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About the Role
Promise's government and utility business is growing, and this role owns the contracting and compliance work that powers it. You'll manage government contracting end-to-end, partnering with security on required reviews and certifications, and serve as a key legal partner to pursuit and deployment teams. This role offers significant ownership and growth potential into senior legal leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own Public Sector and Commercial contracting: Review, draft, and negotiate solicitation terms, contracts, subcontracts, and customer agreements across federal, state, local and other procurements.
- Lead contract-side security and compliance review: Partner with security and IT on FedRAMP and agency security reviews, data protection terms, and the certifications and questionnaires Promise customers require.
- Keep bids compliant: Advise on solicitation requirements, certifications and representations, flow-downs, and eligibility so bids are compliant and signable.
- Strengthen contracting practices: Improve and scale the templates, playbooks, and processes that keep contracting efficient as the company grows.
- Manage outside counsel: Engage and oversee specialized outside counsel where needed, keeping spend efficient.
- Stay ahead of regulation: Track changes in public-sector procurement rules, data privacy, and compliance regimes that affect Promise.
- Advise the business: Serve as a resource on the legal team for business development, deployment, product, and security on deal structure, risk, and regulatory questions.
Requirements
- JD and active membership in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar.
- 5+ years practicing, with meaningful government contracts work across federal and/or state and local procurement, in-house or at a firm.
- Familiarity with FedRAMP and government security reviews, plus data protection and privacy; experience with StateRAMP, CMMC, or similar is a plus.
- Negotiate complex agreements with government and enterprise counterparties and land workable terms.
- Want to deepen your government-contracts expertise and grow into more senior legal leadership.
- Give clear, business-minded advice and help the company move fast without taking on undue risk.
- Govtech, fintech, or public-benefits/payments experience; familiarity with utilities or other regulated industries.
- Energized by big, complex challenges and the opportunity to solve them.
- Want your work to have a real, measurable impact on people’s lives.
- Take ownership and run toward problems, not away from them.
- Value clear, candid, and constructive communication.
- Engages in US government contracts and restricts hiring to US persons, which includes US citizens and permanent residents (e.g., Green Card holders).
- Candidates must reside in the US.
Skills
- Government contracts
- FedRAMP
- Data protection
- Privacy
- Negotiation
- StateRAMP
- CMMC
- Govtech
- Fintech
- Public-benefits/payments
- Utilities
- Regulated industries
Location
- US
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years practicing
Education Level
- JD
Benefits
- Equity for All: All full-time employees receive stock options to share in our company’s success.
- 100% Paid Health Coverage: We cover 100% of base medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees and their dependents.
- Flexible Time Off: Self-managed FTO and paid holidays — we trust you to manage your time responsibly.
About the Company
- Promise modernizes how government agencies and utilities support people in financial difficulty by building technology that simplifies benefit access, program engagement, and payment plans, while helping agencies increase efficiency and recover revenue.
- Our mission is to transform public systems so they work better for everyone, especially the most vulnerable.
- Our team includes experts from companies like Palantir, Google, Stripe, and esteemed government leaders.
- We work hard and believe deeply in what we do. We're looking for excellent people to build innovative, resilient technology.
- Backed by over $50 million in funding from top investors – such as Reid Hoffman, Howard Schultz, Michael Seibel, Y Combinator, 8VC, The General Partnership, First Round Capital, Kapor Capital, XYZ Ventures, and Bronze Investments – Promise has been recognized as one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies of 2022,” “Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2024,” and Y Combinator’s #1 GovTech startup.
Equal Opportunity
- Promise is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or military or veteran status.
- The Company complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it operates.
- Promise is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
- We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, pregnant individuals, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs, in accordance with applicable laws.
- To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@joinpromise.com.
- Promise participates in E-Verify.
- To learn more, view E-Verify Participation Notice and Right to Work Notice.