Contract Attorney I

Toshiba America Business Solutions Careers•Lake Forest, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Toshiba America Business Solutions as a Contract Attorney in Lake Forest, CA. This role involves reviewing RFx, contracts, and security questionnaires, conducting legal/regulatory research, and preparing business-facing summaries on evolving legal requirements affecting bids, contracts, and customer obligations. You will support contract and RFx review by identifying legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations, such as data privacy, AI, liability, and flow-down terms, and flagging issues for Legal and business stakeholders. Additionally, you will draft and maintain Legal-approved standard clauses, templates, and playbooks to ensure consistent contracting. This position requires partnering with various internal teams to translate legal guidance into operational contract language and program details, monitoring marketplace requirements, and supporting continuous improvement of contract frameworks and bid responses.

Requirements

Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA accredited law school required.
Must be a member of at least one state bar association (California preferred)
Demonstrated Ability Apply legal training to research, issue spotting and legal-approved contract support in a business setting.
Legal and regulatory research; ability to analyze and summarize statutes, regulations, frameworks and customer requirements for business audiences.
Contract review support for SaaS, cloud and third-party technology requirements, including but not limited to analysis of AI, data privacy, data residency, auditability, and liability allocation.
Supporting legal, bid/RFP and contract/compliance actions for commercial and public sector procurement; ability to identify mandatory terms, flow-downs, and compliance obligations.
Drafting and maintaining Legal-approved clauses, playbooks, fallback positions, templates, risk notes and contract negotiation aids
Strong writing, issue spotting, organization, research judgment, attention to detail and cross-functional communication.
Working knowledge of common privacy/data protection concepts, AI accountability, audit controls and risk management.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools; ability to maintain trackers, research matrices and organized contract documentation.

Responsibilities

Review RFx, contracts and security questionnaires or related documents
Conduct legal/regulatory research and prepare concise business-facing summaries on evolving SaaS/cloud, AI, data privacy, public procurement and data-use requirements affecting bids, contracts and customer obligations
Support contract and RFx review by identifying legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations, such as data privacy, AI, audit, liability and flow-down terms; flag issues for Legal and business stakeholders using consistent intake and escalation practices
Draft, organize and maintain Legal-approved standard clauses, fallback language, templates, playbooks, matrices and issue trackers to promote scalable, consistent contracting across enterprise and public sector markets
Partner with Legal, Sales, Finance, IT/Security, Operations and BPCC team members to translate approved legal guidance into operationally usable contract language and program-level details that support deal execution and audit readiness
Monitor marketplace/customer requirements and support continuous improvement of contract frameworks, bid responses, controls and documentation for traceability, repeatability and defensibility
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan with match and company provided life insurance
Employee Assistance Programs, pre-tax spending accounts, pet insurance, and employee discounts
Generous paid holidays, vacation & sick/personal business/volunteer days
Opportunities for career growth within a global technology organization

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