Company Overview
Global Guardian protects and delivers employees and families from political, environmental, and bad actor threats worldwide. We are a leading provider of emergency medical and security solutions for corporations and individuals. Our 24/7 Operations Centers in McLean, VA and Charlotte, NC, identify, monitor, and respond to threats and emergencies with on-the-ground teams in over 100 countries. Our world-class professionals have extensive intelligence community experience, military special operations, and federal law enforcement. Founded over ten years ago by a Delta Force Sergeant Major and an Army Special Forces Colonel, we are a values-based organization focusing on a camaraderie, service, and excellence culture. We have managed crises in the worst environments in the world, and we know how to act fast to provide unmatched service for our clients. Global Guardian is an investor-backed, high-growth company that offers employees growth opportunities within the organization.
Position Summary and Objective
The newly created position of Corporate Counsel – Contracts will take ownership of Global Guardian's contract lifestyle, working with Account Management, Business Development, Operations, and Accounting to ensure that all agreements are current, complete, timely processed, and properly archived. This is a growth-oriented position that will expand in scope and responsibilities as the company grows.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day flow of new and renewing client contracts using Ironclad CMS. Contract types include Master Service Agreements, Statements of Works, NDAs, and amendments.
- Provide initial drafts of contracts to clients and perform the initial review of client redlines and comments.
- Assist Account Management and Business Development teams in managing contract pipelines.
- Ensure that all executed agreements within Ironclad are completely and accurately tagged, categorized, and searchable.
- Manage the automated reported of all executed agreements to designated stakeholders.
- Continually audit the contract portfolios across all divisions.
Future Growth
- Audit company operating licenses and monitor state regulations to ensure continued compliance.
- Identify opportunities for competitive bids resulting from new or changing public safety legislation and support Business Development in completing such bids.
- Formulate, negotiate, and finalize large engagement contracts.
- Perform legal research, generate memos and summaries, and create and maintain reference materials.
- Time between contract request by AM/BD and delivery of initial draft.
- Time between receipt of client redlines/comments and delivery of initial feedback to other members of Legal team.
- Percentage of expiring contracts that are extended prior to their expiration.
- Percentage of contract documents loaded into Ironclad and correctly tagged.
- Ironclad workflow fidelity of hygiene (e.g., archiving of completed workflows, closing of lost opportunities, ensuring that workflows are linked to the correct stakeholders, etc.).
- JD from accredited law school.
- 1-3 years' experience at a law firm, government agency, or corporate legal department.
- Thorough understanding of commercial contract principles.
- Experience in drafting, redlining, and negotiating B2B service contracts preferred.
- Experience using Ironclad or similar contract management system (CMS) preferred.
Position Type and Schedule
- Regular Full-Time (RFT).
- Salaried, Exempt Professional.
- In-person position in McLean, VA.
- Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000 annually.
Reasonable accommodation requires the physical and mental capacity to perform all essential functions effectively. In addition to other demands, the demands of the job include:
- Frequent sitting and standing for periods.
- On occasion, perform stressful and physical activity when needed.
- Ability to lift 10 – 20 pounds when needed.
Global Guardian Values
- We are hyper-responsive
- We find a way to “yes”
- We do what we say
- We work as a team
Global Guardian is an equal-opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or genetic information. If you need reasonable accommodation regarding the application process, do not hesitate to contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Global Guardian offers a full range of domestic and international duty of care services. Traveler tracking (active and passive), medical and security response, secure transport, intelligence and due diligence, emergency evacuation and custom aviation, cyber security, and video surveillance monitoring. Via our 24/7 Global Security Operations Centers, and affiliates on the ground in over 125 countries, Global Guardian can seamlessly integrate these capabilities into a “one button push” that empowers organizations to manage their people, assets and communications.
