Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review, markup/draft (from forms and from scratch), negotiate and close commercial contracts, including master services agreements, statements of work, licenses, RFP responses and supporting documents across the Business Services business unit.
• Provide rapid, practical, business-oriented legal/commercial contract advice directly to business clients.
• Support business clients in negotiating price, deliverables, services scope, warranty and other commercial terms.
• Apply innovative problem-solving skills and practical business judgment to maximize revenues, minimize risk and foster long-term client relationships.
• Collaborate with and facilitate cross-team decision-making among the Legal team, Finance team, business teams and other internal teams.
• Manage assigned projects to completion.
• Perform other duties & projects as assigned.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• J.D. degree from top law school required.
• Licensed to practice law in the State of California.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in a law firm and corporate legal department; in-house corporate legal department experience preferred.
• Experience negotiating commercial contracts and other experience demonstrating ability to handle and close commercial and legal negotiations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical and research skills required.
• Business-oriented.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, fluid and collegial corporate culture.
• Ability to draft and close commercial agreements with minimal support from senior staff.
• Demonstrated ability to think and decide quickly, and to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely.