Contracts Specialist - engagement
About the role
The Contracts Specialist will support the in-house legal team with sourcing, negotiating, and executing key commercial agreements in support of several large, high-value projects. This role focuses on procurement and supply chain (including autonomous vehicles), vendor and customer agreements involving complex and significant dollar values.
Responsibilities
- Review, negotiate, and complete multi-million dollar contracts
- Support the procurement and supply chain teams
- Work closely with internal stakeholders throughout the contract lifecycle
- Manage contracts from initial review to final execution
Requirements
- Significant experience reviewing, negotiating, and completing multi-million dollar contracts
- Paralegal or Legal Operations experience with a large company
- Prior experience supporting an in-house legal department in a contracts, paralegal, or legal operations role
- Judgment and professionalism to work directly with business teams
- Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
Qualifications
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Comfortable managing contracts through the full lifecycle
- Experience with complex and significant dollar value agreements
- Experience working within a legal department
Skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
- Complimentary professional liability insurance coverage
- Group medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Group life, LTD, and AD&D insurance
- Access to a qualified 401k plan
- CLE and Professional Expense stipend
Pay
The annualized pay for this position ranges from $70,000 to $100,000 when calculated on a full-time basis. Pay for contract engagements is based on multiple factors including but not limited to work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand, and the candidate’s preference (each candidate’s pay rate affects the client bill rate which can affect the candidate’s competitiveness for the position).
Schedule
This role may be part time (at least 20 hours a week) or full-time and expected to last at least several months. A hybrid schedule is preferred, with at least two days per week in the office in Austin; remaining days may be worked remotely.
Company Information
Our client is a premier, publicly traded energy infrastructure and logistics company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the legal department reflects the company culture of fast-paced, high-growth with the financial stability of a billion dollar market leader. Latitude Attorneys and other legal professionals receive complimentary professional liability insurance coverage. All Latitude employees (including those on contract engagements) are also eligible for full benefits when working 20+ hours per week, including group medical, dental, and vision insurance, and complimentary group life, LTD and AD&D insurance. A qualified 401k plan is also available.
About Latitude
Latitude is a full-service flexible legal talent company serving corporate legal departments and law firms nationwide. From Fortune Global 100 companies to start-ups and Global 50 law firms to boutiques, clients turn to us for top-tier attorneys and other legal professionals. Latitude specializes in providing highly skilled former in-house counsel and Big Law attorneys for flexible contract engagements and permanent positions in dozens of practice areas, including commercial contracting, data privacy, M&A, employment, litigation, and more. Founded in 2013, Latitude is a Chambers and Partners globally-ranked flexible legal staffing company. Our Specialty: Highly Skilled Contract Attorneys. Latitude Attorneys have the level of skill, experience, and judgment as would be expected of a permanent member of our client’s corporate legal department or law firm and the versatility to step into challenging environments and hit the ground running. Latitude Attorneys serve on a full- or part-time contract basis, and work remotely or on-site at the client office.