Associate General Counsel - Contracts

The Marmon Group LLC

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

This newly created role reflects Marmon’s continued growth and the increasing strategic importance of an enterprise-wide, technology enabled contracting function.
Reporting to the Vice President & General Counsel, this role will provide day‑to‑day leadership to attorneys and contract professionals, with responsibility for mentoring, elevating performance, and shaping the future structure of the contracting function. This role also will assist in growing the team in a collegial manner to continue building out Marmon’s internal contracting function and defining best practices and processes for contracting.
The Associate General Counsel - Contracts will be an energetic, talented commercial lawyer with an inquisitive eye for evaluating AI and other digital tools for use in the Marmon contracting process. They will also have a service-minded personality to help lead and collaborate with the Marmon contracts team.
This will be a full-time position with the flexibility to work a hybrid schedule – a combination of time working from one of Marmon’s Chicagoland offices and working remotely, while also periodically traveling as needed.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Key objectives for this role include:

• Managing the implementation and adoption of a new contract management system (CMS) across the company
• Integrating AI functionality into the contract review process in a targeted, constructive manner and evaluating AI and other digital technology solutions going forward
• Working with the contracts team to build out and expand use of standardized templates and playbooks within the CMS
• Assisting with supervision of external counsel handling flat fee contract reviews
• Maintaining enterprise-wide contract budgets and spend; and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating both firm-wide and Corporate-level commercial agreements for Corporate senior leaders and stakeholders

Additionally, this role will be responsible to:

• Work with the Marmon contracts team on an ongoing basis to assess and deploy AI usage within contracting tools and develop & refine templates, policies, procedures, and related material for the larger Marmon legal team and firm-wide business partners to standardize and improve contract review process;
• Serve as a key business and legal partner by virtue of legal acumen, technical competence, excellent business judgment, and ability to develop relationships throughout the organization;
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements supporting the operations of Marmon, including key topic areas such as sales, manufacturing and supply, licensing and professional services, etc.;
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of business operations and objectives to assess risk; and
• Collaborate with and provide actionable advice & creative solutions to business partners on a range of business and strategic issues.

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WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO THE ROLE

• J.D. from an accredited law school, with proven academic success
• At least ten (10) years of legal experience with progressively increasing complexity; experience working in and/or or directly supporting global manufacturing organization(s) is highly desired
• Experience with CLM systems and comfort evaluating emerging legal‑tech solutions (AI review tools, workflow automation, analytics dashboards)
• Strong knowledge of commercial contract law and regulations related to manufacturing, sales, and distribution coupled with relevant commercial law experience negotiating sophisticated agreements in house and/or with a law firm
• Ability to help manage, thoughtfully contribute to, and become a trusted member of Marmon’s contracts team, including collaborating with an experienced group of attorneys, paralegals, and other professionals
• Demonstrated ability to embrace and leverage technology to enhance legal processes coupled with a continuous learning mindset to identify innovative digital solutions to optimize efficiency and effectiveness in contract management and review processes
• A high degree of self-motivation with strong attention to detail, superior organizational and analytical skills, and exceptional reliability in task completion
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to inspire trust and confidence with stakeholders at all levels by virtue of keen business acumen, professional competence, integrity, and personal style
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex legal concepts and risk assessments to a lay audience
• Proven success in effectively managing, organizing, and completing multiple tasks and priorities
• License to practice law and in good standing under the Bar of any state that enables admission to practice as in-house counsel in Illinois
• Ability to travel domestically up to 15% of the time

Pay Range:

183,333.60 - 275,000.40

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more!

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.