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REI · 3 weeks ago

Senior Legal Specialist, Transactions

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$85K/yr - $137K/yr

REI Co-op is united around discovering, building and celebrating better ways of working in this world, all so that folks can find and pursue a love of the outdoors. They are seeking an experienced Senior Legal Specialist to support a dynamic legal team in managing commercial transactions and contract management, ensuring alignment with company policies and risk management.

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Responsibilities

Draft, review, and manage a wide range of commercial agreements, including vendor, services, merchandising, marketing, licensing, NDA, and technology agreements

Coordinate contract intake, triage, and workflow prioritization across business teams

Ensure contracts align with company templates, playbooks, and risk tolerances

Identify key legal and business risks and escalate appropriately to attorneys

Manage and improve contract management systems, templates, and workflows

Develop and maintain standard forms, playbooks, and guidance materials

Drive process improvements to increase efficiency, consistency, and compliance

Track contract lifecycle, including execution, amendments, renewals, and terminations

Serve as a liaison between Legal, Sourcing, Marketing, Merchandising, Technology and other business teams

Communicate clearly with stakeholders to align on timelines, requirements, and expectations

Provide practical guidance to business partners on contracting processes and requirements

Support identification and mitigation of legal and compliance risks in transactions

Ensure adherence to internal policies, regulatory requirements, and governance standards

Manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision

Track milestones, dependencies, and deliverables for legal and cross-functional initiatives

Provide status updates and reporting to legal leadership and stakeholders

Under the general direction of a Deputy General Counsel, you will own and drive Legal Transaction related programs and projects

Building internal customer & stakeholders relationships to manage expectations and agree on clear goals, objectives, and timelines

Building and tracking of program features, milestones, & dependencies

Identifies potential legal and compliance risk exposures and drives actions to resolve problems and make process improvements

Educate, promote and facilitate necessary business practice changes in line with legal requirements

Consulting on process changes across business groups and documents end-to-end process flow, as applicable

Developing and implementation of performance criteria and KPIs, as applicable

Collaboration with Legal Department colleagues and external consultants for legal analysis and issue resolution as needed

Management of interactions with internal business clients and external service providers to troubleshoot problems and drive improvements

Represent the Legal Department and participate in and/or coordinate legal and compliance efforts across the organization

Recommend and drives action to resolve problems and process improvements. Be liaison to other areas within the company to educate, promote and facilitate necessary business practice changes in line with legal requirements

May supervise others

Other duties and projects as assigned

Qualification

Commercial contract draftingContract reviewContract management systemsLegal risk identificationCompliance risk mitigationProcess improvementProject management

Required

Experience as a Senior Paralegal or similar role

Strong contract expertise

Exceptional organizational skills

Ability to manage high-volume workflows while maintaining attention to detail