Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

PowerSchool’s Vice President, Assistant General Counsel reports directly to the General Counsel.  This role works closely with other executives in the company and manages “specialty areas” in the legal department supported by a team of attorneys, a contract administrator and legal operations manager.  This role will work within an existing open and transparent work culture to support a driven global sales team as well as PowerSchool’s bids and proposals (RFP), renewals, customer success, professional services, partnerships, and billings teams. This role is suitable for a hands-on, results-oriented, business-minded executive-level attorney.  The ideal candidate will effectively collaborate with senior members of all departments in the organization to support the strategies of the General Counsel and other executive leaders in the company. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience managing a team of attorneys, a positive change agent driving company-wide initiatives, and demonstrated expertise and experience in the following areas: technology and services sales, privacy, security, compliance, regulatory, contract negotiations, and public procurement.  This position will work closely with the General Counsel (GC), the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), and other C-Suite executives on various matters related to sales transactions.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.

• Manage, guide, direct and evaluate a team of attorneys and contract administrators providing support to a variety of commercial transactions and other legal matters as required.
• Participate and drive the design, development and internal publication of additional company and legal policies, procedures, and training to institute best practices with respect to global sales, privacy, and security.
• Drive alignment and programs, to educate the entire organization on legal and regulatory matters and on the business implications of each.
• Be responsible for facilitating cross-departmental alignment on processes and procedures to improve efficiency of the legal functions as they support teams across the organization.
• Provide legal advice, opinions and solutions regarding issues and risks relating to the on-going and expanding business into international markets.
• Identify, evaluate, and resolve complex business issues in a collaborative manner through cross-functional business teams.
• Advise internal business stakeholders such as other VPs, SVPs, CFO, CEO and directors on risk and mitigation as a part of a commercial transaction mindful of the full business and legal context.

Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.