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PowerSchool · 21 hours ago

Contracts Specialist (Dallas)

Dallas, TX

Contract

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$85K/yr - $130K/yr

6+ years exp

PowerSchool is a global leader in cloud-based software for K-12 education, dedicated to powering personalized education for students. The Contracts Specialist will oversee the lifecycle of contracts, draft and negotiate agreements, and support the legal department's needs, playing a crucial role in minimizing risks and facilitating smooth operations.

E-learning

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Contract negotiationContract draftingContract administrationLegal supportIntellectual propertyTechnology licensingMergersAcquisitionsRFPsRFIsTechnology proficiencyData privacy awarenessAttention to detailProblem-solvingCommunication skillsTime managementAdaptability

Required

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

Bachelor's 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, etc