Senior Corporate Paralegal in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Web Industries Inc

Web Industries a 100% employee-owned company (ESOP), which brings a lot of advantages to the people who work here—beyond the great pay and excellent benefits. You’re not just an employee, you are an employee-owner, with a vested interest in the success of the company. Web Industries’ founder, Bob Fulton, believed that the people who create the value of a company, the employees, should share in the success of the company. We believe there is a real energy that exists when people are open, honest, and work together to meet mutual goals. We do this by living our values:

Heart of an Owner: Taking personal responsibility and pride in our work.

Stronger Together: The power of collaboration and teamwork.

Find a Way: Determination and creativity to overcome challenges

As a company, we thrive on that energy and work to bring it into every product and every project that we touch. At Web, we believe the employee experience is paramount to our company’s success. Working with us, you’ll experience a myriad of cultures, locations, industries, and technologies. And you’ll be part of an employee-owned company dedicated to helping you achieve a fulfilling life and a rewarding career.

Position Summary:

Experienced paralegal with a primary focus on preparing, reviewing and negotiating non-disclosure agreements, supply agreements, and various sales, services and other contracts, and supporting corporate compliance, corporate governance, and international businesses.

Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the Senior Corporate Paralegal will be a valued contributing member of Web’s Legal Team and will partner closely with our global Finance, Sales, Engineering, Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Service and other personnel to provide legal and commercial assistance with respect to corporate matters and commercial contracts (customer, vendor, strategic partnerships).

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Contract Review and Negotiation:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of transactional agreements and amendments, including supply agreements, master services agreements, consulting agreements, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, and other commercial agreements, with minimal attorney supervision.

• Assist with creation of contract templates, playbooks, and employee training.

• Perform contract administration support: develop and maintain procedures for tracking contracts and prepare applicable reports.

Corporate Governance:

• Support attorney in preparing and maintaining corporate records, including board and committee packages, minutes, and board resolutions.

• Assist attorney in maintaining and updating internal corporate governance policies and rolling out compliance practices and employee training.

• Draft resolutions, written consents, and governance related certificates; maintain the corporation’s organizational documents (charter, by-laws, corporate governance guidelines, etc.); certify corporate documents; and maintain corporate governance related documents.

Subsidiary Maintenance:

• Manage recordkeeping and annual compliance for our many subsidiaries, including maintaining ownership registers, entity resolutions and other documents.

• Assist in the preparation of subsidiary entity resolutions and filings.

• Organize and dissolve subsidiaries in various state jurisdictions, at the direction of attorney.

Special Projects and Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Assist in managing special projects and enterprise-wide initiatives, as needed

• Proficiency in project management, with the ability to take initiative and lead projects to completion with cross functional stakeholders.

• Performs any other function or responsibility as assigned

Additional REQUIRED Qualifications/Skills:

Excellent drafting, organizational, project management, communication (both oral and written), and analytical/problem- solving skills.

Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate cross-functionally.

Strong computer skills and document preparation (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel).

Significant substantive knowledge of procedures, terminology, and documents relating to corporate matters.

Additional PREFERRED Qualifications/Skills:

1. Demonstrated ability to understand the “big picture” and pay attention to detail.

2. High degree of professionalism, discretion, and judgment.

3. Minimum 15 years of prior in-house experience. Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant legal education (paralegal certificate).

Must be able to work on government contracts.