Senior Contracts Counsel, Americas
WD-40 Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Diego • California • United States
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About the role
- Draft, review, and negotiate simple to highly complex contracts and other significant documents
- Adopt and lead the implementation of the organization’s global contract strategy in the Americas region
- Coordinate the preparation of training materials and conduct trainings locally
- Establish, implement, and maintain contract templates, forms, and administration regionally
- Collaborate with Americas trading bloc leaders and staff on the appropriate use of consistent contract content that meets legal and business need
- Assist regional offices with contract analysis, assessment of risk and decision-making
- Recommend local contracts policies, strategies, processes, and technologies improvements
- Provide appropriate legal perspective to prevent acceptance of undue risk
- Provide pragmatic, astute advice on contractual risk under a variety of commercial contracts
Requirements
- Law degree obtained from an ABA-accredited law school
- 5-10 years of legal experience with 5+ years in commercial contracts
- Extensive experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of contracts including sales and distribution agreements, supply and service agreements, manufacturing and warehousing agreements, IT agreements, marketing and brand influencer agreements, letters of intent (LOIs), and NDAs
- Familiarity with cross-border transactions and international contracts
- Public company experience is preferred
- Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities with meticulous attention to detail
- Exceptional communication and drafting skills
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple contracts and projects under tight deadlines
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- life-enhancing health, wellness, and financial programs
- profit sharing
- annual cash incentive rewards
- tuition reimbursement
- 401K match
- short-day Fridays
- vacation time
- paid holidays
- an additional paid week off between Christmas and the new year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract draftingcontract negotiationcontract analysisrisk assessmentcommercial contractssales agreementsdistribution agreementsIT agreementsNDAcross-border transactions
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunication skillsdrafting skillsorganizational skillsteamworkindependencetime managementadaptability
Certifications
law degreeABA-accredited