We are looking to appoint a
Corporate Counsel, Part Time to join our Legal team! The US Corporate Counsel will be our sole legal counsel in the US. You will report to the Group General Counsel in Australia. As a key member of the global legal team you will work closely with our Sales, Finance, IT, Marketing, Product and other Operations Teams in the US while supporting Prezzee’s business on a global scale. This is a flexible, permanent part time role of 3 days a week working from our New York City office near Midtown.
The Role You’ll Play:
- Give accurate and timely counsel to senior leadership on a variety of legal topics with a focus on general commercial, data protection, employment and intellectual property law.
- Partner and collaborate with the business to understand pressure points, strategy and objectives and effectively communicate risks and legal issues involved in any decision.
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.
- Liaise with external counsel with respect to litigation matters.
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer practical advice on possible legal issues.
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties including regulators, external counsel, public authority and others creating relationships of trust.
- Assist with the development of internal governance policies and compliance monitoring.
- Draft agreements, contracts and provide other legal advice to assist the leadership team in protecting the company’s legal rights.
- Assist with policy development that serves the business both regionally and globally.
- Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders.
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization.
- Maintain current up-to-date knowledge of changes in legislation and contribute to the expansion of the legal function’s knowledge base.
- Draft legal advice, maintaining documentation, ensuring effective and efficient record keeping systems.
- Engage external counsel when necessary in supporting other legal requirements as required.
- Facilitate transparency, insights and demonstrate trust, across the functions and regions to optimize, leverage and underpin the operating model.
- Set and maintain high standards and provide consistency, promptness and clarity to the business
- Take ownership and drive positive change you seek continuous improvement and help drive changing initiatives
- Demonstrating passion and commitment for the business, the people and the customer by considering the bigger picture for the team with a focus on wellbeing, diversity, inclusion and engagement
- Role modelling behaviours that foster collaboration, engagement and growth.
What are we looking for?
- JD from a leading program with strong academic credentials, being in good standing to practice and a minimum of 3 years in an established law firm or in-house at a technology entity, preferably software or SaaS, focused on commercial transactions.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills to build relationships with key stakeholders.
- Managing ambiguity and complexity in a cross-functional/hybrid environment.
- Strong work ethic with a can-do attitude.
- Ability to provide practical advice with regard to a wide variety of issues involved in outbound and inbound commercial transactions.
- Expertise in drafting, negotiating, and maintaining a wide variety of commercial agreements typical to the technology - including SaaS sector, such as sales agreements, NDAs, reseller and other channel partner agreements, and technology partnership agreements.
- Ability to work with Sales, Finance and IT teams collaboratively.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with an upbeat can-do work ethic where you can take ownership and have fun.
- Experience in competition and consumer, technology and privacy/data protection laws to include financial services and payment regulations.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health, dental, vision, 401k
- We run an incentive scheme based on both company-wide targets as well as individual performance.
- Employee referral program and staff discounts
- We have regular virtual and face-to-face events to help us bond and maintain our community vibe
- Self led online learning with Litmos and Linkedin Learnings, industry specific learning opportunities and Lunch & Learn sessions
- Be an advocate or ally and create connection and belonging in our employee Resource Groups such as EmpowHer and Pride
- Global Value Ambassador Program creating value inspired initiatives for our Prezzee People
- Telus Wellbeing platform to support your mental, social, financial and physical wellbeing
The Prezzee Story
Prezzee is a global digital gifting platform that creates human connections through remarkable gifting moments. We create leading digital gift solutions for consumers, businesses and 1000+ brand partners across the world. Founded in 2014, Prezzee has evolved from a two person Australian start-up to a global business with teams and operations in North America, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.Oh, and if you're wondering about our culture?Whilst our growth is compelling, we know it’s our people and culture that set us apart, and we're equally proud of being recognised in Australia & New Zealand and in the UK as a 2022 & 2023 Great Place to Work®, as well named Foundry's Computerworld 2024 Best Places to Work in IT. At Prezzee, every team member plays an important role in the business, leaving a unique footprint on Prezzee’s journey.
Our team may be spread out across multiple time zones, but our core values remain the same no matter where you are in the world. As a future employee of Prezzee, you're signing up to give openness, give greatness, give magic, and most importantly, always give a damn Prezzee is an Equal Opportunity employer. We believe that diversity is the key to building the best products for our customers, team culture and growing our global business. Our diversity mission is for our people to be their most authentic selves, to inspire, innovate and celebrate within a culture of belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.We are looking for people to help create human connections, make magic and shape the future of gifting so even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you!Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application and recruitment process, We also encourage you to let us know of your pronouns at any point of the process. We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.Salary Range: $95,000-100,000
