Contracts Attorney

About Oxford

Oxford Global Resources is a leading provider of specialty staffing and consulting services in the United States and Europe. The Company provides on-demand, high-end consulting talent to over 2,000 active clients. Oxford offers a differentiated service, focused on providing hard-to-find, highly specialized technical talent in several niche practice areas, including life sciences, information technology, engineering and healthcare.

The Role

As a core member of the Oxford contracts team, you will play an integral and highly visible role in the organization’s success. This attorney is primarily responsible for supporting the organization’s business objectives by providing sound legal counsel and advocacy through commercial contract negotiation and strategic business support. You will partner with award-winning sales professionals on deal strategy, drive contract negotiations, and leverage top-of-class problem solving to build and maintain strong client engagements externally, and a network of supportive colleagues internally.

You will have the opportunity to work globally with a highly collaborative and creative legal team that values work ethic and attitude, while providing unmatched sales support.

Responsibilities

Based on the experience you offer, your responsibilities may include:

• Draft/Review, revise, and negotiate client‐based, complex and non-standard service agreements as well as statements of work and similar.
• Draft/Review, revise and negotiate ancillary agreements including confidentiality and non‐compete agreements, data privacy and business associate agreements.
• Draft/Review, revise, create, and negotiate vendor contracts.
• Review proposed line‐item exceptions to the organization’s standard client, contractor and staff agreements.
• Be available and able to provide counsel to internal stakeholders on such agreements; provide risk mitigation strategies that enable the organization to prioritize business objectives.
• Support RFP response efforts and participate in, and advise on, new deal reviews.
• Conduct legal research on transactional and regulatory matters.
• Assist with special projects.
• Provide training and assistance to other team members, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You - Qualifications

• You have a passion for closing deals, for problem solving, and learning new skills.
• You hold a JD from an accredited law school and admission to the Bar in at least one state.
• You have a minimum of three years in a corporate or law firm setting; at least two years’ experience as a contract lawyer performing the above tasks in-house and or within a firm; you may also have valuable sales and business experience.
• You manage and prioritize responsibilities in a fast-paced environment, leveraging strong organizational skills, follow‐up, and attention to detail.
• You are skilled at conveying legal advice clearly and effectively to non-legal team members.
• As a true team player and consensus builder, you demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels.
• You are able to maintain regular attendance and work all hours necessary or required

Compensation and Benefits

This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus opportunity, benefits, 401(k), paid time off, and a collaborative environment that fosters and promotes career development. At the time of posting, the starting annual salary for this position is $110k - $160k. Actual compensation for this role will be driven by, among other factors, the selected candidate’s direct experience, alignment with the job requirements, overall professional background, and pay equity needs.

Oxford is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oxford will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. Oxford is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please email staffbenefits@oxfordcorp.com. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.