Paralegal - Global Commercial Legal Operations Team (Us Remote)

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety. It’s the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.

As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.

At Motorola Solutions, we’re ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.

Department Overview

By becoming a part of the Motorola Solutions Legal team, you become a part of helping public safety and commercial customers obtain the products and services needed for the moments that matter. From the legal procurement team working with subcontractors and vendors to obtain the supplies needed to run the business, to the software legal team analyzing new product offerings, to the legal pre-sales team negotiating contracts with customers, to the commercial legal operations team developing and supporting processes, policies, and practices integral to the Legal’s efforts, to the post-sales project team to complete our contracts as contracted on time and on budget, our team assists, supports, and facilitates the innovation and business efforts of Motorola Solutions.

Overview:

This position assists Commercial Counsel and Contract Managers in providing commercial legal support to business teams in other support functions. This position includes contract management, records management, policy management, compliance, corporate governance, and process improvement tasks.

The position also assists with escalation of risks and routing matters for internal approvals. Collaboration with internal business partners from many disciplines is a key component of this job. Coordination with external parties, including outside counsel or consultants may also be required. This full-time position may be a remote position.

Job Responsibilities:

• Escalating risks and obtaining approvals
• Gather detailed information about the sales offer.
• Assist in drafting proposal responses and contract clauses.
• Research issues, as requested by Commercial Counsel or Contract Managers
• Manage databases, automated approval tools, and other electronic systems
• Maintaining online terms and conditions and integration with available quoting tools
• Obtain and synthesize input from internal and external subject matter experts
• Assist with records management
• Review solicitations (e.g. RFIs, RFPs) issued by government & commercial customers
• Provide other general legal assistance and administrative tasks as necessary
• Act as key liaison with other functional areas (e.g, Finance, Insurance, Human Resources, Environmental Health & Safety, Trade Compliance, etc.) in reviewing customer or vendor requirements.
• Assist Commercial Counsel with due diligence and regulatory compliance efforts
• Perform initial compliance analysis for the solicitation
• Support Commercial Legal Operations Manager in developing and maintaining new contracting templates, reviewing and updating existing templates in collaboration with applicable Product, Sales Legal and other key stakeholders.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize under pressure while maintaining a positive attitude
• Professional certifications, such as National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), are preferred.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines
• Experience in corporate transactional, contracts negotiation, and/or commercial transaction experience, preferably with a background in technology matters, government contracts and/or intellectual property.

Note: Candidate may reside anywhere in the US

Salary Range Target: $50-55K

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is highly preferred with 2+ years of experience as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
• OR 4+ years of experience in corporate transactional, contracts negotiation, and/or commercial transaction

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• Incentive Bonus Plans
• 9 Paid Holidays
• And more!
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.