Job Description:Position SummaryEpiq is seeking a highly experienced legal professional to support a managed legal operations engagement involving law firm engagement letters, outside counsel contracting, contract lifecycle management, and legal vendor governance. The legal professional will independently review, redline, negotiate, and finalize law firm engagement terms, work directly with in-house attorneys and law firms, reduce escalation volume to client leadership, and help establish scalable playbooks, governance processes, and contracting standards.
Key Responsibilities - Review, draft, redline, negotiate, and finalize engagement letters, outside counsel agreements, and related legal services contracts.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for contract negotiations with external law firms and internal legal stakeholders.
- Interpret legal and business risks and make attorney-level recommendations regarding contract language, rate proposals and negotiation strategies.
- Apply established contract guidelines while exercising independent legal judgment on deviations and escalations.
- Partner directly with client attorneys, legal operations professionals, procurement, and law firms throughout the contracting lifecycle.
- Utilize CLM technology and workflow tools, including Malbek or comparable platforms, to manage contracts and approvals.
- Identify recurring negotiation issues and develop playbooks, fallback positions, templates, and standard operating procedures
- Support rate negotiation, law firm onboarding, vendor governance, and related outside counsel management initiatives.
- Drive process improvements, automation opportunities, reporting, and metrics associated with outside counsel contracting.
- Maintain strong documentation, audit readiness, and compliance with company policies.
- Provide support for conflicts of interest review, analysis, and resolution in coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
Required Qualifications - JD and active bar membership preferred.
- 5+ years of experience negotiating contracts and legal services agreements.
- Experience with law firms, legal operations, or corporate legal departments.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead negotiations.
- Experience with CLM platforms and workflow tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience supporting large corporate legal departments.
- Outside counsel management experience.
- Experience applying AI-enabled tools to legal operations, contract review, workflow optimization, or outside counsel management.
- Playbook and governance framework development experience.
Success Profile Collaborative, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable engaging directly with senior attorneys and law firm partners. Capable of reducing dependence on escalations by independently resolving negotiation issues.
Your specific salary will be determined based on several factors:
- Location-based market rate for the role
- Your abilities in relation to the job specification
- Performance during screening and interview
- Pay parity with the wider team in the considered location
Further details about the package will be provided during the initial screening call with the Talent Acquisition Team.
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