Associate Attorney

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XPRIZE

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XPRIZE is a non-profit organization committed to inspiring and empowering humanity to achieve breakthroughs that accelerate an abundant and equitable future for all. Founded to address major global challenges, XPRIZE organizes competitions across focus areas such as biodiversity, climate, energy, deep tech, food, water, waste, health, learning, society, space, and exploration. These competitions set clear and measurable goals to stimulate innovation worldwide, leveraging a network of experts and a rigorous prize model to validate and celebrate the resulting solutions. XPRIZE competitions have engaged thousands of global teams, encouraging creativity from a diverse range of participants, including scientists and innovators from various fields.

Incentivized Prize Development • STEM Education • Energy & Environment • Space Exploration • Lifesciences

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1995

🤝 Non-profit

🔬 Science

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $1.8M Grant on 2018-10

📋 Description

• The Associate Attorney will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and managing a high volume of contracts, ensuring compliance, and streamlining our legal processes. • This individual will play a key role in structuring and maintaining agreements with sponsors, competing teams, vendors, and partners, ensuring that contractual commitments are clearly defined, understood, and adhered to. • This position requires a detail-oriented, highly organized professional with strong problem-solving skills and excellent communication abilities to engage with internal and external stakeholders. • This role is ideal for a legal professional who thrives in a fast-moving environment, enjoys problem-solving, and has a keen eye for contractual details. • Recognize patterns in contract-related inquiries and implement proactive solutions to prevent recurring issues. • Communicate complex legal and contractual language in a clear and professional manner, ensuring stakeholders understand XPRIZE’s position while maintaining positive relationships. • Stay ahead of industry trends, particularly in digital contract management, to optimize processes and ensure best practices are followed.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in contract law, contract administration, or legal counsel with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements. • Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities. • Exceptional communication skills, able to clearly convey legal positions while maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders. • Experience managing and negotiating sponsor, vendor, and partner agreements. • Ability to handle high contract volume and manage competing priorities efficiently. • Strong systemization mindset, able to develop processes to reduce inefficiencies and enhance contract management workflows. • Knowledge of intellectual property and conflict of interest policies. • Familiarity with digital contract management systems and processes

🏖️ Benefits

• Extensive benefits package • Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays.