the states in the union. We're a financially strong, privately-held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. You are our most important asset! We've differentiated ourselves by being creative, flexible, and fast. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We're different. Our consultants and clients tell us so, and it's our great people who make the difference! We do unique things, and we do them for Fortune 10 companies, Inc. 500 companies, and technology start-ups. We also have a strong belief in giving back to the communities we serve. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefits options you can choose just the benefits that you need or want, options include: • Medical and Dental (Fast Switch pays 85% of premium) • Vision • Personal Time Off (PTO) Program • Long Term Disability (100% paid) • Life Insurance (100% paid) • 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. We have won the Columbus Business First “Fast 50” award 4 times in the last 5 years because of our strong growth which translates into more and better opportunities for our consulting staff members. To view all of our open positions, please go to: www.fastswitch.com and navigate to our Career page, or get there directly at: http://tinyurl.com/cmjkmb You can also follow us on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/fastswitch And you can become a fan of Fast Switch on Facebook at: http://tinyurl.com/y9y3gdp