Contracts Negotiator

Lab Summary:

The Legal Department at Samsung Research America (SRA) headquartered in Mountain View CA provides legal support for the SRA labs that work on cuttingedge innovations and departments such as Finance Purchasing IT and general affairs.

Position Summary:

In this role you will support SRA business leaders who are developing its technologies products and services by collaborating with engineering procurement and business teams on a variety of matters including product design and development research collaborations and partnerships and general business services. You will also help provide creative solutions to mitigate risks presented by the development of innovative technologies while drafting negotiating and overseeing service that facilitate the design and development of various technologies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Draft review and negotiate a wide range of contracts including research agreements service agreements and statements of work vendor agreements privacy and data security agreements and confidentiality agreements.
• Make recommendations on contractual risk and compliance issues.
• Conduct legal and nonlegal research factfinding and due diligence projects.
• Perform efficient and timely delivery of advice; anticipate mitigate and advise regarding any potential problems that arise in contractual arrangement across corporate groups and thirdparty relationships.
• Create and maintain contract playbook and clause library for the department.
• Develop draft and maintain standard form contracts for the department with input from the departments legal counsels.
• Work collaboratively with the General Counsel and legal counsels to address and resolve contract development issues.
• Assist with the processing and signing of contracts as needed for the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Business Legal or a related field or equivalent combination of education training and experience.
• 6 years of experience at a technology company or university drafting and negotiating contracts for commercial transactions including master service agreements statements of work orders research agreements and confidentiality agreements.
• Strong understanding of contracts and contract terms.
• Ability to advise business teams and management on contractual matters and other related issues including privacy security and AI ethics.
• Capable of fostering and facilitating teamwork by cultivating relationships collaborating and effectively communicating with teammates and crossfunctional partners.
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Ability to navigate and resolve issues in creative and effective ways while displaying sharp business insight and analytical skills.
• Good judgment including good business judgment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• International company experience
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school

Additional Information

Disclosure of Trade Secrets

Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process you must not disclose any trade secrets of a current or previous employer.

Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone and frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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