Associate General Counsel - Contracts

Overview

The Marmon Group LLC. As part of Marmon Holdings, backed by Berkshire Hathaway, this organization offers opportunities to do meaningful work, lead at many levels, and pursue better approaches. The newly created role reflects Marmon’s growth and the expanding importance of an enterprise-wide, technology-enabled contracting function. Reporting to the Vice President & General Counsel, this role provides day-to-day leadership to attorneys and contract professionals, mentoring, elevating performance, and shaping the future structure of the contracting function.

It will assist in growing the team and defining best practices and processes for contracting. The Associate General Counsel - Contracts will be a commercially minded lawyer with an inquisitive eye for evaluating AI and other digital tools for use in the Marmon contracting process, and will collaborate with the Marmon contracts team.

This will be a full-time position with a hybrid schedule – a combination of work from one of Marmon’s Chicagoland offices and remote work, with periodic travel as needed.

• Managing the implementation and adoption of a new contract management system (CMS) across the company
• Integrating AI functionality into the contract review process in a targeted, constructive manner and evaluating AI and other digital technology solutions going forward
• Working with the contracts team to build out and expand use of standardized templates and playbooks within the CMS
• Assisting with supervision of external counsel handling flat fee contract reviews
• Maintaining enterprise-wide contract budgets and spend; drafting, reviewing, and negotiating both firm-wide and Corporate-level commercial agreements for Corporate senior leaders and stakeholders

• Work with the Marmon contracts team on an ongoing basis to assess and deploy AI usage within contracting tools and develop & refine templates, policies, procedures, and related material for the larger Marmon legal team and firm-wide business partners to standardize and improve the contract review process
• Serve as a key business and legal partner by virtue of legal acumen, technical competence, excellent business judgment, and ability to develop relationships throughout the organization
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements supporting the operations of Marmon, including sales, manufacturing and supply, licensing and professional services
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of business operations and objectives to assess risk
• Collaborate with and provide actionable advice & creative solutions to business partners on a range of business and strategic issues

• J.D. from an accredited law school, with proven academic success
• At least ten (10) years of legal experience with progressively increasing complexity; experience in and/or direct support of global manufacturing organizations is highly desired
• Experience with CLM systems and comfort evaluating emerging legal-tech solutions (AI review tools, workflow automation, analytics dashboards)
• Strong knowledge of commercial contract law and regulations related to manufacturing, sales, and distribution, with relevant experience negotiating sophisticated agreements
• Ability to help manage, contribute to, and be a trusted member of Marmon’s contracts team, collaborating with attorneys, paralegals, and other professionals
• Demonstrated ability to embrace and leverage technology to enhance legal processes and a continuous learning mindset to identify digital solutions to optimize contract management and review processes
• High self-motivation with strong attention to detail, organizational and analytical skills, and reliability in task completion
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly articulate complex legal concepts and risk assessments
• Proven ability to manage and complete multiple tasks and priorities
• License to practice law and in good standing under the Bar of any state enabling admission to practice as in-house counsel in Illinois
• Ability to travel domestically up to 15% of the time

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We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without regard to membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to , and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

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