Epiq Counsel helps manage in-house workflow by engaging experienced legal professionals. Engage lawyers, paralegals, contract negotiators, and legal operations experts, on an interim basis to: Manage workflow spikes or fill gaps in your department due to attrition, leaves, or a hiring freeze, Increase the capacity of your team on a flexible basis without adding a permanent headcount, add specialized expertise to support projects such as a new product launch or policy drafting required by a regulatory change, and enable your legal department to keep pace with the business.

Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Epiq Counsel

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**Epiq Counsel is partnering with our leading utility company based on the west coast that provides electricity and natural gas. **

**This role offers a wonderful long-term contract opportunity as it's set for a 2 year in duration. **

**Hours: ** 40 hours per week

**Schedule: ** 8-4 pm PST

**Duration: ** 2-year contract

**Setup: ** Fully Remote

**Job Description: **

- The Consulting Procurement Contract Manager acts as lead and point of escalation for the Procurement Contract Management team, solely related to Customer Energy Management, ensuring that those contracts utilize best contracting practices and maintain compliance with corporate policies.

- In addition to leadership responsibilities, the Consulting Contract Manager maintains project and contract oversight for the most complex/critical categories of goods and services, many of which have interrelated elements and may require considerations not previously encountered. These assignments include project management, analysis, development, negotiation, and administration of contracts, as well as dispute resolution and monitoring compliance with contract terms.

- This role collaborates with a wide range of players: driving project and negotiation strategy with internal customers and ensuring their understanding of key project management and contract terms; fostering close coordination with other business functions; and maintaining positive, professional relationships with PSE's internals and suppliers.

- Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

- Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations.

**Job Responsibilities: **

- Point of escalation for the Customer Energy Management team on legal issues.

- Coaching, mentoring, and upholding contracting best practices for the Customer Energy Management team, including policy, process, negotiation strategy, and corporate risk tolerances.

- Workload balancing lead for the team.

- Contract Management/Project Management:

- Engage with the CEM team to define project scope, plan and initiate, mitigate risks, coordinate, problem solve, and facilitate communication.

- Operating completely autonomously, contract management of the most complex/critical agreements including drafting, negotiating, redlining, and ongoing administration.

- Negotiate favorable contract terms and conditions to secure the best possible outcome for PSE, including risk mitigation.

- Handle disputes regarding performance and compliance issues, facilitating resolution to minimize impact of disruptions on internal customers.

- Coordinate with Suppliers, Sourcing/Category Managers, Sourcing Analysts, Procurement Operations, Supplier Management, as well as Legal, Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and other internal teams.

- Process Excellence & Technology Utilization:

- Drive consistency in contracting, identify opportunities to standardize or improve templates and processes.

- Identify opportunities to increase the effectiveness of the contracting function on an ongoing basis.

- Utilize contract management technology to manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle.

- Work with Legal function to identify and obtain approval for alternative and supplemental clauses during negotiations.

**Minimum Qualifications: **

- 10 plus years of experience in Procurement, Contract Management, or a related field.

- Experience with customer energy contracts as well as service contracts for customer-facing interactions including those with software components.

- Experience with legislatively mandated energy savings.

- Strong presentation, project management, negotiation, and redlining skills are required, as well as demonstrated conflict resolution skills.

- Excellent working knowledge of contracting concepts and commercial law.

- Excellent ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risk.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

- Experience identifying legal, compliance, regulatory, and operational issues requiring subject matter expertise

- Ability to present highly complex topics in an effective and concise manner to broad-based audiences including various levels of management.

- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively, both as a team member and independently.

- Excellent customer service, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously.

- Demonstrated ability to influence without positional authority.

- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

**Desired Qualifications: **

- Familiarity with eProcurement Source-to-Pay tools desirable, Ariba specifically.

- Experience in Contract Lifecycle Management tools desirable.

- Understanding of procurement governance, processes, and policies.

- Strong analytical and interpretive skills to recognize, comprehend, and assess data, as well as complex issues and industry information.

- Previous people management/coaching/development a plus.

- Experience in a regulated industry a plus (UTC, WEC, FERC).

- Experience with rebate programs, grant funded projects, non-profit and community based projects, partnership projects

- Experience with customer-facing software and engagement services for residential and local business customers.

- Experience with service contracts for customer education.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however, due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

~~It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. ~~

Senior Procurement Contract Manager

**About The Role **

**Join Epiq's global, industry-defining corporate client (with brands you definitely know!) Our client is seeking an experienced Senior International Corporate Governance & Entity Management Paralegal to take end-to-end ownership of global subsidiary and entity management. **

**In this highly visible role, you will manage the company’s international legal entities, implement governance standards, and serve as the primary point of contact for outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions. **

**Qualifications: **

- 8+ years of corporate governance, international subsidiary management, or corporate paralegal experience in a multinational company or law firm.

- Experience serving as a primary owner of international subsidiary governance and entity maintenance.

- Deep knowledge of international entity management and global corporate structures.

- Substantive experience with entity management systems, organizational charts, resolutions, and key corporate documentation.

- Proven ability to manage high-volume workflows with precision and independence.

- High degree of professionalism when partnering with outside counsel and internal leadership.

- Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.

- Proficiency with entity management platforms (Diligent, GEMS, hCue, Blueprint, etc.) strongly preferred.

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to support a fast‑paced, high‑expectations environment. The ideal candidate is not afraid to raise issues early, provide clear recommendations, and drive conversations and work product forward.

- **Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model. **

**Support our multinational corporate client on the following: **

- Serve as the primary owner of international subsidiary governance and entity maintenance.

- Manage annual filings, statutory requirements, director/officer updates, corporate records, and compliance calendars across global jurisdictions.

- Work closely with outside counsel worldwide to ensure timely and accurate compliance.

- Maintain and update entity management systems, organizational charts, resolutions, and key corporate documentation.

- Partner with stakeholders in tax, finance, treasury, compliance, and internal audit on cross-functional governance initiatives.

- Support global governance standards, policies, and record-keeping practices across the organization.

**Benefits **

- Fully remote role.

- Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement.

- 401(k) with company match

- PTO and paid federal holidays

- Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program

- Employee Assistance Program

- Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)

**About Epiq **

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each professionals practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

~~It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. ~~

Senior Corporate Governance Paralegal (In-House)

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