Description:
*****This Position Is Not Eligible for Visa Sponsorship*****What You'll Do:
- You'll provide legal counsel to internal business stakeholders on routine and complex commercial matters, with an emphasis on commercial, technology, and transactional agreements.
- You're adaptable, comfortable with an evolving business environment, and approach opportunities with a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
- This role reports to the Director, Assistant General Counsel (Commercial).
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements and vendor procurement contracts including technology agreements such as SaaS, software licenses, hardware and technology-related professional services.
- Assist with the confidentiality program, including negotiating NDAs.
- Support and administer certain policies and procedures for the commercial legal team, including associated controls.
- Conduct legal research and provide analysis on various commercial legal topics.
- Collaborate with team members and cross-functional stakeholders such as strategic sourcing, third-party risk management, and security to address legal matters affecting the business.
- Assist senior attorneys with projects, research, and legal counseling.
- Perform other duties as required.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Qualifications:
- The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
- [Required] 3-5 years of relevant commercial legal experience in-house or at a law firm.
- [Required] Ability to promptly produce high-quality, accurate, and detailed work product.
- [Required] Ability to quickly identify and assess issues and escalate to senior attorneys as appropriate.
- [Required] Excellent analytical and problem-solving, interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills, including strong writing skills.
- [Preferred] In-house experience with SaaS, software license, AI, hardware and professional services procurement and/or customer facing contracts.
- [Preferred] Experience working with regulatory agencies or regulated financial institutions.
- [Preferred] Familiarity with securities and commodity laws and regulations.
Technical skills:
- [Required] Microsoft Office Suite, Legal research and reference tools, collaboration and communication platforms
- [Preferred] CLM and legal operations tools, AI assisted tools
Education and/or Experience:
- [Required] JD degree and active bar membership
- [Required] Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university
Certificates or Licenses:
[Required] Admitted to practice law in Illinois