Paralegal Consultant- Contract

Company Description

Nearmap is unique. A global technology company with incredible people; a market-leader with energy and spirit. Nearmap was named as one of the world’s 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2020 by Fast Company magazine – and we are growing!

What we do
We provide easy, instant access to high-resolution aerial imagery, city-scale 3D content, AI datasets and integrated geospatial tools, with wide-scale coverage across the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. At the core of it, we are a location content company, a visual analytics company, and a software as a service company. Innovation is weaved into our DNA.

Job Description

As a Paralegal Consultant at Nearmap your role will be focused on supporting a broad range of legal, transactional, compliance and administrative matters including negotiating and drafting software and data licensing arrangements and supporting our US business.  Where required, this role will support other regions where our group operates and corporate head office on legal and regulatory compliance. The role will require the person to work closely with business leaders to help them achieve their targets. 

• Support the North American sales organization, in particular the government teams.
• Attend to legal-related external customer support requests and inquiries;
• Provide training to the US sales team in understanding the legal position and risk exposure in commercial contracts
• Manage Incoming and Outgoing Contracts; 
• Manage Legal Vendors

Key Responsibilities

• Help to collaborate on global legal projects lead by the respective APAC and US Counsels
• Manage, maintain and update contract management system, and global operational contracts register, for APAC and US
• Responsible for document retention practices;
• Manage, maintain and update library of templates, forms and clauses;
• Assisting with internal counsel and business clients to improve business practices and procedures;
• Vast knowledge of the Legal team and Operations; 
• Maintain and Draft Legal Policies;
• Manage portion of Outside Budget; 
• Provide Analysis on Data and Stats; 
• Manage Technology Used for Legal Team;
• Create and implement process improvements;
• Manage administrative portions of Legal team; and 
• Other tasks as required by the global legal department.
• Comply with responsibilities of working for a private equity
• Comply with all local legislative requirements
• Adhere to company guidelines and the corporate Code of Conduct
• Where appropriate, keep up to date with legislative requirements
• Act in an ethical way when dealing with company assets and other people

Qualifications

• Paralegal studies, Paralegal certificate or diploma in law (or equivalent) or 4 more years of experience in legal support area, ideally at a major law firm or in-house;
• Experience in drafting legal documents and correspondences.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced work environment and proven ability to address complex problems and business needs while reasonably balancing risk and not compromising on quality or work
• Broad commercial and corporate law knowledge with a strong background of intellectual property law in a technology context, licensing, SaaS, revenue recognition and privacy;
• Experience negotiating or exposure to government (federal and local) contracts preferable;
• Experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce (preferable);
• Ability to communicate and negotiate with external and internal parties.
• Ability to provide commercially focused advice that is translated into simple to understand language;
• Have a strong history of successful cross-functional collaboration

Additional Information

Some of our benefits
Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellness. Our current benefits include access to the Nearmap employee share scheme, short and long-term financial incentives, flexible working options, paid volunteer days, gym and phone rebates, and lots of development opportunities including hack-a-thons and pitch-fests.

Working at Nearmap
We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We adapted to remote working with ease and are continually looking at ways to improve. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture, and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.

If you can see yourself working at Nearmap and feel you have the right level of experience, we invite you to get in touch. 

Watch our culture video below to find out more about what a day in the life at Nearmap looks like.

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