What you’ll do...

• Negotiate and draft revenue-generating contracts with our customers;
• Assist sales and finance organizations with monitoring completion of customer contract milestones;
• Negotiate and draft vendor agreements;
• Partner with business stakeholders to review, negotiate, and execute certain form agreements between Emerald and our counterparties;
• Help build out our Legal team and all legal operations;
• Develop and update legal forms and playbooks;
• Manage and improve upon Emerald’s contract processes, including by training partners on those processes and workflows, and identifying opportunities to drive scale across the organization;
• Collect and maintain company contracts, approvals, signatures, and related documents; and
• Contribute to general team initiatives, including taking on special projects as necessary.

Qualifications:

• Ability to work independently, full-time and remotely
• Ability to analyze complex business and legal issues/risks in order to advocate and advance practical solutions.
• Exceptional legal drafting skills with an affinity for using language to achieve compromise.
• Capacity to think analytically and strategically to identify issues early in a project and to develop long-term solutions
• Ability to communicate adeptly with all levels of an organization; exceptional consultative skills
• Ability to thrive in a high-functioning, fast-paced, unstructured environment
• Process-oriented and proactive approach to contract drafting and negotiation.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple and varied negotiations with enthusiasm and attention to detail.
• Ability to establish project management plans with internal and external stakeholders and drive negotiations in accordance with aggressive timelines.

Education:

• JD and Bar Admission (Texas preferred) required

Minimum Work Experience:

• Strong professional experience as an attorney, minimum 2-6+ years law firm training, and/or 2-6+ years in-house experience negotiating commercial contracts for a global corporation (preference for life sciences or SAAS).