Senior Corporate Counsel - Contracts

Puget Sound Energy•Bothell, WA

2d•$164,900 - $274,500

About The Position

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel - Contracts to join its Legal Department. This role will advise on a variety of contracts critical to PSE's clean energy transition, including those with partners, for building infrastructure, and across supply chains. The successful candidate will have a passion for contract review and process improvement, working cross-functionally to assess risk and ensure compliance with safety, ethical, and regulatory standards. Specific work arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.

Requirements

Juris Doctorate degree and 3 years of legal experience in a law firm or corporate legal department.
Strong initiative plus excellent management, communication, teamwork, delegation, and problem-solving abilities.
Demonstrated capacity to build relationships internally and externally; ability to establish rapport with business clients across the organization.
Highly effective in written and verbal communication.
Excellent advocacy and organization skills.

Nice To Haves

Significant experience reviewing and negotiating contracts, including data processing agreements and data security terms.
Strong experience working with vendors and supply chain processes, especially technology/software vendors, services-based vendors, field/on-site vendors and/or hardware/equipment vendors.
Very strong contract drafting skills.
Understanding of AI governance frameworks.
Experience with AI vendor due diligence and negotiating AI-specific contract provisions.
Excellent understanding of data privacy and data security law is necessary.
A high degree of independence and ability to succeed with little supervision.
Detail orientated, highly organized, and able to handle multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
Experience with records management and information security.
2+ years of experience working in procurement contracting or procurement management organization.
Experience directly advising clients and ability to provide high level of client service.
Experience with procurement and contracting with federal government and other governmental agencies a plus.
Understanding of utility or other regulated industry and applicable laws and regulations, including administrative law.
Experience with transmission and energy contracts a plus.
SEC and public company experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Prepare, negotiate, and manage various contracts, including standard and non-standard vendor contracts, master service agreements, strategic component sourcing agreements, network hardware and consumer product purchasing agreements, software licensing agreements, consultant agreements, NDAs, amendments, and statements of work.
Provide legal advice and guidance on contracts to internal stakeholders, acting as the first point of contact for legal terms review for our procurement team.
Familiarity with contract and vendor management tools and processes.
Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure that risk assessments for all technology and related contract purchases are performed.
Help improve templates, contracting/risk standards and related protocols for procurement contracts.
Manage a steady portfolio of active agreements in a fast moving environment, ensure timely execution of assigned agreements and keep stakeholders informed of progress regularly.
Identify any legal and business risks inherent to a proposed vendor, service, or other procurement agreements.
Advise on procurement related data privacy and data security issues.
Partner with internal information security teams to help develop and improve technology vendor procurement and evaluation protocols.
Provide training and educational programs to firm staff regarding procurement matters.
Collaborate with firm management and stakeholders to understand their needs, provide guidance, and establish effective communications to ensure coordination and alignment of legal activities.
Leverage legal expertise knowledge and develop continuity of knowledge to deliver coordinated and comprehensive solutions and maintain organized control of versions and retain documents s in accordance with record retention policies.
Monitor legal and related business trends, educates appropriate parties, and advocates adjustments in PSE’s policies and procedures.
Advocate PSE’s interests to internal and external audiences in a variety of legal and business matters.
Handle administrative matters efficiently and appropriately.
Perform special projects and other legal responsibilities as assigned by the legal team to meet PSE’s business needs.
Drive legal agreements to completion while working cross-functionally and soliciting input, feedback and approvals from business stakeholders as appropriate.