Assistant General Counsel - Contracts

Provides legal advice and serves as in-house counsel to Strategic Education on a wide variety of matters.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility for negotiating and drafting a variety of contracts such as agreements with vendors, consultants, technology providers, employees, and corporate clients/alliances
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including internal subject matter experts and business leaders, during contract review process
• Contribute to management and optimization of a contract review process that ensures comprehensive review to protect Company’s interests while also ensuring speed and efficiency
• Assist with litigation and administrative proceedings involving contracts and commercial disputes
• Investigate legal issues and recommend action, primarily related to the Company’s contractual obligations
• Assist with general corporate matters
• Provides legal and compliance training to in-house clients

Job Skills:

• Excellent analytical, oral, and written communications skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Strong computer/word processing skills, including knowledge of standard Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

• Ability and willingness to apply independent judgment in a dynamic environment.

Work Experience:

• At least three years of experience in the practice of law.

• Experience in negotiating/drafting contracts preferred
• Experience with contract management software preferred
• Experience with SaaS contracts preferred

• Higher education experience preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and JD from an ABA-accredited law school.

Certificates, Licenses, and registrations

• Bar admission in one or more of the following jurisdictions: Virginia, Minnesota, Maryland, or Washington, DC.

Other:

• Must be able to travel 10% of the time.

• Must be able to lift 25 lbs.

• Typical office setting.

• Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.

• Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.

• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant.

• Access information using a computer.

• Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.

• Effectively cope with stressful situations.

• Strong mental acuity.

• Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job. 

• Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

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If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected].