Associate General Counsel, Portfolio Companies

Stride, Inc.

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Associate General Counsel advises the Company concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges. This role involves reviewing, advising, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws, providing strategic legal advice to the Value Drivers management team, and drafting, reviewing, assessing, negotiating, and developing a variety of complex contracts, including purchases, customer contracts, SOW, MSA, and other agreements, with an emphasis on licensing contracts. The position also requires interpreting applicable laws, rulings, and regulations, engaging and managing outside legal counsel for specific expertise, acting as an agent of the Company in various transactions, and potentially providing dispute management and support. Additionally, the Associate General Counsel advises internal teams on Company products and directly supervises one or more Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors, carrying out supervisory responsibilities such as interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning work, appraising performance, rewarding, disciplining, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.

Requirements

Active State Bar License
Juris Doctor degree
At least nine years experience, with at least 4 years in-house, in education, corporate and contract law, with some privacy, M&A, licensing experience
Good interpersonal, leadership, negotiating, and consulting abilities
Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple, high priority projects with attention to detail
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.)
Web proficiency
Ability to travel 10% of the time
Ability to clear required background check

Responsibilities

Review, advise and ensure compliance with appropriate laws relevant to the Value Drivers in coordination with internal SMEs and external counsel, as needed
Provide strategic legal advice to the Value Drivers management team
Draft, review, assess, negotiate and develop, and verify accuracy of a variety of complex contracts, including but not limited to purchases, customer contracts, SOW, MSA, and other agreements
Draft and negotiate vendor contracts with an emphasis on licensing contracts
Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations applicable to the Company
Engage and manage outside legal counsel where specific legal expertise is needed to advise on legal and policy issues
Act as agent of the Company in various transactions
May provide dispute management and support
Advise internal teams on various Company products
Directly supervises 1 or more Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws
Interviewing, hiring, and training employees
Planning, assigning, and directing work
Appraising performance
Rewarding and disciplining employees
Addressing complaints and resolving problems