InterSystems Corporation is a privately held software company with a track record of 46 years of consistent growth and profitability. We view hiring, developing, and retaining the best people as key to our record of success along with a reasonable work life balance. Visit www.intersystems.com for a description of our products and a list of partners.
Job Summary:
The Senior Counsel (Middle East) will provide legal support from InterSystems’ Dubai office for the Middle East region.
Job Responsibilities:
- Work out of Dubai, UAE office
- Primarily responsible for all legal issues effecting InterSystems in the region, including:
- Software licenses, solution agreements and other customer contracts
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Teaming agreements and associated prime contracts and subcontracts
- Consulting agreements with independent contractors and statements of work thereunder
- Vendor compliance with InterSystems’ policies
- Employment matters, as applciable
- Real estate matters
- Corporate maintenance in local jurisdictions
- Regulatory compliance
- Manage large, government procurements of healthcare technology and then assist the project managers in managing the lifecycles of these complex agreements, including contract changes and amendments
- Work with and manage outside counsel
- Ensure compliance with internal processes regarding pricing, approval, and other requirements
- Assist in ensuring compliance with external requirements, statutes and standards related to healthcare information technology, data protection, and other areas
- Assist in completing, filing, and sourcing ancillary documents for transactions, such as insurance certificates, tax certifications, and corporate registrations
- Perform special projects as requested
Job Qualifications:
- Qualified legal practitioner with a current practicing certificate, authorized to work in Dubai
- At least 8 years of relevant legal experience required, including work in the Middle East
- Experience with large government procurements, preferably in health care
- Software or other high tech experience required, healthcare experience a plus
- Proven ability to effectively manage outside counsel
Required Skills:
- Sound decision making skills, business acumen, and legal judgment
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to vary communication style to effectively communicate locally and with non-native English speakers
- Ability to triage multiple demands and shifting priorities
- Ability to work remotely and independently from the head office and legal department in the dynamic, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment of a privately-held company
- Inform stakeholders about work progress and outcomes
- Ability to develop creative and non-traditional solutions
- Understand how legal issues impact the "big picture"
- Multiple language competencies are a plus, including Arabic
Travel within the region will be required and, occasionally, outside the region. Must be allowed to live and work in Dubai.
Established in 1978, InterSystems provides innovative data solutions for organizations with critical information needs in the healthcare, finance, and logistics sectors and beyond. Our cloud-first data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for organizations around the globe. InterSystems also develops and supports data management in hospitals through the world’s most proven electronic medical record, as well as unified care records for health systems and governments through a powerful suite of healthcare data integration solutions. The company is committed to excellence through its award-winning, 24×7 support for customers and partners in more than 80 countries. Privately held and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 25 offices worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.
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What We Do
InterSystems has been the information engine behind the world's most important applications in healthcare, business and government for over 40 years. Our software products provide advanced data management, integration, and analytics technologies used daily by millions of people in 80+ countries.
Why Work With Us
Because we are a highly profitable, privately-held software company, we place our clients first in everything we do. We value intellectual curiosity and a relentless desire to outperform competitors. With many MIT and Ivy League alumni, along with experienced subject matter experts, you will work with the best of the best.
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For the first 3 or 6 months (experience and role dependent), we ask our employees to work in the office 5 days a week. Once this period is up, they can drop down to 3 days in the office, one of which must be a Monday.
