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Interim Senior Contracts Counsel Jobs in United States at Major, Lindsey & Africa
Title: Interim Senior Contracts Counsel
Company: Major, Lindsey & Africa
Location: United States
Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need for a part-time (20 hours per week) Interim Senior Contracts Counsel (100% Remote, National) with a focus on procurement and technology agreements. Focus on overflow work and escalations for AI and infosec issues.
Overview: Our client is seeking an Interim Senior Contracts Counsel part-time (20 hours per week) for 6+ months. These will be master level agreements like master services agreements, online services agreements, trading platform agreement that tend to be on supplier paper or moved to our client’s paper. Focus on AI and infosec escalations.
Company: Large Financial Institution
Experience:
- 10-20+ years experience focused on complex commercial transactions with a focus on vendor agreements, online service agreements, trading platform agreements and master service agreement.
- Technology Transactions experience with a focus on AI and infosec.
- Experience with complex deal making with a high volume of contracts.
- Experience assessing and memorializing risk.
- Inhouse and Big law or mid-major law firm experience.
- Large Company experience a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Office; familiarity with Ariba and Archer a plus.
- Proven ability to manage a large number and variety of mission-critical projects, working independently and collaboratively.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be swift and can think through matters without guidance.
Location: 100% Remote
Responsibilities Include:
- Draft and negotiate without assistance complex technology transaction contracts with vendors, strategic partners, and subcontractors.
- Responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts with client’s third-party service providers for a wide variety of services and products, including, but not limited to, master services, online hosting platforms, outsourcing, consulting, and cloud based services.
- Responsible for preparing a deviation document to explain the risk to the line of business who must sign off on the risk (via a contract summary and then contract risk rating from client’s database).
- Work with multiple stakeholders to ensure that all legal, regulatory, data security, privacy, and related risks are appropriately identified and addressed in third party supplier contracts.
Qualifications Include:
- J.D. degree and membership in good standing in at least one state bar
All interested and qualified candidates should apply directly with Major, Lindsey & Africa for review and consideration.
Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.
$100 per hour
Job ID: 249464
