Director, Corporate Counsel
Pivotal Talent Search
- Schaumburg, IL
- $150,000-175,000 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Draft and negotiate commercial / IP agreements and other legal documents with customers, technology partners, service providers, vendors, and licensors
- Craft templates for our products and services for two lines of business
- Create new tools and processes to enhance how our team supports our business partners
- Build and present training programs on contracts and substantive law topics
- Support M&A, financing transactions, and other corporate initiatives
- Provide leadership as an advisor and a partner for business team projects
- Contribute to the company as a solutions-oriented legal advisor and risk manager
- J.D. from a top law school with a strong academic record and bar admission in good standing (preferably in Illinois)
- 3-6 years of high-volume contract work at a major law firm, including progressive responsibility; previous in-house work is a plus, but is not required
- Extensive experience drafting and negotiating agreements and organizing a high volume of legal work
- Significant experience with intellectual property, data management, and/or cybersecurity is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including active listening, necessary for effective collaboration at all levels of an organization
- Rigorous and thorough legal analytical skills, including the ability to generate elegant solutions that enable business goals while mitigating risk
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and excited to work as part of the larger legal organization
- A desire to learn, to be challenged, and to grow in a fast-paced environment of innovators and strategic thinkers