Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.
We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.
What You’ll Do:
- Support and drive the strategic and operational initiatives with on-time and on-budget results.
- Support the implementation and management of Legal department tools and processes to streamline new or existing practices, as well as managing design, rollout, and training for new systems and processes.
- Support the contract, compliance and other legal processes and procedures and work to find ways to improve those processes and procedures.
- Support the legal team members with contracting processes, including review of certain sales and other transaction documents for processing and for recordkeeping.
- Assist with legal and compliance request triage, verifying requests and confirming information with business stakeholders across functional teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Finance, Marketing and others.
What You’ll Need:
- Juris Doctorate or other equivalent law degree. Licensed to practice law in applicable jurisdiction of residence.
- Prior experience with implementation, management and/or use of legal tech is highly desirable.
- Experience handling high volumes of tasks and projects and successfully managing multiple deadlines is necessary.
- Experience with legal operations improvements or initiatives is desirable. Well developed analytical, problem-solving and communication (both oral and written) skills are necessary.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with contract review and/or management is required, including ability to read, understand and report on contract terms.
- Must maintain confidentiality of contract terms, details of transactions and other information highly confidential.
- Must be detail-oriented and data-driven.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, Power Point, SharePoint and Outlook is required.
- Must be responsive and able to manage stakeholder expectations regarding project delivery.
- Ability to move projects forward proactively and with minimal supervision is required.
- Full proficiency in German and English
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Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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