Associate General Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Offer guidance, consultation, direction, and support on a wide array of legal issues.

• Recognize key legal challenges and operational concerns, providing innovative solutions or enhancements.

• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements related to client retention, vendors, technology, professional services, licensing, confidentiality, and other commercial matters.

• Counsel business leaders on contractual, regulatory, operational, and reputational risks.

• Independently manage contract matters from initial intake through to execution.

• Assist in the oversight of litigation matters, which includes coordinating with outside counsel, strategy, budgets, deadlines, risk assessments, and status updates.

• Support corporate governance and entity management functions, covering annual reports, state filings, foreign qualifications, registered-agent issues, corporate records, board consents, and meeting minutes.

• Collaborate with compliance, information security, technology, procurement, finance, and operations teams.

• Create and manage templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, and approval workflows.

• Facilitate contract lifecycle management and other legal operations initiatives.

• Carry out additional related responsibilities as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.

• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• Approximately 5 to 10 years of pertinent legal experience.

• Significant responsibility in commercial contracting.

• Experience in managing litigation and outside counsel.

• Background in supporting corporate governance, entity management, or corporate secretary functions.

• Strong skills in drafting, negotiation, analysis, and communication.

• Capability to manage competing priorities, make sound judgments, and work independently.

• Practical, business-oriented approach to identifying and mitigating risk.

• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management systems; experience with Ironclad is highly preferred.

• Preferred experience in legal operations, process improvement, and contract workflow design.

• Ability to sit or stand for prolonged periods.

• Capacity to maintain focus for extended durations.

• Willingness to work extra hours to achieve objectives.

• Competence in using computers for a significant part of the day.

• Ability to travel domestically, if required.

• All applicants for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and general computer skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical coverage.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) with quarterly employer contributions.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Group life insurance.

• Supplemental life insurance plans.

• Long and short-term disability coverage.

• First Stop Health access for all employees.

• Legal service benefits for all employees.

• Hospital and accident indemnity coverage.

• National discount programs for all employees.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Paid time off (PTO) based on accrual.

• No-cost benefits indicated with an asterisk in the posting.