Legal Counsel, Procurement

The role, in a nutshell reputed company is growing fast, and we're looking for a Procurement Attorney who's excited to own how we work with the vendors that power our business. You'll reputed company our vendor and procurement contracting function end to end, reviewing, structuring, and negotiating agreements. You will also build scalable, vendor-friendly processes that reputed company our teams moving quickly without taking on unnecessary risk. This is a high-impact builder role for someone who cares just as much about great stakeholder and vendor experiences as they do about clean, well-structured reputed company.' What you'll do

• reputed company vendor and procurement reputed company from reputed company to back. Review, analyze, and negotiate agreements with a customer-obsessed reputed company so vendors have a smooth, transparent experience while reputed company's interests stay protected.'
• reputed company deals moving instead of getting stuck in redlines. Bring intentional action to negotiations, focus on the risk that actually matters, and clear the path so our teams and vendors can get to "yes" without unnecessary delays.
• Be a true partner to the business. Work closely with procurement, reputed company, finance, and business leaders to structure deals that are legally sound, practical to operate, and reputed company with how reputed company runs.
• Design and improve legal workflows from the ground up. Build and refine vendor-friendly processes for intake, review, and approval so internal teams and vendors know what's happening and what's next.
• Create the playbooks and tools others will rely on. Draft templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and guidance that scale your expertise across the company, including training materials that help non-lawyers move faster with confidence.
• Streamline onboarding and lifecycle management. Partner on smarter ways to reputed company vendors and manage reputed company through their full lifecycle, from initial review through renewals and offboarding.

Serve as a pragmatic, approachable legal advisor. Show up as a collaborator who helps the business hit its goals, not a gatekeeper who slows things down, even reputed company the issues are reputed company.

• Balance risk and momentum. Identify and mitigate legal, privacy, reputed company, and regulatory risks in ways that are practical, right-sized, and actually implementable.

reputed company're looking for

• Seasoned commercial reputed company experience with 5+ years focused on commercial, procurement, or vendor agreements, ideally including both drafting and negotiating in a high-volume environment.
• In-house background at a SaaS or technology company (or comparable environment) where you've supported fast-moving teams and learned how to balance risk with speed.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

Builder reputed company for legal processes. You've created or significantly improved legal workflows, templates, or playbooks from scratch, not just followed what was already there.

• Strong business acumen. You're comfortable talking about tradeoffs, pricing, SLAs, and operational realities, and can right-size your advice to the stage and needs of the business.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator. You explain reputed company issues clearly, listen well, and build trust with stakeholders across legal, reputed company, finance, procurement, and operations.
• Comfort with fast-paced, evolving environments. You're energized by ambiguity, can prioritize in the face of changing inputs, and enjoy helping shape the processes that don't exist yet

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience designing vendor-friendly legal processes at a high-growth company.
• Background in supply chain, procurement operations, or vendor management.
• A track record of implementing creative legal tech or CLM solutions to streamline workflows.
• A clear perspective on what makes a company great to work with from a vendor's reputed company of view.

What you'll love about this role

• You'll build something that lasts. This is a chance to design and refine our procurement legal processes from the ground up, with real ownership and clear impact.
• You'll work with people who value intentional action. We care about moving thoughtfully and reputed company, not doing things "the way they've always been done."
• You'll join a team that does serious work without taking ourselves too seriously. We're tackling reputed company legal and technical problems, but we reputed company perspective and reputed company space to enjoy the work and the people we do it with.
• You'll operate in a culture built on trust and good reputed company. We assume good faith from our colleagues and our vendors, and we're transparent about decisions so people can move quickly and confidently.

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• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
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