Director, Contracts

Job Description:

Director, Contracts

The Role

The Director, Contracts position is an individual contributor role within the Compliance Consulting team that supports the Fidelity Charitable Perspectives Program for ultra-high net-worth donors.  The Director in this role is responsible for representing and protecting Fidelity Charitable in the drafting and negotiations of various types of agreements for ultra-high net-worth donors and their associated family offices. The Director supports a cross-functional team including investments, program, fundraising, operations, relationship management, finance and corporate legal to reach desired goals, while managing legal/compliance risk for Fidelity Charitable.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Requires a 4-year college degree. JD preferred

• 8 to 10 years compliance/legal experience, preferably involving contracts negotiation and drafting

• You possess knowledge about the nonprofit sector including donor advised funds, alternative investments and grantmaking

• You possess excellent problem-solving skills that will enable you to function as the primary representative in the resolution of complex negotiation issues, internally and externally

• You take initiative in identifying and resolving contracting issues and in developing creative solutions that address legal concerns and protect Fidelity Charitable

• You have the ability to develop new relationships throughout Fidelity Charitable on behalf of the team and have outstanding oral and written communications skills

• You can juggle multiple high-touch, high-priority projects at once, and understand how to prioritize based on the urgency and importance of each initiative

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team

Fidelity Charitable is a public charity that sponsors the largest national donor-advised fund program. Since 1991, Fidelity Charitable has introduced tens of thousands of donors to the benefits — and increased charitable impact — of using a donor-advised fund to meet their philanthropic goals. Fidelity Charitable is governed by an independent Board of Trustees, which has hired Fidelity Investments as the service provider to the charity. Fidelity Investments provides all the charitable organization’s employees and supports all its functions: Program Development, Marketing, Service Delivery, Relationship Management, Finance, Technology, Risk and Compliance, and Fundraising.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.