Description:

The Vice President, Legal role will cover all legal functions within the company. This person will ensure that the company always operates within the law, offer counsel on legal issues, oversee contract lifecycle management (CLM) for the company's customer and vendor contracts, and serve as a trusted adviser in the development and implementation of the company's business strategy. The successful candidate will be able to ensure legal compliance and limit risk exposure while bringing organizational best practices to ark's legal function. To ensure success you need to have sound knowledge and understanding of applicable laws and regulations (with a good sense of when to seek outside counsel support), excellent organizational skills, and the ability to make prudent legal decisions informed by the business goals of the company.

Company Overview:
ark data centers is a trusted partner enterprises rely on to drive their digital transformation and meet the demands of tomorrow, today. Backed by global investment firm Carlyle, ark's purpose-built, owned-andoperated data centers are engineered to meet the highest standards of security and compliance, offering critical power capacities designed for high-performance and mission-critical workloads with 24/7 monitoring, industry-leading uptime, and carrier-neutral connectivity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide prudent and accurate legal guidance, informed by the business goals of the company, to the executive team and employees on all matters that affect the company.
Manage the entire legal contract lifecycle, primarily with customers and vendors, including contract drafting and negotiation, internal approvals and execution, implementation including tracking of contractual compliance, contract archiving, renewals and termination.
Act as company secretary at board meetings and keep comprehensive and accurate books and records of the company.
Advise on employment law matters and draft/review independent contractor and employment agreements.
Conduct legal research on various matters as they arise.
Periodically review the company's litigation strategy with the executive team and manage ongoing litigation with support from outside counsel.
Ensure the company has up-to-date policies and implements appropriate procedures for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including corporate laws, anti-bribery/anticorruption/AML, workplace safety, data protection, etc.
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be the principal and essential functions of this job and are not intended to be comprehensive/exclusive.

Requirements:
Education and Experience:

JD degree
8-12 years of legal experience, preferably with some law firm experience followed by in-house experience in progressively more responsible positions, including a demonstrated ability to achieve goals and objectives and manage key client/constituent relationships.
Preference for experience in the digital assets / data centers / fiber sector or other related fields.

Technical Knowledge:

Solid knowledge of corporate law and business contract drafting.
Knowledge of some combination of the following legal areas: tech/digital assets-specific business contracting, intellectual property law, data protection, employment law, real estate law, business litigation.
A clear understanding of the legal and risk issues that face businesses in the private sector.
A working knowledge of sound business practices.
Knowledge of risk management (a risk taker who carefully considers risk/reward).

Compensation:

The compensation for this position ranges are $180,000 - $250,000 annual pay. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including experience and skillsets.

Ark offers corporate sponsored bonus. Bonus eligibility is determined by company financial metrics, including revenue growth.

Benefits include:

Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Flexible time off including parental leave
Executive coaching and professional development support