Associate General Counsel & Director of Contracts

Position Purpose

Provides legal services to Beeline to ensure maximum protection of its legal rights; provides strategic guidance, consultation, and support to various internal stakeholders throughout Beeline. This is a fully remote position and can be located anywhere in the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the United States.

Responsibilities

• Counsel will manage a team of professionals focused on contract management and review and lead various corporate legal initiatives.
• Counsel will serve as a generalist and must be able to succeed in handling wide variety of legal needs generated by various Beeline departments and external sources.
• Counsel is required to negotiate complex contracts and amendments with Beeline’s potential and existing clients, both in the US and abroad. This includes Client and prospect Request for Proposals, new contract initiation and negotiation, existing contract amendments and extensions, data protection agreements and data privacy/data security documents, and additional contract documents.
• This position will interface directly with key Beeline departments including Finance, Client Services, Program Services, Information Security, Relationship Management, and Technical Operations and Sales. Counsel will resolve contract issues with the individual Department leaders and the Beeline General Counsel. Must demonstrate proficiency in identification of contractual provisions impacting Beeline departments and internal communication to resolve issues through approved channels.
• Initiate and implement approved contract negotiation and drafting processes and checklists in accordance with Beeline’s procedures and risk guidelines.
• Negotiate with client and other external contract authorities in a professional and effective manner.
• Draft, review, revise, maintain, update, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts in accordance with company policies and legal requirements as well as company best practices. Must demonstrate profic