Paralegal

Paralegal

United States

What We Do

At GoGuardian, we’re helping build a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Our award-winning system of learning solutions is purpose-built for K-12 and trusted by school leaders to promote effective teaching and equitable engagement while helping empower educators to keep students safe.

What It’s Like to Work at GoGuardian

We are a fast-growing learning company that thrives on making bold moves and setting high standards. Working with us means joining a (mostly!) remote team of diverse, passionate, mission-driven employees who are inspired by our vision, dedicated to our customers, and comfortable with rapid change. We balance our rocketship pace with a work culture that offers unbridled support, allyship, and inclusivityto say nothing of fun! Join our Neurodiversity ERG, attend an online magic show (and bring your kids), head to a DEI Community of Practice session, share a pet photo with other dog lovers, or relax in an online meditation class. Our culture has earned us accolades! We have been named one of Built In’s 2022 Best Places to Work and are certified as a Great Place to Work.

The Role

We’re looking for a Paralegal to the commercial legal team. You will be a partner to the business, including sales, marketing, and engineering teams on any commercial matters. In this role, you are responsible for supporting the team on a variety of customer and vendor contracts that are crucial to our company’s operations and success. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a growth mindset, and strong interest in commercial work. Additionally, the candidate has the ability to adapt to a dynamic business and is comfortable with changes and is able to deliver practical advice that appropriately balances business needs with risks.

What You’ll Do

• Contract administration and general legal document organization: track, manage forms/templates, obtaining signatures, inputting contracts into our contract management system, ensuring certificates of insurance are completed by request, maintain and file organized records.
• Oversee the contract process between the Sales and Commercial Legal teams.
• Basic legal drafting, redlines, review and approval of a variety of agreements including Data Privacy Agreements, NDAs, Master Services Agreements, template agreements, school vendor procurement forms, request for proposals, other bid related contracts, and amendments.
• Effective written and oral communication with colleagues across departments and external vendors or customers, if needed.
• Work cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues to support the business.
• Other general support to legal team members.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Current Certified Paralegal status in California is a plus
• 3+ years of experience as a paralegal at a law firm and/or technology company
• Prior experience supporting a heavy volume of commercial transactions relevant to a technology company across various business functions in a fast-paced environment
• PST time zone preferred
• Familiarity with contracting with K-12 public schools, local governments, and/or state governments is a plus
• Independent, self-starter who operates autonomously while being a collaborative team player
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to simultaneously manage several projects
• Clear, collaborative, and effective communication with business teams, especially sellers.
• Eager to take initiative in a fast-paced, ever-changing, dynamic environment.
• Fueled by the opportunity to truly impact the education landscape.
• Something else? Tell us! We want to learn more about you

Plus the intangible:

• A varied and challenging role in a global and highly innovative high-growth company.
• Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.

The typical base salary range for this position is $89,000 – $115,000 per year. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base pay for this position and your pay will be determined by a variety of factors, including your primary work location, skills, qualifications and experience. Additional benefits information is listed on our careers page.

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GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. GoGuardian does not discriminate against employees, applicants, interns or volunteers on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.