Senior Director, Associate General Counsel

Senior Director, Associate General Counsel

Location: New York / McLean (Remote)

Exiger is hiring a Senior Director, Associate General Counsel to act as a corporate generalist with an emphasis on government contract support. This role will work with the Head of Legal on a variety of corporate and compliance matters.

What You’ll Do:

• Maintain for various legal tasks, primarily consisting of reviewing, drafting, and negotiating government and commercial contracts.
• Review and improve standard form agreements and legal processes, primarily for Exiger’s government business.
• Assist with requests for proposal and partnership agreements, and generally support our business development efforts.
• Support with M&A, including transactional due diligence.
• Research and advise on relevant regulatory and compliance issues.
• Assist with intellectual property matters.

What To Bring:

• Must have strong knowledge of government contracting process, including knowledge of FAR.
• Prior experience supporting M&A, including responding to due diligence..
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Ability to become a business partner to internal clients.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Ability to spot, analyze and advise on the proper handling of legal issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and multitask as necessary.
• Must be able to timely respond to pressing legal requests from internal business partners.
• A strong academic record.

What You’ll Need:

• Law degree and admission to any State Bar
• 7+ years of legal experience, including 3+ years of legal experience working with government contracts.
• A mixture of in-house experience and law firm experience is preferred, although Exiger will consider candidates with relevant law firm experience.
• Demonstrable experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating government contracts.
• Compliance program experience preferred.
• Experience supporting M&A, investment and other corporate transactions preferred.
• Solid entity maintenance and other basic corporate experience, including drafting resolutions, updating minute books, etc.

We’re an amazing place to work. Why? 

• Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off 
• Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
• Competitive compensation package 
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave 
• Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
• Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming 
• Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications

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