Job Description
Job Description Contract Legal Counsel/Manager
Location: California (Remote)
Job Type: Contract (2 Months), Part-Time (20 Hours per week), Remote
Compensation: $80-$90/hour
LHH is working with a regional client in seeking a Contract Legal Counsel/Manager. In this role you will support the organization by reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of vendor and third-party agreements. This role ensures compliance with applicable laws, internal policies, and risk-management standards while providing clear, business-focused legal guidance to internal stakeholders. Candidates must reside in California.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate vendor and third-party contracts to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements.
- Conduct legal research and analysis on regulatory requirements, data privacy, liability, indemnification, and related vendor-management issues.
- Identify legal risks and provide actionable mitigation strategies to internal business partners.
- Advise internal stakeholders on contractual obligations, rights, and potential risk exposure.
- Stay current on legal developments affecting vendor contracting, procurement, and operations.
- Leverage DocuSign CLM/LSM to manage workflow, track revisions, maintain contract records, and support efficient routing and approvals.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with procurement, operations, compliance, and finance teams.
- Support improvements to templates, playbooks, and internal contracting processes.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) required.
- Minimum of 1+ years of experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts.
- Experience with DocuSign CLM/LSM or comparable contract lifecycle management systems.
- Strong understanding of contract principles, risk allocation, indemnification, confidentiality, and data-privacy considerations.
- Excellent legal research, writing, and redlining skills.
- Ability to provide concise, practical legal guidance to non-legal stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Healthcare experience preferred but not required.
- Must reside in California.
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
- The California Fair Chance Act
- Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
- Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Pay Details: $80.00 to $90.00 per hour
Search managed by: Isaiah Dunn
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Military connected talent encouraged to apply
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
- The California Fair Chance Act
- Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
- Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.