Great Minds · 1 week ago
Senior Paralegal
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$85K/yr - $94K/yr
5+ years expGreat Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. The Senior Paralegal will manage the contract lifecycle end-to-end and coordinate communications with internal and external stakeholders, negotiating agreement terms and assessing legal risks.
Education
Responsibilities
Draft, redline, and negotiate various commercial contracts of moderate to high complexity, applying sound judgment regarding risk allocation, liability, indemnification, company compliance, and other substantive legal terms within delegated authority
Advise assigned business stakeholders on contract risk exposure and recommend courses of action before issues escalate
Proactively anticipate contract issues (e.g., deadlines, deliverables, and compliance risks) and coordinate early action with stakeholders to prevent disputes and delays
Resolve disputes, delays, or breaches, escalating to Senior Managing Counsel or outside counsel only for matters exceeding delegated authority or involving significant legal risk
Translate business objectives into contract language that protects company interests and supports long-term strategic goals
Review, approve and advise internal business clients on appropriate contract documentation with an eye to maintaining accuracy, managing legal risk, and tracking contract compliance prior to and following execution
Identify patterns of risk or inefficiency across the contract portfolio and recommend changes to contract templates, playbooks, negotiation positions, and contract management system processes
Guide the Legal Administrative Assistant on complex or ambiguous matters that require legal context and delegate administrative tasks related to maintenance of contract repository to Legal Administrative Assistant
Prepare regular contract portfolio analysis and summary for Senior Managing Counsel beyond routine status reporting
Qualification
Required
5+ years of progressive paralegal experience, including independent ownership of commercial contract negotiation from drafting through execution with attention to legal risk, contract compliance and business outcomes
Strong working knowledge of contract risk areas, including restrictive covenants, indemnification, limitation of liability, data privacy, IP ownership and licensing, AI risk, and termination provisions
Demonstrated experience exercising independent judgment on legal risk and identifying when to escalate complex legal questions to attorneys
Track record of negotiating directly with external counterparties and protecting organizational interests
Experience managing and advising on complex contract management systems and recommending process improvements, including technical understanding of platforms and ability to use efficiently
Experience managing competing priorities across multiple cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; 5+ years of relevant paralegal experience
Preferred
Experience in the K-12 education B2B SaaS, and/or educational publishing industries that engages with state and local governments
Experience serving as subject matter expert or escalation point on a legal team
Notary certification is a plus
Experience working with Agiloft contract management system is a plus
Company
Great Minds
A group of education leaders founded the non-profit Great Minds in 2007 to define and encourage content-rich comprehensive education.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ian Lotinsky
Chief Technology Officer
David Blair
Chief Business Operations Officer
Recent News
2026-07-16
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