At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 31 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. All salaries ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region.
----If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board. ----At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- Nurture A Learner’s Mindset -using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- CreateBelonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
This role is an individual who thrives in an environment driven by mission, agility, and high growth, who can partner with and support our prospect and client facing teams in navigating complex legal and regulatory issues. The Legal Counsel will partner closely with all business teams at Guild (including sales, account management, solutions design, engineering and product development, accounting and finance, and more). The individual in this role is driven by collaboration, problem-solving, and practicality in partnership with all levels and functions at Guild; and brings deep expertise and experience in complex commercial contracting from either a firm or in-house environment.
As a Senior Legal Counsel
, responsibilities include:
- Draft and negotiate complex legal agreements with sophisticated parties, including a variety of technology, SaaS, and product vendors; large, sophisticated corporations; and academic partners, universities, colleges, edtech platforms, and other learning providers;
- Support other corporate counsel and senior lawyers in the Guild Legal Department with contracting efforts, process improvements, and other projects;
- Assist to define, manage, and improve the commercial contracting processes, including creating and maintaining deal desk parameters, legal terms playbooks and policies, standard form agreements and documents, and risk-management policies;
- Collaborate with contract managers to complete NDAs, contract addenda, SLAs, etc.;
- Coordinate contract terms reviews with Information Security and Data/Privacy teams;
- Review marketing, brand usage, publicity, and other agreements for the Guild Marketing Team;
- Collect, collate, analyze, and provide insights to the Legal Department and leaders across our Company based on data from our contracts;
- Assist our LegalOps team to identify opportunities for process improvements, select tools for doing so, and assist with the launch and adoption of new tools;
- Build and foster strong working relationships with internal business clients, as well as external customers, partners, and other third parties and their counsel; and
- Assist in the development and provision of legal training programs on the contracting and legal processes and standards, company policies, regulatory landscape, and other legal topics.
Required Proficiencies:
- 5-7 years of experience in complex, strategic commercial negotiations and contracting;
- Experience structuring, drafting, negotiating, and interpreting complex commercial and technology contracts;
- Working knowledge of commercial contracting considerations and regulatory landscape relating to technology, SaaS/software, data privacy, and intellectual property;
- J.D. degree from an accredited law school;
- Learner’s mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement through feedback, research and data;
- License to practice law in Colorado or another state (subject to approval by Legal Dept.);
- A demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage and meet deadlines for numerous negotiations and projects consistent with the Company’s business objectives and requirements;
- A collaborative, client-focused approach and ability to develop strong relationships with internal and external clients;
- Demonstrated experience in analyzing and synthesizing complex matters concisely and clearly convey advice into easy-to-understand written communications for a wide range of colleagues across the Company;
- Relentless optimism and good cheer
Preferred Proficiencies:
- Experience partnering with Fortune 500 companies and/or large educational institutions and learning providers or other regulated entities; and
- Combination of law firm, government, and/or in-house legal experience.
We feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a base salary range of $180,000 - $210,000, variable compensation, as well as company stock options. At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within.
By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own. Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others. Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
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