Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
About the Role
RMI is seeking an articulate, eager, and highly qualified attorney passionate about the energy transition to join a team-oriented, fast-paced, and agile work environment. This full-time in-house lawyer will report to the Senior Legal Director, requiring a self-motivated, business-minded, solutions-oriented individual who can operate autonomously, manage multiple projects, and utilize systems thinking, extraordinary judgment, and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
- Support various program areas with complex legal needs, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, and advising on structuring legal entities, relationships, and transactions.
- Provide legal advice and support on applicable laws, regulations, and policies, including nonprofit operations, governance, compliance, intellectual property, data privacy, lobbying, FARA, antitrust, and anti-corruption.
- Manage and mitigate legal risks by drafting and implementing company policies, procedures, and legal templates.
- Work with the finance team on compliance issues and protocols.
- Collaborate with the subgrants team to ensure outgoing subaward agreements comply with original funder agreements.
- Coordinate with outside law firms across various practice areas and jurisdictions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- JD degree from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 7+ years of experience, preferably in general law practice with expertise in contract, general corporate, and transactional law.
- Excellent verbal and writing skills.
- Ability to simplify complicated legal issues and language.
- Whole systems approach to problem-solving.
Skills
- Contract drafting, review, and negotiation
- Legal entity, relationship, and transaction structuring
- Nonprofit law
- Corporate governance
- Compliance
- Intellectual property
- Data privacy
- Lobbying
- FARA
- Antitrust
- Anti-corruption
- Risk management
- Policy drafting and implementation
- Procedure development
- Legal template creation
- Finance compliance
- Subaward agreement compliance
- Outside counsel coordination
- Systems thinking
- Interpersonal skills
- Business-minded approach
- Solutions-oriented
- Autonomous operation
- Project management
- Priority management
- Extraordinary judgment
- Corporate entity formations
- Social enterprise
- Impact investing
- Emerging companies
- Venture capital
- Global privacy law
- Legal, business, technical, and practical analysis integration
- Independent work
- Team collaboration
Location
- Hybrid / remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Education Level
- JD degree
- Licensed to practice law
Salary/Compensations
- $152,540-$188,000
- Annual bonus target of 10%
- Eligibility for merit-based increases
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- 403b retirement match with immediate vesting
- Group life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability
- Optional voluntary life, AD&D and accident plans
- Health savings or flexible spending accounts
- Fertility and hormonal health support
- Mental health and wellness support
- Comprehensive leaves of absence (including generous parental leave)
- Generous paid time off and sick leave
- Paid sabbatical leave
- Regional holidays with at least one extended break in each geography
- Work from home and home technology allowances
- Learning & development opportunities (LinkedIn Learning and an annual individual professional development budget)
- Discount marketplace (gym memberships, pet insurance, etc.)
- Team retreats and geographic meetups
- Rewards and recognition programs
About the Company
- RMI is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity as outlined in U.S. federal law.
- RMI celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Equal Opportunity
- We prohibit discrimination against applicants, interns, and employees on the basis of any legally recognized basis, including but not limited to: age (40 and over), race, color, sex, pregnancy (including lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), religion, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender expression/identity, uniformed service member status, veteran status, citizenship status, or any other applicable status protected by applicable law.
- RMI is an equal opportunity employer.