Senior Attorney, Data Licensing & Technology Transactions
seic · USA - PA - Oaks · United States · On-site
Posted Sep 24, 2026
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The Data Licensing & Technology Transactions Attorney ("Attorney") will be primarily responsible for supporting SEI business, technology, operations, procurement, data governance and product teams in the review, negotiation and administration of a broad range of commercial transactions. The Attorney will work with business stakeholders and senior members of the Legal Department in connection with agreements involving technology, data, software, professional services and strategic third-party relationships while helping to ensure compliance with SEI's contractual, regulatory and third-party risk management obligations.
A significant focus of the role will be advising on the acquisition, licensing, governance and use of third-party data and technology solutions that support SEI's business operations, products and services. The Attorney will regularly advise stakeholders on data rights, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, information security, privacy, operational risk and regulatory considerations associated with strategic vendor relationships.
The Attorney will have frequent interaction with internal solutions teams, procurement professionals, data governance personnel, information security teams, product/service owners and relationship managers, and will participate in negotiations with vendors, technology providers, market data providers, exchanges, index providers and other strategic counterparties. The Attorney must possess strong relationship-building, communication, project management, organizational and negotiation skills and be capable of providing practical, commercially focused legal advice in a fast-paced environment.
The Attorney will report to a Senior Transactional Attorney Director.
What you will do:
Commercial Transactions & Contracting
Draft, negotiate and review the company's agreements with clients and third-party service providers, including non-disclosure agreements, professional services agreements, outsourcing agreements, software licenses, data licenses, development agreements and strategic technology partnerships.
Lead complex negotiations involving:
Data licensing agreements
Market data agreements
Exchange and benchmark licensing arrangements
Index licensing agreements
Alternative data agreements
SaaS and cloud services agreements
Technology and software licensing arrangements
Strategic sourcing and procurement contracts
Data Licensing & Governance
Serve as legal advisor on enterprise data acquisition and data licensing initiatives.
Advise business stakeholders regarding contractual rights and restrictions relating to:
Internal business use
Client-facing use
Redistribution rights
API and digital delivery rights
Derived data rights
Analytics and reporting rights
Intellectual property ownership
Artificial intelligence and machine learning use cases
Partner with Data Governance, Technology, Product, Operations, Compliance, Privacy and Information Security…