General Counsel

General Counsel

The General Counsel will focus on the end-to-end contract management process across Marquis. Additionally, this role will have the responsibility for managing departmental operations and identifying and implementing key departmental initiatives focused on maximizing efficiency and productivity. This role will help to ensure we have a consistent process around managing our client contracts from beginning to end.

This position is a hybrid role located in Plano, TX or Lehi, UT.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the management of the end-to-end contract management process.
• Coordinate and execute the gathering and updating of information related to client contractual agreements across the organization.
• Project manage critical projects in collaboration and partnership with finance, analytics, human resources, and sales, as necessary to support legal systems, process management, and performance reporting.
• Create, update, and maintain master contract templates.
• Prepare client contract drafts based on information and input from the sales teams and obtain necessary contract approvals from senior leadership.
• Ensure all final contracts and closed deals are stored properly and are accurately reflected in the company CRM.
• As an input into the deal process, assist with ensuring accuracy of reporting on closed deals.
• Assist with communications between Lines of Business and/or Finance Departments with understanding of contract terms and conditions, including summarizing deal details for commission payouts.
• Provide assistance to sales teams and lines of business with client contractual questions.
• Prepare, monitor, and track legal department objectives. Create metrics and trends on key data points aligned to the legal and sales’ key objectives and strategic plan, as well as overall department effectiveness and efficiency.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years of related work experience.
• Prior experience in financial services or at a software company is a plus.
• JD/MBA preferred; JD required.
• Location: Plano/Dallas, Texas area or Lehi, Utah area. Ability to be in office 3-5 days a week required.
• Strong system administration management skills or background.
• Prior legal experience, including significant contract development and management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Prior experience with utilizing client relationship management tools (CRM systems) preferred.
• Ability to understand products, services, and client engagement needs to ensure contracts accurately reflect the closed deal.
• Strong process orientation with the ability to create a repetitive execution process.

Marquis is an equal opportunity employer.