Paralegal

Helen of Troy•El Paso, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Paralegal supports Helen of Troy’s Legal team and provides commercial contract, litigation and dispute, and legal operations support for two assigned business divisions. The role is based in El Paso, Texas, with a hybrid schedule that generally includes onsite work Tuesday through Thursday and remote work Mondays and Fridays, subject to business needs and manager expectations. The Paralegal reviews, drafts, revises, and negotiates routine commercial agreements using approved templates and guidance; coordinates contract intake, approvals, signatures, records, and tracking; and identifies risks or matters requiring attorney escalation. The role also assists attorneys with litigation, claims, investigations, legal holds, eDiscovery, discovery, regulatory inquiries, and preparation for dispute-resolution proceedings and trials. Additional responsibilities include processing legal vendor invoices, supporting legal spend reporting and budgeting, maintaining matter systems and records, and helping with process improvements, training materials, and special projects. Success requires professionalism, discretion, sound judgment, accuracy, strong organization and communication, and the ability to manage competing deadlines.

Requirements

Paralegal certificate from an accredited institution, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
At least 5 years of paralegal experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, or a combination of both.
Experience with commercial contract review and administration and with litigation, claims, investigations, or dispute support.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and document management or matter management systems.
Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
High level of professionalism, discretion, sound judgment, and commitment to accuracy and compliance.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, written and verbal communication skills, and ability to manage competing deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience supporting a consumer products, manufacturing, retail, or multinational organization.
Experience with contract lifecycle management, e-billing, matter management, eDiscovery, or document review platforms.

Responsibilities

Review, draft, revise, and negotiate routine commercial agreements using approved templates, playbooks, and guidance.
Support day-to-day contracting needs for two assigned business divisions, including nondisclosure, vendor and supplier, consulting and professional services, marketing and promotional agreements, statements of work, amendments, and renewals.
Identify contractual risks, nonstandard provisions, and matters requiring escalation to supervising attorneys.
Partner with business stakeholders to gather information, resolve routine contract issues, and facilitate timely review and execution.
Coordinate contract intake, approvals, signatures, record retention, and status tracking.
Maintain contract repositories and support improvements to templates, playbooks, and contracting processes.
Support attorneys with litigation, claims, employment matters, administrative proceedings, investigations, government inquiries, and pre-litigation disputes.
Coordinate legal holds, document preservation, custodian identification, information collection, and other eDiscovery activities.
Organize and maintain case files, pleadings, correspondence, deadlines, matter summaries, chronologies, and status reports.
Coordinate with outside counsel, internal stakeholders, information technology personnel, experts, and litigation vendors.
Assist with subpoenas, discovery requests, regulatory inquiries, witness preparation, and factual investigations.
Track litigation budgets, invoices, settlements, legal spend, and matter outcomes; support mediation, arbitration, deposition, and trial preparation as needed.
Review and process outside counsel and legal vendor invoices and monitor compliance with applicable billing guidelines.
Support legal spend reporting, budgeting, accruals, forecasting, and matter tracking.
Maintain matter management systems, legal records, and departmental metrics.
Assist with process improvement initiatives, training materials, and special projects.