Associate Counsel

Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light and the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With more than 30+ million passionate members and hundreds of partners around the world, CLEAR’s identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, and more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.

We are looking for a Staff Attorney to lead vendor and NDA contracting, support other corporate contracting and further support CLEAR’s revenue businesses and product development teams.  You will partner closely with CLEAR’s Finance, Procurement and Security Teams in reviewing, approving and negotiating CLEAR’s strategic relationships and ensuring CLEAR is properly protected and positioned for success.

What you'll do:

• Be point person for the legal department for CLEAR’s vendor relationships, partnering with the Finance, Procurement and Security teams to ensure proper contract terms and risk mitigation is in place.  This role will negotiate most vendor agreements and support senior attorneys for the most sensitive or complicated vendors.
• Generate and review NDAs
•  Improve CLEAR’s archiving and contract management processes
• Have shared responsibility within the legal team for Ironclad, the CLEAR Legal Department’s Contract Management System (CMS) and Tropic, CLEAR’s Procurement Team’s vendor management platform
• Support subsidiary management, including filings with the company's registered agent
• Collaborate with business partners across the organization on various projects

How you'll measure success:

• Contract Turnaround Time: Measure the time taken to review, draft, and negotiate contracts. Set benchmarks for different types of contracts to ensure efficiency
• Risk Mitigation: Track and compile metrics to ensure CLEAR is appropriately taking on risk and has contractual coverage for risk from its vendors and partners
• Cost Savings: Achieve cost savings through effective contract management, such as reduced legal fees, mitigated risks, and improved negotiation terms

What you're great at:

• 2+ years of experience in either law firms or in-house legal departments
• Experienced negotiating contracts and working directly with business partners
• Experience with nondisclosure, consulting and vendor (MSA) agreements
• Experience with Contract Management Systems (CMS), including Ironclad and/or Salesforce, a plus
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Excellent business judgment, communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent issue spotting skills
• JD required

How You'll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co-working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well-being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs. 

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $130,000-160,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units

CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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