HireVue - Corporate Counsel
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Corporate Counsel | Remote United States
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Full-time
Company Description
HireVue is transforming the way companies discover, hire, and develop the best talent by combining the power of video, games, and AI for better hiring decisions.
We are relentlessly focused on developing fair and objective hiring solutions to help our customers and their candidates, and we embrace this same focus of fair and objective hiring when we hire for our own team, striving to build a diverse and inclusive culture based on a foundation of respect and inclusion.
HireVue is available worldwide in over 30 languages and has hosted more than 14 million on-demand interviews and one million assessments. Its more than 700 customers worldwide including over one-third of the Fortune 100 and leading brands such as Unilever, JP Morgan Chase, Delta Air Lines, Vodafone, Carnival Cruise Line, and Goldman Sachs.
Job Description
The Corporate Counsel will report to the General Counsel as part of the Legal Team. This position represents a key leader and trusted advisor to company leadership with broad responsibility for many aspects of commercial, legal, governance, risk, and compliance matters in furtherance of the company’s growth and strategic initiatives. The successful candidate will have a “can do” attitude and willingness to roll up their sleeves to support and build critical legal functions to support growth and scaling initiatives with high velocity. Less focused on the historical or theoretical, the Corporate Counsel is a pragmatic
problem-solver who thrives on building innovative processes and programs that focus on driving our business initiatives forward.
As the “right hand” to the General Counsel, the corporate counsel will also have a lead role in important corporate initiatives such as operationalizing commercial contracting elements, compliance and enterprise risk management as well as serving as a key cross-functional contact. To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities identified below and perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily, either with or without reasonable accommodation. The below is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job and is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions,
responsibilities, or requirements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Commercial
Work closely with commercial contracting managers acting as a trusted partner to serve as the escalation point and backup for commercial transactions and privacy-related commercial matters, including drafting, negotiating MSA, DPAs, SCCs, professional service agreements and SOWs, partnership or referral agreements.
Draft and revise templates and contractual language to assist in commercial transactions. Review, update and maintain various form agreements in alignment with benchmarked industry standards and regulatory changes
Compliance
Counsel and oversee compliance for a broad range of general regulatory matters, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption/FCPA, employment and labor regulations, privacy and data management, records retention, and cross-border transfers.
Collaborate with internal business partners to assess legal compliance and provide practical advice and day-to-day support to internal stakeholders regarding legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to general legal matters.
Research and assess legal and regulatory matters, prepare internal written positions, advise decision-makers on the risks, options for implementation, and recommend courses of action to contractual templates and/or product and business teams to ensure compliance with existing law and how to prepare for emerging legal regimes.
Strategic
Collaborate across all functions to deliver sound and actionable legal advice to effectively achieve business objectives while protecting the company's interests
Work as a generalist to provide support and establish positive relationships with various business partners including product marketing, communications, information security, finance, product management, engineering, technical operations, customer success, pricing, and sales to advise the business on issues through all stages of the business lifecycle.
Identify, manage, and resolve legal issues in a manner consistent with the company's business philosophy and strategy.
Other duties and assignments determined by the General Counsel to support internal stakeholders and continually enhance support function processes for execution of the company's strategies
Assist with ensuring business-centric strategic alignment for channel partner contracts, reseller contracts for public entities and governments (local, state, federal), license agreements, and professional services agreements.
Develop and present training to various personnel throughout the organization, drive awareness of corporate governance, legal compliance, and risk management guidelines
Qualifications
Soft Skills
Good working knowledge of legal issues related to SaaS technology including licensing, IP protection, security and relevant data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA; any CIPP certification is considered beneficial but not required.
Demonstrated ability to learn on the job and develop in new areas of the law and drive new applications of existing laws to support innovation
Driven self-starter with a strong ownership mentality, constantly driving work to completion persistently and creatively identifying and resolving issues
Strategic thinker with ability to work independently through issues, evaluate risks and choices and make sound judgment even in face of uncertainty or escalate issues as necessary
Ability to devise business-friendly, pragmatic solutions that reduce risk and enhance value
Ability to prioritize and work with a sense of urgency; works with agility and able to pivot seamlessly as needed; thrives in a fast-paced environment, delivering work quickly, on time and proficiently to internal clients
Strongly collaborative with a high touch customer service approach to working with internal stakeholders and delivering on customer needs
High degree of integrity, ethics and trust; highly professional with ability to maintain confidences
Enjoys constant learning, is open to feedback and looks for opportunities for self- improvement
Excellent leadership skills and high EQ, with strong abilities to manage priorities within available resources, and exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
Education and Experience
Juris doctorate from an accredited law school; admitted to at least one state bar in the U.S.
4+ years overall relevant legal experience at a law firm or in-house; experience counseling technology, software, and SaaS companies a plus.
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Proficient with technology, including SalesForce, Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
Light travel required for team and company meetings
Additional Information
Flexible Paid Time Off | Medical, Dental, Vision | 12 Weeks Maternity & Adoption | 401K match