Contract Associate

**✨ One platform, a whole world of opportunity**:
Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world's wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are _everywhere_. Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere.

When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We're proof that companies don't need an office to create a highly-engaged culture. Since the company's inception in January 2020, Oyster has:

- Created a fully-distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries
- Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that's 60% female
- Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class

**Raised $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion**

Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we're just getting started If you want to change the world with Oyster _and_ be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we'd love for you to apply

**The Role ‍**:
**Location**:While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster's positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever.

To create the best experience for our new hire (you?) this role does require that you are based within UTC +/-6h.

**THIS IS NOT A PRACTICING ATTORNEY POSITION.**

Oyster is growing fast and its Legal team needs help We are looking for a high-performing Associate to join our team, who can assist in keeping up with the demands of a growing global HR/tech company.

In this role you will be a member of the Growth & Governance team, providing contract review and management support. You will become an expert in Oyster's Contract Management Platform, uploading and managing contracts in the system, establishing best practices and ensuring that the tool is working for the needs of the Legal team. You will also work cross-functionally on projects to help Oyster reach its goals.

Being a fully distributed company, the Contract Associate will work synchronously and asynchronously with team members all over the world. We are looking for someone with wonderful attention to detail, strong multi-task skills, high energy, a positive attitude, and no camera shyness.

**What you'll do**:
Reporting to the Lead Counsel, the Contract Associate will assist with the review and management of vendor contracts and other third-party paper. This role will initially focus on tasks related to contract management, but will have the opportunity to expand to other projects within the Growth & Governance Team, and the Legal team as a whole.
- Triage and assignment of vendor contracts and other third-party paper for legal review
- Working with the Contract Management Platform to design prompts for entering relevant metadata into the system
- Maintaining and monitoring contracts and contract-related workflows to ensure timely progression
- Assisting in other company-wide projects and initiatives to optimize the Oyster customer and team member experience
- Work closely with other Legal colleagues and business stakeholders to ensure all changes are communicated appropriately and on a timely basis
- Maintain a working knowledge of Operations at Oyster, Legal-led activities at Oyster, and company-wide Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes, share best practices, and improve efficiency within the Legal department's organizational structure, systems, and technologies
- Working cross-functionally to fulfill Oyster's Mission and Vision
- Build and maintain strong relationships within the Legal department and with cross-functional departments
- Other duties as assigned

**What we're looking for**:

- 1+ years of work experience in contract or document management.
- Experience with a Contract Lifecycle Management system (e.g., Ironclad, SAP CLM, Apttus, Conga, or similar
- Electronic signature software experience preferred (e.g., HelloSign, DocuSign)
- Organized and detail-oriented, with excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-output environment
- Proactive and uses independent judgement
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the company
- Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility. Work hard. Celebrate wins. Be a team player.
- [BONUS] Experience with remote work
- [BONUS] Prior experience in a corporate legal department
- [BONUS] Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets)
- [BONUS] Familiarity with a client relationship management system (such as Zendesk, Salesforce, ServiceNow)
- [BONUS] Project support or project-based work strongly desired
- [BONUS] Familiarity with Notion and Asana

**You'll also need...**:

- A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
- Fluent English

**How we work together at Oyster**:
Our values guide the work we do,