Senior Contracts, Legal

EVgo•Los Angeles, CA

67d

About The Position

The Senior Contracts, Legal will support EVgo’s charging infrastructure development by leading site contract drafting, review, document management, and ensuring effective information flow across internal teams. This individual will serve as a subject matter expert with strong experience in leasing and commercial contracts, bringing structured operational processes and the ability to clearly explain complex legal issues to business clients, management, and colleagues. The role requires applying foundational knowledge of leasing and contract structures while identifying and escalating more complex legal matters to senior staff when appropriate. As a key member of the team, this position will partner closely with EVgo’s Charging Infrastructure Team, which works directly with retail site partners to secure locations for charger installations, and will play an important role in helping drive the continued growth of EVgo’s charging infrastructure network.

Requirements

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
Contract management experience
Experience in both corporate and start‑up/growth company environment.
Proficiency with MS Office Tools and legal software tools (databases, e‑signature tools, etc.)
Strong communicator able to work within the ecosystem at EVgo to solve problems.
Analytical Thinker: Intellectually curious, passion for learning new content and concepts and ability to think creatively about solutions.
Customer Centric: Strong cross‑functional team player and collaborator.
Drive for Results: Drive for high performance, takes responsibility and works towards challenging goals; overcoming obstacles, setbacks, and uncertainty.
Business Acumen: Able to contribute to EVgo’s legal strategy and the strategic priorities of the legal department and its partners.
Teamwork & Collaboration: Facilitates collaboration, actively engaging others in decision making and sharing our processes.
Willing to develop a thorough understanding of EVgo’s market position, capabilities, and accounts for them when editing contracts.

Nice To Haves

familiarity with Salesforce and Sirion preferred.

Responsibilities

Assists with contract review, negotiation, and overall support for various Site Development leasing contracts.
Track contract pipeline and report results.
Assist in analyze and identify key terms and appropriate changes to standardize and negotiate contracts to completion.
Assist in streamline contracting processes to facilitate the growth of EVgo’s charging portfolio including supporting improvement of standard agreements or processes.
Assist in prepare, review and revise site development agreements upon request.
Master business and legal issues central to EVgo’s site contracting and develop in‑depth knowledge base to become a key contributor to EVgo’s site contract negotiations.
Collaborate with IT, business teams and potentially outside consultants to implement contract management software and internal processes to optimize functionality.
Maintain training materials for EVgo’s Site Development Sales Team.