Description:

Now, we're entering a new phase of growth and are looking for an experienced Associate General Counsel. The successful candidate will play a critical role in guiding the company's global operations, ensuring legal compliance, mitigating risks, and enabling the business to scale quickly and responsibly.

What You'll Do:

The ideal candidate will thrive working in an innovative and fast-paced work environment, solve problems at the speed of business, think critically, and deliver sound legal counsel to executives and project leads quickly.
Review, support and negotiate a variety of U.S. Government and foreign Government contracts in support of PDW's mission.
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor, reseller, partnership, and customer contracts.
Support business development and product teams with asset acquisition structures and risk management strategies.
Provide counsel on intellectual property protection, licensing, open-source software usage, and technology transfer.
Partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, finance, HR, security) to identify and mitigate legal risks.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on complex legal and regulatory issues.
Stay ahead of evolving laws and regulations impacting the technology sector, including AI, data security, and global trade.
Possess the mental agility to pivot into new areas of practice when needed.

Requirements:

J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar, Alabama preferred.
10+ years of legal experience, including in-house counsel experience at a technology company, government agency or top law firm.
Expertise in Government and commercial contracting, and acquisition, fiscal law, administrative law, investigations, and regulatory compliance.
Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative, and rapidly evolving environment.
Proficiency in MS Office tools.
Ability to travel up to 20%.