Associate General Counsel, Transactions

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Remote, USFull-TimeSenior
Salary$188,000 — $282,000 USD
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Job Details

Experience
10+ years
Required Skills
Risk ManagementProcess improvement

Requirements

  • J.D. degree and admission in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
  • 10+ years of experience negotiating complex commercial contracts, including significant in-house experience at fast-paced companies.
  • Significant experience handling complex technology and commercial transactions in a corporate or law firm environment.
  • Strong transactional judgment and ability to operate in a high-intensity, sales-driven business environment.
  • Exceptional relationship-building and client management skills.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to translate business objectives into practical legal solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to structure and improve legal functions, workflows, and processes.
  • Strong organizational skills with a high degree of accountability for managing competing demands.
  • Capacity to think big, bias for action, and willingness to take ownership of complex matters.
  • Growth mindset focused on continuous operational improvement and service excellence.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.
  • Ability to balance speed and commercial objectives with sound legal judgment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead agreement drafting and negotiations on business-critical transactions with complex IP, technology, business, and regulatory issues.
  • Develop agreement templates, negotiation standards, playbooks, processes, and risk frameworks to support high-quality work and risk management.
  • Partner cross-functionally on company-wide initiatives to standardize the deal process from initial discussions through signing.
  • Partner with legal subject-matter experts to ensure contract templates and positions are regularly updated to reflect current objectives.
  • Act as an embedded member of the business teams by providing timely guidance and practical, commercially oriented counsel.
  • Manage and prioritize a high-volume, fast-moving transactional workload in an intense, deadline-driven environment.
  • Provide objective and consistent oversight of transactional work performed by other attorneys, including workload allocation and training.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for complex or high-value transactions and help drive matters to resolution.
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