Contracts Lawyer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Harbor

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501 - 1000 employees

⚖️ Legal

📣 Marketing

💼 Consulting

Legal • Marketing • Consulting

Harbor is a globally integrated team of 800 industry experts working across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence, focused on helping leading law firms, corporations, and their law departments achieve breakthrough outcomes. The company enhances law firm business development through powerful marketing technology and data quality management solutions, following their recent acquisition of CLIENTSFirst Consulting.

📋 Description

• Apply playbook standards to redline and edit contract language while incorporating client-defined standards and suggesting alternate terms for procurement engagements • Identify terms, conditions, and carve-out strategies to resolve contract negotiation roadblocks while limiting risk • Liaise with clients’ in-house legal counsel during review and final approval of initial contracts and renewals • Engage Harbor client leads and department leaders regarding upcoming contract renewals • Facilitate contract-term negotiations and act as liaison between internal and external personnel, including identifying escalation points • Communicate contract terms and conditions to end users and stakeholders • Manage the work pipeline, track review status, meet KPIs, provide proactive updates, and follow up with stakeholders • Update contract statuses and newly signed documents in the contracts administration system • Serve as key contact for questions and needs regarding assigned contracts • Develop, update, and administer standard agreement templates and related playbooks • Support vendor governance, including vendor onboarding/offboarding, risk management, and relationship management • Facilitate and attend proactive planning and contract management meetings • Perform other contracts-related duties as necessary • Work closely with project team members and client personnel within a matrix structure, reporting primarily to a Business Unit Client Lead with legal oversight from the Contracts Team

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctorate (JD) and a license to practice law in any US State required • 4+ years of work experience in contract development, redlining, legal terms review, negotiations, and contract management • Strong familiarity with Professional Services Agreements, Software as a Service Agreements, software license agreements, and related contract provisions required • Working knowledge of emerging AI-related contract terms, including data usage, model training, output ownership, risk allocation, audit rights, and regulatory compliance • Ability to interpret complex policies and legal language, assess business risk, and plan risk mitigation approaches • Ability to build collaborative relationships and communicate orally and in writing with managers, internal clients, vendors, colleagues, and support staff • Proactivity and ownership of daily responsibilities and projects, including contract administration • Effective time management, prioritization, and organizational skills in a multitasked environment • Responsive and customer-focused, with appropriate follow-up and follow-through • Commitment to quality and accuracy • Willingness to learn and adapt to change • Working knowledge of data privacy and data security laws, such as GDPR, and experience reviewing and negotiating related contractual language preferable

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote role with little to no travel involved • Option for the ideal candidate in Chicago to work hybrid from Harbor's Chicago headquarters