USA remote
Assistant General Counsel
About this role
Basic Function The Assistant General Counsel provides strategic legal counsel and transactional support across the organization, closely collaborating with Sales, Product, Compliance, and Risk teams. This role is critical in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various contracts, including B2B SaaS agreements, vendor contracts, and partnership agreements, ensuring robust compliance with financial regulations, data privacy standards, and corporate policies.
The ideal candidate demonstrates strong commercial insight to facilitate product commercialization, proactively mitigates legal and business risks, and integrates legal considerations effectively into strategic operations. Essential Functions and Responsibilities: - Support a west-coast growth team in revenue-generating contract negotiations - Structure, draft, review, and negotiate diverse contracts, including complex SaaS, technology, customer, and vendor agreements.
- Provide legal representation and guidance within senior leadership and business unit meetings. - Conduct training sessions for new hires and ongoing contract training for Sales, Client Experience, Business Development, and Legal teams. - Develop, implement, and refine legal department policies and operational procedures. - Manage contract disputes through strategic negotiations and supervise external counsel effectively within budget constraints.
- Advise internal teams on contract terms, regulatory compliance, business implications, and risk management strategies. - Lead negotiations of strategic partnerships and contracts, facilitating approvals from key internal stakeholders. - Ensure contract compliance aligns with the company's legal standards and commercial objectives. - Perform other duties as assigned Physical Demands: - While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to type, handle, or feel and talk or hear - Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision - Ability to occasionally lift/move up to 25 pounds - Individuals with a disability who are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job may request reasonable accommodation through the Human Resources department.