Senior Assistant General Counsel, Contracts & Corporate

Your business acumen, sound judgment, and solutions-oriented approach make you a great fit for our Senior Assistant General Counsel, Contracts & Corporate position. Join our dynamic team today and find a rewarding career with a company that values you and all you bring to the table.

About Your Role:

As a Senior Assistant General Counsel, Contracts & Corporate at Dollar Tree’s corporate office, you’ll serve as a trusted legal advisor to leaders across the enterprise on a broad range of commercial contracts and corporate matters, with significant responsibility for agreements supporting our Information Technology organization. You’ll draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, advise business partners on legal and commercial risk, and collaborate across Legal, Technology, Procurement, Privacy, Information Security, Tax, Insurance, and other functions to support critical business initiatives.

You’ll also help advance how legal services are delivered by improving contracting processes, developing playbooks and templates, and leveraging AI and other technologies to increase the speed, consistency, and effectiveness of our Legal organization.

Your day-to-day job duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

Commercial Contracts & Transactions:

• Serve as a senior legal advisor on a broad range of commercial contracts and transactions supporting enterprise operations, including significant responsibility for matters involving Information Technology.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on complex commercial agreements, including SaaS and hosted services agreements, software licenses, managed services agreements, master services and consulting agreements, statements of work, reseller agreements, staff augmentation agreements, vendor purchasing agreements, confidentiality agreements, and data privacy and protection agreements.
• Advise business partners on contractual terms and obligations, legal and regulatory requirements, intellectual property, data protection, confidentiality, and other areas of commercial risk.
• Identify key legal and business risks early in the contracting process and provide practical recommendations that appropriately balance risk with business objectives.
• Analyze contractual obligations and partner with business leaders to address vendor performance, enforce contractual rights, mitigate risk, and resolve commercial disputes.
• Provide legal counsel and strategic guidance on pre-litigation contractual disputes and potential claims.
• Deliver practical, business-oriented legal advice within the fast-paced environment and turnaround times required to support enterprise operations.

Corporate Counsel & Business Partnership:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and business leaders, providing clear, timely, and actionable counsel on commercial, corporate, and other business matters.
• Partner cross-functionally with Procurement, Privacy, Information Security, Tax, Insurance, Finance, and other subject-matter experts to provide comprehensive legal and contractual risk assessments.
• Translate complex legal concepts into practical guidance that enables business leaders to make informed decisions.
• Support Procurement with contracting process improvements, template development, training, and other legal guidance.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal clients, Legal colleagues, outside counsel, vendors, and other stakeholders while delivering a high level of client service.
• Monitor developments in commercial, corporate, technology, privacy, and other relevant areas of law and advise the organization on potential impacts.
• Provide legal support for additional corporate transactions, organizational initiatives, and other projects as business needs evolve.

Contracting Transformation, AI & Process Improvement:

• Lead efforts to continuously improve contract review, negotiation, approval, and management workflows across the organization.
• Develop and enhance contract templates, negotiation playbooks, standard positions, and processes that improve consistency, efficiency, and risk management.
• Lead and support the implementation and adoption of AI and other technology solutions that simplify legal workflows and enhance the delivery of legal services.
• Partner with Legal, Procureme