Associate Counsel - Commercial Transactions

Posting TypeHybridJob OverviewThe Associate Counsel - Commercial Transactions, works under the Director, Legal - Commercial Transactions. Primary Objective: Support the Commercial Transactions team as the subject matter expert on the company's vendor transactions and other procurement activities by negotiating vendor contracts and analyzing risks in vendor contracting.Secondary Objective: Support customer commercial transactions as a member of the Legal - Commercial Transactions team. Support the Legal Operations Manager with special projects, including legal process improvements for the procurement lifecycle. This position is well-suited for a smart, detailed oriented, professional who enjoys (a) working in a fast-paced environment (b) closing a high volume of transactions, (c) interacting with a variety of stakeholders, and (d) managing and providing input on processes that are efficient and scalable.Job Description and Requirements Role Responsibilities:Act astheprincipallegal support for vendor contracts by reviewing and negotiating vendor contracts. Related tasks include communicating deadlines, requirements, andpartnering to addresscontract-relatedissues with the procurement,risk management,security, IT and privacy teams; managing legal queue of contracts for review; managing stakeholder and vendor communicationswith theprocurement team;engaging withothermembers of the legal teamon contract review; engaging with vendor counsel in negotiations. Transactions may include inbound enterprise and SAAS software contracts,company event contracts, consulting and professional services agreements,equipment and supply contracts, statements of work,and purchase orders.Suggest, work on,and,where opportunity arises, lead onimprovements in processes, e.g.collaborateclosely withprocurementteaminaprocure-to-contract tool, manage thelegal contract process in a CLM tool, updateor createstandard forms or variations,which may includecreating efficiencies in contracting, work with other stakeholders, and createdocumentation for processesthrough the utilization ofgenAItools.Become a hero toour internal stakeholders,departments or groups by quickly reviewing or preparing a variety of agreements,including providing support for customer agreements where time and opportunity allow,and providing focused, value-adding, comments on key issuesbyquickly and accurately respondingto/negotiating or generating a challenging volume and variety of contracts - ranging from straight-forward to complex. Thisimportant rolekeepsour business moving and our systemsoperating.Assistin the administration of our internal approval workflow system, prioritize contracts, and respond toorappropriatelytriagequestions.Be a pinch hitter tohelp outas time permits and needs arise in supporting theLegal and Legal Operations teams with projects, which may includecollaborating to supportcustomer commercial deals,creating efficiencies in contracting,process improvements,working with other stakeholders, andupdatingforms.Skilled knowledge working withDocuSign, MSFT Office, Salesforce, Contracts Management System (Ironclad).Preferred Qualifications:Three or more years of high-quality relevant experience as part of a legal team.Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, responsiveness, andexcellentcommunicationsskills.Required:Experiencenegotiatinga variety ofcommercial contracts, includingSaaS agreements,consulting and professional services,sponsorship agreements, general services contracts,on-prem softwarecontracts, equipment and supply contracts,statements of work,and purchase orders.Required: Experience working with procurement,internalstakeholdersand business teams,negotiatingcontractual legalterms, andidentifyingandassessingcontractualrisksand impacts.Desirable but notrequired:Background in information technology orprocuringinformation technology.Desirable but notrequired: Experience working as a litigatoror part of a litigation team.Desirable but notrequired:Experience working with contract management systems.Ability to research and analyzelegalissues, and solidproficiencywith MS WordMinimum Qualifications:Legal degree (licensed attorney-at-law or admitted solicitor)with good grades from a good school.Strong organizationalskills and attention to detail.Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, responsiveness, andexcellentcommunicationsskills.Reasonable exposure to computer and software technology concepts.Solidproficiencywith MSOffice, and Salesforce.Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives. The expected salary range for this role is between following values:$131,000 and $197,000The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.Required Skills: