Lead Specialist, Legal Counsel

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❄️ Minnesota – Remote

❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $120k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Pearson VUE

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1994

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Pearson VUE is a global leader in computer-based testing, providing a wide range of credentialing and certification exams for various industries. They support test-takers and test owners by offering resources, scheduling options, and accommodations to ensure equitable access to testing. Their mission is to empower candidates and enrich communities through the delivery of high-stakes exams that validate professional skills and knowledge, contributing to career advancement and industry standards.

📋 Description

• Support Pearson's enterprise sales organisation through complex customer contracting, strategic partnerships, and commercial legal guidance • Draft, review, revise and negotiate commercial agreements, including MSAs, subscription agreements, order forms, amendments and renewals, NDAs, professional services agreements, reseller and channel agreements, and strategic partnership arrangements • Participate directly in customer negotiation calls and commercial discussions • Develop negotiation positions and resolve escalated legal or commercial issues • Advise on contract risk while balancing commercial objectives • Advise stakeholders on intellectual property, warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability, service commitments, payment terms, termination rights, assignment provisions, data privacy, AI-related contractual considerations, and regulatory and compliance obligations • Translate complex legal concepts into clear, practical, business-focused guidance • Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, clause libraries and approval matrices • Improve contracting workflows and processes to increase scalability and efficiency • Support legal operations initiatives, including automation, intake processes, reporting and knowledge management • Monitor emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting enterprise sales, SaaS, AI and commercial contracting • Partner with Sales, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, Operations and other cross-functional stakeholders • Support complex enterprise transactions from initial opportunity through contract execution and ongoing commercial support

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school • Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar, or equivalent legal qualification • Significant experience drafting and negotiating commercial technology agreements, SaaS agreements, subscription agreements, licensing agreements and enterprise customer contracts • Strong understanding of enterprise sales cycles, procurement processes, commercial contracting and complex B2B negotiations • Ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives • Strong commercial judgement and practical problem-solving capability • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to explain legal concepts effectively to non-legal stakeholders • Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment • Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills • Preferred: previous in-house legal experience supporting enterprise sales, technology businesses, SaaS organisations, digital learning platforms or commercial contracting functions • Preferred: experience building or improving contract playbooks, templates, legal workflows or automation processes • Preferred: experience negotiating with large enterprise customers, strategic partners or public sector organisations • Preferred: experience supporting global teams and cross-border commercial activity

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual incentive program eligibility • Benefits offered by Pearson (the posting links to further information)