About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY:
Pizza Hut Global has an immediate need for a transactional attorney who has a passion for pizza, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts, and creative legal problem solving to support critical business initiatives. This attorney should be an experienced transactional legal professional who will coordinate with and advise various business clients at Pizza Hut. In addition, this attorney should have experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, among other transactional based skills. Over time, there could be opportunities to work in additional areas within the legal department as well. The successful candidate will have a growth mindset and a passion for providing world-class legal support by collaboratively working across business units while consistently modeling Pizza Hut’s culture.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensuring all contracts are aligned with Pizza Hut’s goals and protecting its legal and financial interests.
- Managing contract workflow and lifecycle – facilitate contract intake process, select appropriate contract forms and templates for each client engagement, draft contract amendments and routine termination documents, and maintain contract repository for the Pizza Hut brand.
- Providing legal partnership, guidance, and proactive risk reduction strategies to the Pizza Hut Global business teams.
- Provide ad hoc general transactional legal guidance to Pizza Hut Global corporate teams and business functions.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Qualifications
Required:
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an ABA accredited law school
- Active bar membership in good standing
- 3-5+ years’ experience in transactional legal roles, either at reputable law firm(s) or on an in-house corporate legal team(s)
- In-depth knowledge of and proficiency in corporate transactions and commercial contract negotiation
- Ability to provide practical, strategic legal advice aligned with business objectives
- Strong background in client counseling or other client-facing engagements
Preferred:
- Ability to work efficiently and independently, but also collaborative with colleagues across the organization, and solve problems and/or propose creative solutions, while managing and mitigating associated legal risk(s)
- Detail and results oriented with excellent communication, organization, interpersonal, and analytical skills
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams across the Pizza Hut Global organization
- Ability to be a team player and relationship builder, with the ability to adapt in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
Salary Range: $125,200 to $147,200 annually + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.
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