Commercial Legal Specialist

✨ 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 👩‍💻Featured in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2024/01/25/work-from-home-or-anywhere-top-30-companies-for-remote-jobs-in-2024/ having ranked #9 in Flexjobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs 🌈 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 $286 million to date, with a current valuation of $1.2 billion! 💚 B Corp status achieved in 2023 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: To create the best experience for this employee and to meet the business needs, this role requires you to be based within India, with the right-to-work status. We are looking for a high-performing Commercial Legal Specialist to join Oyster Legal' s Growth & Monetization Team to contribute to the overall success of Oyster's business. In this role, you will be working with members of Oyster's Legal, Revenue, Marketing, and Operations teams to ensure commercial operations work as efficiently and effectively as possible. NOTE - This is not an attorney position. You will support the Team's contract lifecycle management activities; create sales collateral and playbooks to increase contracting efficiency and improve process discipline within the Team and across the organization; develop, and institute processes to comply with, vendor management policies; collaborate with other departments to resolve prospective and current customer questions and troubleshoot issues. You will handle administrative tasks to ensure we are timely serving our business partners, including but not limited to sending agreements for signature and coordinating with the signatories to ensure they have the proper context on agreements they are being asked to sign. You will focus on promoting customer satisfaction, along with other responsibilities, all of which will require critical thinking, innovation, and integrity. Being a fully distributed company, the Contracts Specialist 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. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Assisting with legal escalations including responding to inquiries from internal business stakeholders, and prospective and current Oyster customers regarding legal guidelines, policy inquiries, and contract-specific questions. - Working cross-functionally to enable Oyster's Revenue teams to close business deals in a timely and efficient manner. - Assisting with various contract lifecycle management activities, including coordinating contract signatures using the company's preferred electronic signature software and ensuring fully-executed contracts are properly stored in Oyster's contract management system. - Creating artificial intelligence ("AI") prompts and iterating on AI applications identified to support Growth and Monetization's operations to increase the self-serve capabilities of business partners. - Assisting with development of policies, trainings, FAQs, playbooks, and other internal resources related to the Growth and Monetization Team's activities supporting their business partners. - Compiling and analyzing various metrics around the Growth and Monetization Team's activities to identify trends, areas of excellence, and opportunities for improvement. - Identifying opportunities to improve processes, share best practices, and improve efficiency within the Legal department's organizational structure, systems, and technologies informed by data analysis. - Performing research and various administrative tasks (scheduling, meeting management, etc.). - Working cross-functionally to fulfill Oyster's Mission and Vision. - Building and maintaining strong relationships within the Legal department and with cross-functional departments. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS - At least 1 year of experience working in a contract management, or contract analyst role, for a business. - Previous experience working in cross-functional teams to support the review and negotiation of contracts with third parties. - Experience in compiling and analyzing data on various activities - Organized, detail-oriented, with excellent communication skills proactively identifying problems and communicating for action. - Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-output environment. - Resourceful and curious to investigate a problem leveraging internal resources and proposing a solution to the problem informed by your experience and business judgement. - Creative and uses independent judgment. - Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the company. - Familiarity with commercial and contractual-related terminology. - [BONUS] Prior experience in a corporate legal department. - [BONUS] Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets). - [BONUS] Experience with a Contract Lifecycle Management system preferred (e.g., Ironclad, SAP CLM, Apttus, Conga, or the like). - [BONUS] Familiarity with a client relationship management system (such as Zendesk, Salesforce, ServiceNow). - [BONUS] Electronic signature software experience preferred (e.g., HelloSign, DocuSign). - [BONUS] Previous experience working in Notion and Asana YOU'LL ALSO NEED - A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one) - Fluent English language skills

Oyster is a global employment platform that helps companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere. With a fully distributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries, Oyster has achieved high employee engagement scores, raised $286 million in funding, and attained B Corp status. Driven to create a more equal world, Oyster is empowering companies and knowledge workers in the new world of work.