Overview
At PowerSchool we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible and a career with us means youre joining a successful team committed to engaging empowering and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.
Team Overview
Our Legal team serves as proactive advisors and business partners enabling effective legal and operational solutions in support of PowerSchools vision. This includes providing advice on company strategies and implementation supporting complex business transactions and negotiating critical contracts.
Responsibilities
Description
Our Contracts team oversees the lifecycle of contracts within PowerSchool. The team drafts negotiates and finalizes contracts with vendors partners and customers. This team is crucial for minimizing risks and making operations run smoothly in our organization. This role will have the opportunity to participate in a vital role in the contracting processes and activities of the Company by reviewing drafting and negotiating various types of legal agreements and other commercial documents. Additionally this role will support our acquisition strategy and the needs of the legal department to facilitate all aspects of the contracting management and process.
Your day-to-day job will consist of :
- Review draft and negotiate commercial agreements including procurement vendor strategic and technology partnership distribution referral international and domestic sales and renewal agreements.
- Serve as Legal Lead for Procurement and handle legal escalations.
- Support merger and acquisition initiatives and related special projects.
- Assist with integration of acquired companies.
- Review and prepare responses to Requests for Proposal (RFPs) or Requests for Information (RFIs).
- Identify evaluate and resolve simple and complex business issues in a collaborative manner through cross-functional business teams.
- Support the team of attorneys advising internal business stakeholders on commercial risk and contractual issues.
- Perform contract administration duties as needed including extracting contract attributes and organizing and maintaining the contracts database contract templates signed contracts and other legal correspondence and documentation.
- Provide general administrative and legal support for the Legal department.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervising attorney or Chief Legal Officer.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum 6 years of relevant and related work experience including contract negotiation drafting and administration preferably with a privately held company publicly traded company and / or a top law firm.Bachelors degree or equivalent; additional experience may be substitute for an advanced Degree.Strong demonstrated experience and ability to independently and confidently draft and negotiate with minimum supervision a high volume of commercial agreements with varying degrees of complexity including procurement IT hardware SaaS partnership referral resale distribution agreements and professional services agreements.Strong demonstrated experience to oversee legal support for the procurement team and handle a variety of escalations and solve problems.Proficient understanding of intellectual property and technology licensing and strong experience working in the software industry.Strong ability to identify material issues conduct critical analysis offer practical and pragmatic solutions to mitigate risks and clearly and concisely communicate and summarize material issues and risks.Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines prioritize multi-task respond under pressure and cope well with change.Ability to spot basic data privacy and security issues.Proven experience as a contracts specialist administrator or manager working on high-volume and high-impact transactions with various types of vendors customers partners subcontractors etcPreferred Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in supporting merger and acquisition.Experience or exposure to handling international and domestic RFPs or RFIs or the equivalent.Experience with supporting international sales.Juris Doctorate or Paralegal Certification is a plus.Technology savvy including proficiency in contract management and ticketing tools (e.g. Coupa Jira FreshService Salesforce CLM data rooms).Compensation & Benefits
PowerSchool offers the following benefits :
Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical Dental Vision Pharmacy benefits Life Insurance and AD&D)Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings AccountsShort-Term Disability and Long-Term DisabilityComprehensive 401(k) planGenerous Parental LeaveUnrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)Wellness Program including ClassPass & Employee Assistance ProgramTuition ReimbursementOptional Benefits : Pet Insurance Identity Theft Protection Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverageA reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $84800 - $130000 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicants skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures degrees and certifications; specific geographic location; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data / range parameters.
EEO Commitment
PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process please let us know by emailing
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Key Skills
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Employment Type : Unclear
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Monthly Salary Salary : 84800 - 130000