Paralegal - Ops Legal
About The Position
The Paralegal will be part of AbbVie’s Operations, Purchasing, and Corporate Affairs Legal team and the AI Legal Team. The role is responsible for maintaining templates, negotiating contracts, and advising AbbVie businesses about legal and policy obligations in consultation with department attorneys. The Paralegal drafts, reviews, negotiates, and manages transactional agreements under attorney supervision, and provides guidance to business clients while assisting attorneys with legal issues, projects, and negotiations. The position requires knowledge of clients’ businesses, strong communication and analytical abilities, sound organization and project management, and the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant legal education, such as a Paralegal certificate.
- At least 3 years of paralegal experience, including significant experience negotiating contracts and using or working with AI tools.
- Excellent oral and written communication, organization, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail, flexibility, and project management abilities.
- Ability to multitask, analyze information, understand client needs, set and manage work priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Appetite to learn and strong initiative.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in the area of responsibility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a corporate environment is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage transactional agreements, including master services agreements, professional services and consulting agreements, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, business technology agreements, and amendments, with attorney supervision.
- Assist attorneys with creating contract templates.
- Independently identify problems, perform analysis, propose solutions, and provide guidance directly to business clients.
- Assist attorneys in managing and resolving complex legal issues on projects or negotiations involving multiple legal disciplines or AbbVie functional areas or divisions.
- Maintain knowledge of clients’ businesses and the broader business impact, and prioritize multiple projects.
- Represent the Legal Function internally to clients across all levels of management.
- Represent AbbVie externally to customers, suppliers, competitors, and opposing counsel, and resolve legal issues through negotiation skills and legal experience.
- Keep abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas.
- Advise legal department managers of critical project developments in a timely manner.
- Execute core job responsibilities in a timely manner.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick time.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Eligibility to participate in short-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
