Position Purpose: Provides legal services to Beeline to ensure maximum protection of its legal rights; provides strategic guidance, consultation, and support to various internal stakeholders throughout Beeline. Is a fully remote position and can be located anywhere in the Eastern and Central Time Zones of the United States.

Responsibilities:

Associate Counsel will serve as a generalist with an emphasis on contract drafting and negotiation. All candidates must be able to succeed in handling a wide variety of legal needs generated by various Beeline departments.
Associate Counsel is required to negotiate complex contracts and amendments with Beeline’s potential and existing clients, both in the US and abroad. This includes Client and prospect Request for Proposals, new contract initiation and negotiation, existing contract amendments and extensions, data protection agreements and data privacy/data security documents, and additional contract documents. A successful candidate must demonstrate proficiency in drafting and negotiating multiple related contracts to achieve overall cohesiveness of contract objective and scheme.
This position will interface directly with key Beeline departments including Finance, Client Services, Program Services, Information Security, Relationship Management, and Technical Operations and Sales. Associate Counsel will resolve contract issues with individual Department leaders and the Beeline Legal Department. Associate Counsel must demonstrate proficiency in identifying contractual provisions impacting Beeline, and they must be able to provide strategic solutions to resolve issues through approved channels.
Initiate and implement approved contract negotiation and drafting processes within the organization.
Researching, analyzing, and monitoring applicable laws and engaging with internal business stakeholders to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations that apply to the business.
Promoting legal and compliance best practice throughout the company.
Work cross-functionally and support teams across the company in executing various compliance initiatives.

Requirements:

J.D. degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school, be a member in good standing of a State bar, at least 5 years experience in an in-house counsel department or corporate department of a law firm.
Understanding of global data protection laws and practices.
Strong negotiating and drafting skills.
Ability to comprehend complex legal matters and identify the laws that are applicable to them.
Demonstrated organization and time management skills; able to juggle multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment.
Have persuasive internal and external communication practices that encourage trust and respect.
Possess an interest in technology and information security.
Strong analytical skills relating to contracts and existing laws and their application to business products and practices.
Excellent business judgment.
Ability to communicate complex legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues can appreciate.

Desired Competencies:

Ability and desire to drive change through high-energy, can-do attitude, comfortable working in a high-performance, entrepreneurial, open-door environment
Must be an outstanding communicator and team player who demonstrates attention to detail, and who also understands how to ensure finance initiatives that support the long-term strategy of the business
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work autonomously
Attention to detail / detail oriented.

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It has come to our attention that fraudulent and fictitious job opportunities are being posted, in addition to fraudulent contact being made to candidates on behalf of Beeline. Prospective candidates are being contacted by certain individuals, mainly through email, online messaging and telephone calls, claiming they are representatives of Beeline. The main purposes of these communications are to obtain private and confidential information from individuals.

Beeline does not:

Extend offers to candidates without first conducting extensive interviews, with members of our Talent Acquisition Team and hiring managers, either by video or in person;
Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of the Beeline team, and then followed up with formal written communication from our Human Resources Information System and Applicant Tracking System.

All emails from Beeline will be sent from an email address ending in “@beeline.com”. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, or other communication that is represented as coming from Beeline, please send an email to humanresources@beeline.com, before taking any action in relation to the correspondence, and certainly before providing any further contact information to that individual whatsoever.

Our Company: At Beeline, we cultivate a positive work environment and are passionate about who we are and what we do. We are a 20-year industry leader disrupting the world of external workforce technology. Businesses across all industries use our technology to manage more than 30 million workers and over $55 billion in talent spend across 120+ countries. Ideal candidates are intensely curious about technology, thrive in a less-than-formal work environment, and excel in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. We are looking for talented, driven, and adaptable people who will contribute to our vision, mission, and our future!

Our Vision: Every person, given the right opportunity, is capable of greatness. Every business, given the right talent, is capable of superior outcomes.

Our Mission: Our trusted platform connects businesses to the remarkable talent within the global extended workforce.

To learn more about Beeline, our solutions, our culture, and available positions visit https://www.beeline.com/.

This list of "Requirements and Responsibilities" is not intended to be limiting. The Company reserves the right to revise this job description based on the actual job requirements as varied from time to time.

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