Associate General Counsel - Contracts

Marmon Holdings•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway— you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best. This newly created role reflects Marmon’s continued growth and the increasing strategic importance of an enterprise-wide, technology enabled contracting function. Reporting to the Vice President & General Counsel, this role will provide day‑to-day leadership to attorneys and contract professionals, with responsibility for mentoring, elevating performance, and shaping the future structure of the contracting function. This role also will assist in growing the team in a collegial manner to continue building out Marmon’s internal contracting function and defining best practices and processes for contracting. The Associate General Counsel - Contracts will be an energetic, talented commercial lawyer with an inquisitive eye for evaluating AI and other digital tools for use in the Marmon contracting process. They will also have a service-minded personality to help lead and collaborate with the Marmon contracts team. This will be a full-time position with the flexibility to work a hybrid schedule – a combination of time working from one of Marmon’s Chicagoland offices and working remotely, while also periodically traveling as needed.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school, with proven academic success
At least ten (10) years of legal experience with progressively increasing complexity; experience working in and/or or directly supporting global manufacturing organization(s) is highly desired
Experience with CLM systems and comfort evaluating emerging legal‑tech solutions (AI review tools, workflow automation, analytics dashboards)
Strong knowledge of commercial contract law and regulations related to manufacturing, sales, and distribution coupled with relevant commercial law experience negotiating sophisticated agreements in house and/or with a law firm
Ability to help manage, thoughtfully contribute to, and become a trusted member of Marmon’s contracts team, including collaborating with an experienced group of attorneys, paralegals, and other professionals
Demonstrated ability to embrace and leverage technology to enhance legal processes coupled with a continuous learning mindset to identify innovative digital solutions to optimize efficiency and effectiveness in contract management and review processes
A high degree of self-motivation with strong attention to detail, superior organizational and analytical skills, and exceptional reliability in task completion
Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to inspire trust and confidence with stakeholders at all levels by virtue of keen business acumen, professional competence, integrity, and personal style
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex legal concepts and risk assessments to a lay audience
Proven success in effectively managing, organizing, and completing multiple tasks and priorities
License to practice law and in good standing under the Bar of any state that enables admission to practice as in-house counsel in Illinois
Ability to travel domestically up to 15% of the time

Responsibilities

Managing the implementation and adoption of a new contract management system (CMS) across the company
Integrating AI functionality into the contract review process in a targeted, constructive manner and evaluating AI and other digital technology solutions going forward
Working with the contracts team to build out and expand use of standardized templates and playbooks within the CMS
Assisting with supervision of external counsel handling flat fee contract reviews
Maintaining enterprise-wide contract budgets and spend; and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating both firm-wide and Corporate-level commercial agreements for Corporate senior leaders and stakeholders
Work with the Marmon contracts team on an ongoing basis to assess and deploy AI usage within contracting tools and develop & refine templates, policies, procedures, and related material for the larger Marmon legal team and firm-wide business partners to standardize and improve contract review process
Serve as a key business and legal partner by virtue of legal acumen, technical competence, excellent business judgment, and ability to develop relationships throughout the organization
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements supporting the operations of Marmon, including key topic areas such as sales, manufacturing and supply, licensing and professional services, etc.
Demonstrate in-depth understanding of business operations and objectives to assess risk
Collaborate with and provide actionable advice & creative solutions to business partners on a range of business and strategic issues