Assistant General Counsel, Global Contracting Services

This role serves as a senior legal resource within Global Contracting Services, partnering across Legal, Procurement, Finance and business teams. The Assistant General Counsel works directly with vendors, outside counsel and alternative legal services providers to deliver practical, consistent contracting support at enterprise scale. The position leads complex commercial contracting matters, advises stakeholders, resolves escalations and helps shape scalable contracting tools and strategies.

• Own complex commercial contracting matters from intake through signature, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements.
• Lead negotiations directly with vendors and develop practical strategies to resolve complex legal and commercial issues.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, including advising senior business and Legal stakeholders on contract structure, risk allocation and negotiation strategy.
• Coach junior lawyers, paralegals, contract specialists, alternative legal services provider resources and outside counsel to strengthen contracting capabilities and support consistent execution across the contracting model.
• Assess confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property, artificial intelligence and machine learning restrictions, indemnity, liability, insurance, audit, payment and termination terms.
• Manage escalations and align Legal, Procurement, Finance, business teams, vendors and outside resources around pragmatic solutions calibrated to the relevant legal, commercial and operational risks.
• Identify recurring issues across deal flow and translate them into scalable improvements to templates, playbooks, intake workflows, escalation paths, self-service tools and resourcing strategies.
• Drive consistent quality and practical decision-making across the distributed contracting support model.

• Juris Doctor degree or equivalent legal qualification. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training.
• Active licence to practise law in Oregon, or the ability to meet Oregon in-house counsel registration requirements.
• 8+ years of legal experience, including substantial commercial contracting experience.
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating vendor, services, technology, marketing, platform and other commercial agreements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage escalations and substantial workloads across multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Clear and practical communication, using risk-calibrated judgment to recommend pragmatic solutions.
• Sound judgment, with the ability to advance complex matters and translate legal risk into clear, actionable guidance.
• Ability to independently manage sophisticated agreements from intake through signature and lead negotiations with confidence.
• Ability to align stakeholders around effective solutions and build trusted partnerships across Legal and the business.
• Understanding of legal, commercial and operational risk, including determining when a matter requires tailored legal support or can move through a scalable contracting model.

• Experience with contract lifecycle management or matter management tools, metrics, dashboards, legal operations and resourcing models is preferred.