Lead Legal Representative/Sr. Paralegal

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Summary:

In this role, you will assist attorneys in providing legal support to internal stakeholders related to contracting, regulatory, litigation, and compliance or governance matters.

Responsibilities:

• Exam, draft and edit contracts, amendments, and other legal documents, reviewing redlines and providing response and comments, where appropriate.
• Prepare executive drafts and coordinate signature process.
• Provide advice and consultation to internal stakeholders and business teams regarding contract terms, negotiations, strategies, and other legal matters.
• Draft, revise and maintain legal templates.
• Convey legal terms into understandable language.
• Support organizational adherence to legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., reporting mandates, compliance requirements).
• Collaborate with internal and external business partners to determine internal controls necessary to properly mitigate standard legal and regulatory risks.
• Monitor post execution process, archive contracts and other legal documents.
• Prepare complex reports for management and regulatory agencies.
• Provide assistance as needed with special projects to legal and compliance departments and internal corporate clients.
• Provide guidance to Legal Representatives as needed.
• Assist in training and onboarding new hires for legal department. 

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 7 or more years of law firm or in-house corporate legal experience required.
• Knowledge of contracts/agreements terms and conditions required.
• Paralegal certification preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate comprehension of legal procedure requirements and manage responsibilities with an appropriate sense of urgency desired.
• Knowledge regarding immigration, federal government contracting, and/or Human Resource related matters a plus.

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Estimated Hiring Range:

$88,900.00 - $132,250.00

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.