General Counsel

• Own commercial contracting. Draft, review, redline, negotiate, and close client, agency, and customized agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, order forms that focus on Saas and digital-credit and usage-based arrangements, NDAs, and amendments.
• Lead client-side legal negotiations with speed. Take ownership of legal terms once commercial terms are set; respond and turn drafts quickly, negotiate directly with client legal, procurement, privacy, and security teams, and maintain momentum through execution. Provide business stakeholders with concise status updates, clearly framed risks, and the specific decisions needed to close.
• Manage vendor and consulting agreements. Review and negotiate inbound SaaS, technology, data, professional-services, contractor, and consulting agreements, balancing operational needs, speed, cost, and risk.
• Apply commercially calibrated risk judgment. Negotiate and provide practical guidance on liability caps, indemnities, warranties, intellectual property and content rights, confidentiality, data use, security, privacy, insurance, payment, termination, and dispute provisions. Understand which protections are essential, where Statusphere can responsibly accept risk, and when an issue requires executive or outside-counsel escalation.
• Own website and product legal content. Maintain and periodically update website Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, cookie and consent language, and other customer- or user-facing legal notices in coordination with Product, Marketing, Security, and outside specialists.
• Own Creator-Statusphere and Brand-Creator Agreements. Signed for each campaign and brands may have specific versions of this to deploy which must be monitored and auditable.
• Provide operational legal guidance. Answer day-to-day questions involving payments, contracting authority, creator relationships, content and usage rights, compliance, business processes, and other legal issues arising across the company.
• Build scalable legal operations. Create and maintain templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, approval thresholds, fallback positions, intake processes, signature workflows, and a contract repository that improve speed and consistency.
• Advise executives and manage escalation. Present the COO/CFO and other C-level leaders with a concise assessment of the issue, business impact, likelihood and severity of risk, available options, and a clear recommended path. Prioritize matters by business impact and coordinate outside counsel for specialized, jurisdiction-specific, or high-risk matters.
• Partner cross-functionally and learn the business. Build a strong working understanding of Statusphere’s customers, creator ecosystem, products, revenue model, deal economics, and operating workflows. Work closely with Sales and other teams to remove deal blockers, support accurate handoffs, and ensure contractual commitments are understood, documented, and operationally achievable.
• Other duties and projects as assigned

In-House Commercial Counsel

• Serve as legal advisor and strategic business partner to internal clients, with a focus on commercial technology transactions, including IT, SaaS, data-use, and artificial intelligence–related agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of complex commercial agreements, including software licensing, cloud services, data sharing, AI/ML-enabled solutions, vendor, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Partner directly with business, procurement, IT, information security, and compliance teams to identify and mitigate legal, operational, and technology-related risks in transactions.
• Advise on data governance, privacy, security, and AI-related legal considerations, including appropriate risk allocation and regulatory implications.
• Structure and negotiate enterprise-level transactions, balancing legal protections with business objectives and operational realities.
• Serve as a strategic legal partner supporting international expansion and commercialization initiatives, including advising on cross-border technology transactions and market entry considerations.
• Provide practical, business-oriented counsel on proposed agreements, transactions, and emerging legal issues related to technology and digital innovation.
• Support due diligence and integration activities for transactions involving technology, data assets, or vendor relationships.
• Develop, maintain, and improve contract templates, playbooks, and internal guidance materials to enhance scalability and consistency in contracting processes.
• Coordinate and manage matters with outside counsel, as needed, to ensure efficient and cost-effective support.
• Advise on contracting policies, procedures, and best practices, and contribute to continuous improvement of legal team processes and tools.
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration and communication to support business objectives and promote effective partnership with legal.
• Works closely with leadership and teammates to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.

AVP, Assistant General Counsel

• Integrating and partnering with the business unit leadership team, providing sound legal advice and risk mitigation measures to ensure successful business outcomes
• Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and ancillary agreements
• Support, build positive relationships with, and provide authoritative legal guidance to the legal commercial team as well as other internal business teams
• Work collaboratively to identify and implement process improvements and support updates to internal playbooks and templates
• Manage and meet internal SLAs, and help juggle priorities in a fast-moving environment
• Own specific legal projects and develop subject matter expertise regarding legal issues faced by the customer contracts team and internal business partners
• Reviewing solicitations, strategizing approaches for responding, drafting sections addressing particularly legal topics
• Selecting and managing outside counsel when needed
• Assisting commercial contracts personnel with complex or risk-sensitive terms and conditions, such as limiting liability, indemnification, and grounds for termination
• Participating in and contributing to Legal Department discussions on corporate-wide topics, policies, and procedures
• Participating in and contributing to Legal Department updates on changing laws and regulations and other continuing education

Corporate Counsel, Commercial Contracts

• Own multi-state regulatory compliance obligations for HopSkipDrive as a transportation network company operating in the education sector, including TNC licensing, driver qualification standards, DMV record check requirements, and state-specific transportation regulations.
• Draft and submit regulatory filings, advice letters, and compliance attestations to state agencies; track and manage agency review, approval, and disposition.
• Advise on revenue contract and RFP provisions with regulatory implications, including background check requirements, reporting obligations, and driver and vehicle standards.
• Advise internal stakeholders on regulatory requirements for new market entry and ongoing compliance obligations in existing markets.
• Build AI projects and workflows related to regulatory matters.
• Monitor and analyze federal and state legislation affecting HopSkipDrive’s operations, with a focus on transportation network companies, school pupil transportation, and automated decision systems.
• Develop legal and policy positions on pending legislation; collaborate with the Policy and Government Relations teams to prepare bill analyses, public comments, and engagement strategies.
• Assist with bill review and bill drafting in partnership with the Policy team.
• Identify legislative trends and develop proactive compliance strategies, particularly around TNC regulation, school transportation, and gig economy classification.
• Represent HopSkipDrive’s interests in regulatory rulemakings before state public utility commissions and transportation agencies.
• Monitor and manage responses to public records and disclosure requests from state and local agencies.
• Leverage AI tools for more efficient legislative analysis.
• Oversee a book of claims related to labor and employment claims.
• Manage a small number of cases or claims related to civil litigation including discovery strategy, preparing corporate witnesses, and directing litigation defense.
• Support outside counsel in preparing for and conducting arbitrations.
• Handle subpoenas, service of process, and regulatory investigations, coordinating with outside counsel as appropriate.
• Build AI projects and workflows related to litigation.
• Manage data use agreements and research partnerships with academic institutions and government agencies.
• Provide legal research and rulemaking assistance as needed to support a busy and growing regulatory portfolio.
• Serve as a legal subject matter expert on AI and automated decision-making, advising on compliance with emerging state AI legislation and internal AI governance frameworks.

Senior Counsel – Policy & Regulatory

• Serve as legal authority on AI development deployment and legal risk across the enterprise.
• Advise Engineering and Data Science across the AI lifecycle.
• Counsel on security-by-design, vendor security diligence, model/data leakage, and AI assurance.
• Lead the legal incident response workstream and advise on disclosure-grade cyber risk management and governance.
• Support contracting attorneys in the negotiation and approval of AI, privacy, and cybersecurity terms.
• Provide pragmatic legal guidance to Product, Engineering, CX, and Marketing leaders on data use, biometrics, and AI-enabled product features.
• Advise on U.S. state privacy regimes , role clarity, purpose limitation, data minimization, retention, and cross-use risks.

Assistant General Counsel

• Leverage pre-trial and trial experience to apply effective use of litigation skills and techniques to try cases to verdict or negotiate resolution.
• Conduct proficient to advanced legal research and demonstrate strong and persuasive legal writing and presentation skills.
• Draft substantive pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery and other legal documents.
• Attend court events, depositions, and other appointments independently.
• Provide in-depth, substantive case analysis and recommendations to insured clients and Claim partners on file handling strategies.
• Collaborates with expert witnesses and consultants to develop case strategies, evaluate technical matters, and prepare compelling testimony for litigation.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external client and business partner relationships, including accountability for managing client and business partner relationships.
• Provide internal and external training, seminars and legal updates to insured clients and Claim partners.
• Provide leadership through mentoring other attorneys and legal support staff.
• Contributes to special projects and identifies other opportunities to support office goals/business needs.
• Fully and effectively utilize available technology, case management system and automation.
• Travel as required to meet business needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Associate Counsel

• The role of Assistant General Council contributes to our growing in-house legal team and works on complex issues in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• This position reports to the Associate General Counsel.
• Assistant General Counsel provides legal advice and counsel to operating teams throughout the organization on a broad range of topics related to the company’s business and operations.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on legal issues arising from day-to-day operations issues and business arrangements, identifies legal risks, and develops proactive compliance.
• Provides strategic and tactical advice and counsel on a wide variety of operational, contracting, and transactional matters, working with key leaders to help identify and mitigate legal issues and assist in crafting solutions to protect the company's interests.
• Conducts legal research and analysis to provide recommendations and prepares written opinions and guidance for management teams and other internal stakeholders.
• Drafts, reviews and, where appropriate, helps negotiate agreements, including contracts with partners, health insurance companies or other third-party payor organizations, vendors, and governmental entities.
• Assists other company attorneys, compliance teammates, and business partners in spotting and resolving legal, regulatory, and compliance matters to ensure activities and operations are carried out in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and laws governing the business.
• Assists in the representation of AMSURG and its affiliates in informal dispute resolution processes and mediation, as well as administrative proceedings before governmental or regulatory agencies.
• Assists with special projects and performs other job-related duties as assigned.
• Acts as a liaison between management and internal or external legal experts on matters beyond AMSURG Corporate Counsel’s core substantive expertise.
• Demonstrates commitment to the company’s corporate compliance program, policies, and procedures by exhibiting the company values and acting in accordance with any reporting policies of the company.

• Provides advice to internal departments on a wide range of legal issues.
• Coordinates regulatory interactions and examinations for Jackson's insurance and distribution businesses.
• Oversees regulatory filings and other regulatory submissions.
• Facilitates remediation of exam findings.
• Provides leadership with regulatory examinations and interactions.
• Assists with highly confidential projects.
• Assists with the development and implementation of corporate policies.
• Coordinates legal and compliance efforts related to artificial intelligence, data governance, privacy, and social media.

Associate General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs

• Serves as a subject matter expert on legal issues arising from day-to-day operations issues and business arrangements, identifies legal risks, and develops proactive compliance
• Provides strategic and tactical advice and counsel on a wide variety of operational, contracting, and transactional matters, working with key leaders to help identify and mitigate legal issues and assist in crafting solutions to protect the company's
• Conducts legal research and analysis to provide recommendations and prepare written opinions and guidance for management teams and other internal
• Drafts, reviews and, where appropriate, helps negotiate agreements, including contracts with partners, health insurance companies or other third-party payor organizations, vendors, and governmental
• Assists other company attorneys, compliance teammates and business partners in spotting and resolving legal, regulatory and compliance matters to ensure activities and operations are carried out in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and laws governing the business.
• Assists in the representation of AMSURG and its affiliates in informal dispute resolution processes and mediation, as well as administrative proceedings before governmental or regulatory
• Assists with special projects and performs other job-related duties as
• Acts as a liaison between management and internal or external legal experts on matters beyond AMSURG Corporate Counsel’s core substantive expertise.
• Demonstrates commitment to the company’s corporate compliance program, policies, and procedures by exhibiting the company values and acting in accordance with any reporting policies of the company.

Corporate Counsel – Operations

• The Lead Counsel, Privacy will provide Saks with legal guidance on enterprise privacy and data security practices and policies
• In collaboration with Digital, Marketing, Tech, Information Security, and other cross-functional teams, provide day-to-day counsel as well as recommendations on policies/compliance protocols to protect Saks, its customers, its employees, and other third party partners
• Provide strategic advice to address privacy and security risks while supporting customer focus and business growth
• Actively monitor and advise on global privacy requirements and compliance with emerging privacy and data security laws
• Review/draft a variety of agreements related to data and privacy and security, including vendor and customer agreements
• Draft and negotiate relevant data processing or other 3rd party data transfer or protection agreements
• Assist with periodic evaluation and updating of business unit privacy policies
• Assist with development of and conduct global privacy training programs that are tailored for audience and geography
• Manage incident response plans and processes in partnership with the tech security team
• Drive implementation of regulatory and compliance initiatives such as developing project plans to manage product-related changes or respond to changes in applicable laws
• Support various business functions in identifying data flows and documenting data flow maps as part of global privacy compliance program
• Serve as primary manager of all consumer request workflows for different consumer rights

Lead Privacy Counsel

• Provides legal advice and counsel to development, strategy, finance, and operations teams
• Supports transactions including drafting agreements, leading negotiations, and due diligence
• Advises structure for transactions and assist in crafting solutions to protect interests
• Conducts legal research and analysis for recommendations and prepares written opinions
• Supports corporate governance processes and entity management compliance
• Provides legal support on commercial finance and tax matters
• Acts as a liaison between management and internal/external legal experts

Corporate Counsel – M&A, Corporate Affairs

• Lead a wide variety of high-impact deals, including acquisitions.
• Independently manage smaller transactions with limited oversight.
• Contribute to larger, complex deals as part of a highly experienced, collaborative team.
• Provide end-to-end counseling to Corporate Development and other internal business leaders throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Draft and negotiate non-disclosure agreements and letters of intent, and advise on deal structuring considerations.
• Lead legal due diligence processes and coordinate with colleagues in Humana's regulatory, compliance, and other legal practice groups.
• Running deal processes on acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, including drafting and negotiating principal transaction documents.

Counsel, General Corporate and M&A

• Provide legal advice to Vanderbilt University Athletics Department.
• Review, draft, and negotiate agreements related to competitions, sponsorships, and employment.
• Advise on university policy, NCAA, and SEC rules.
• Counsel on student-athlete related issues, including NIL activities.
• Manage an active litigation docket and supervise outside counsel.

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