About StarRez
StarRez, Inc. is the leading student housing and property management platform in the world. Our cloud software solutions serve 1,300 institutions in 25 countries to over 3.5 million residents. With a customer satisfaction score of 99%, many of the most prestigious Universities, Colleges and Property Managers across the globe rely on StarRez to transform their student residential experience. Along with the recent combination of Adirondack Solutions and RMS, this growing scale enables even greater opportunities to expand community value through enhanced product capabilities and services. We provide opportunities for students and residents to Thrive! StarRez is a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company (https://www.vistaequitypartners.com), a leading global investment firm.
The Role
StarRez, Inc. is seeking a dynamic Contracts Counsel to be the leader of our newly created contracts team, reporting to the Vice President of Legal. The ideal candidate will have experience working both in a law firm and corporate setting with 4+ years of legal experience. As contract counsel, you will lead a scaling team, gain expertise on StarRez solutions and offerings to inform contracting, and own all commercial, supplier, partnership, and company contracts. You will draft and negotiate, update policies and procedures, and deliver with precision advise to all legal requests. You will assist a global team so flexibility with time on occasion is needed.
Location: Remote, US [Denver preferred, but open to remote candidates]
What You Will Own
- Draft, review, and negotiate all agreements with customers, prospective customers, suppliers, and partners
- Agreement ownership will also include MSAs, NDAs, service level agreements, data processing agreements, contract amendments, renewals, and statements of work
- Create a contracts playbook including SOPs, templates and training materials
- Facilitate internal contract reviews with concise contract summaries for deal teams, calling out individual actions and potential roadblocks requiring attention
- Ensure contract compliance, data privacy requirements, evolving GDPR/regulatory matters and enhance effectiveness and efficiency
- Oversee and support accurate contract data in Salesforce for customer contracts including pricing schedules
- Own and optimize all aspects of the contracts organization, closed contract filing, and internal collaboration (Support the implementation of a CLM system)
- Work closely with internal business partners and external counsel (Source of Truth)
- Assist the VP of Legal in other matters including, filings, presentations, and trainings
Required Qualifications
- JD from a U.S. ABA accredited law school
- Active license to practice law in Colorado or eligible for Colorado law licensure
- 4+ years of legal practice (with 2+ yrs. focused on SaaS/Software contracts)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts with Software/SaaS agreements (including privacy experience)
- Extraordinary communications and customer engagement skills with exceptional attention to detail
- Self-starter that can work in all levels of an international business
- Fair, strong, concise, and balanced negotiation proficiencies
- Ability to multitask and prioritize in a high performing and dynamic environment
- Experience working with public and higher education institutions as well as international law (EMEA and APAC)
- Have led and expanded a contracts team domestically and internationally
- Open to working a hybrid Schedule from our Denver, CO office (6100 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111)
- For remote candidates, Pacific Time Zone or Mountain Time Zone preferred.
Reasons to join our team:
- A well established, high performance company that has been in business for over 30+ years
- Full benefits including health care, paid time off, life insurance, and 401k plan with company match
- A supportive team environment with emphasis on learning and development opportunities
- You will be a part of a vibrant culture, which includes corporate events and weekly catered lunches
- Hybrid work schedule from our corporate office in DTC, that is walking distance to Fiddler’s Green
- Our Promise: You will learn, grow, and be appreciated for your impact and contributions
- Z-Factor: Our most celebrated value, you will work with a team of caring, high-performing, and passionate people who have fun supporting our vision, innovation, and continuous improvement
Even if you don’t have all the Preferred Qualifications listed above, but feel you have what it takes to succeed in the role, we would love to receive your application!
We are proud of our diverse workforce and are dedicated to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all employees. People from various ethnicities, ages, genders, and abilities are encouraged to apply.
Notice to external Recruiters and Recruitment Agencies:
StarRez will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies, headhunters, or any other third parties for this role through this website or directly to any employee. StarRez and any of our subsidiaries will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company. In addition, we ask that you do not reach out to any employee with regards to this position, or any other positions, now, or in the future.