Legal & Contract Specialist

Lightedge • Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

Lightedge is hiring a hands-on Legal & Contract Specialist to support its Legal team and work closely with the General Counsel and Commercial Counsel. The role combines commercial contract work, real estate and site-development support, corporate and compliance matters, dispute support, and legal-technology administration. The specialist should be comfortable working independently in a growing, fast-changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, law, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of legal experience.
• Ability to independently review, draft, and revise contracts and legal agreements with limited supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

• Law background.
• Experience in a law firm, in-house department, or related environment.
• Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) designation or paralegal certification from an accredited program.
• Experience with legal document management and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the contract database.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and summarize commercial agreements, including technology transactions and real estate leases.
• Serve as a point of contact for business teams, including sales and procurement, on contract questions and guide stakeholders from intake through signature.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and clause libraries.
• Track contract obligations, renewal dates, and key milestones to support compliance and timely action.
• Prepare lease abstracts and support leases, amendments, letters of intent, and construction and expansion agreements.
• Track lease expiration terms, options, renewal deadlines, notices, surrender conditions, and other key obligations.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on facility matters.
• Assist with corporate maintenance, registered-agent matters, and entity housekeeping.
• Assist with M&A diligence, closing checklists, and post-closing deliverables.
• Support insurance renewals and compliance documentation.
• Help the Legal Department respond to customer, vendor, and other dispute notices by gathering facts and records and coordinating follow-up with business teams.
• Assist with demand letters, collections, bankruptcy tracking, investigations, and document preservation or litigation holds.
• Select, implement, and manage legal technology systems, including SharePoint, LinkSquares (CLM), e-signature tools, and Salesforce.
• Improve legal workflows, reporting, automation, and the Legal Department's use of AI.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time