Overview
A growing beverage company is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Senior Paralegal to join their Legal team. This role provides advanced support across commercial contracting, advertising and marketing compliance, intellectual property administration, data privacy, and legal operations. The Senior Paralegal will play a critical role in strengthening legal infrastructure, optimizing contract lifecycle processes, and ensuring compliance across marketing, data privacy, and IP initiatives.
Responsibilities
Commercial Contracting & Lifecycle Management
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, vendor agreements, marketing and sponsorship agreements, licensing agreements, and amendments.
- Oversee the full contract lifecycle from intake through execution, renewal, and termination.
- Develop and maintain contract templates and negotiation playbooks.
- Serve as a liaison for internal stakeholders regarding contract requirements, status, and timelines.
- Drive improvements in contract intake, tracking, and documentation processes.
Advertising, Marketing, and Data Privacy Legal Support
- Review advertising, promotional, and social media materials for legal and regulatory compliance.
- Advise marketing teams on claims substantiation, mandatory disclosures, promotional campaigns, and influencer partnership agreements.
- Manage approval workflows.
- Support risk mitigation strategies related to marketing initiatives.
- Assist with data privacy initiatives and compliance.
Intellectual Property Administration
- Support management of the company’s intellectual property portfolio, including trademarks, copyrights, and domain names.
- Coordinate trademark filings, renewals, oppositions, and enforcement actions with outside counsel.
- Work with outside counsel to maintain accurate IP records and monitor critical deadlines.
Legal Operations & Technology
- Own and administer contract lifecycle management systems (e.g., SpotDraft).
- Identify and implement legal technology solutions to improve efficiency and scalability.
- Design and enhance legal processes and workflows.
- Track and report on key legal metrics, deadlines, and data.
- Assist with legal budget management, invoice review, and outside counsel coordination.
Cross-Functional Partnership & Training
- Manage high-volume workflows with competing priorities while maintaining precision and responsiveness.
- Collaborate closely with Legal, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Regulatory, and Operations teams to support business objectives.
- Develop and deliver training to internal teams on legal processes, systems, and best practices.
- Act as a trusted advisor to attorneys and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- Paralegal certificate or equivalent professional training and experience.
- 8+ years of paralegal experience with significant exposure to commercial contract drafting and negotiation, advertising and marketing compliance, and intellectual property administration.
- Demonstrated experience managing contract lifecycle management systems and legal operations platforms.
- Strong understanding of advertising, marketing, and promotional legal requirements.
- Experience with data privacy compliance programs.
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple complex projects independently.
- High attention to detail and sound professional judgment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Experience with data privacy preferred.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to balance legal rigor with pragmatic business judgment.
- Strong technical aptitude and interest in optimizing systems and processes.
- Collaborative partner with strong stakeholder influence.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $90,000 to $110,000 plus bonus.
Location
- This role is fully remote.
Additional Information
This position reports to the General Counsel. The organization is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or other needs during the application process and employment. It is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Applicants are required to submit only the materials specifically requested as part of the application process. Unsolicited materials such as marketing concepts, business ideas, photographs, videos, presentations, or other creative content will not be reviewed or considered.