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Your Title: Legal Counsel

Job Location: Westminster, CO or Portland, OR

Business Unit/Department: Legal

Trimble Owner and Public Service (“O&PS”), a division of Trimble’s Architects, Engineers, Construction and Owners (“AECO”) segment, seeks an experienced Legal Counsel with significant experience with commercial and technology transactions to support our suite of software products. The successful candidate will be a business friendly counsel and contracts facilitator, who can play a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts. You should be a highly collaborative person who is able to provide proactive and creative solutions and strategies that are responsive to our internal clients’ needs. This role will report directly to the Senior Director of Legal for AECO and work closely with the legal team at Trimble.

What You Will Do

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial contracts and agreements with customers, partners, vendors, institutions, and governments; these may include MSAs, software licenses, software-as-a-service agreements, licenses, purchases, sales, product warranties, and non-disclosure agreements
• Managing and/or mitigating potential legal risks by designing, implementing, and enforcing company policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations that apply to the business and its interests
• Reviewing and providing guidance, suggestions, and exceptions on RFI’s, RFP’s, and RFQ’s.
• Coordinate and collaborate with internal stakeholder organizations, such as Finance, Sales Operations, Risk Management, and Corporate Revenue, with the goal of reducing process friction, expediting transaction flow, and improving everyone’s contracting experience
• Staying current with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws, rules, and regulations that directly affect our business and industry
• Maintaining high confidentiality for all sensitive and protected information.
• Effectively manage time and priorities by focusing on highest priority tasks and working efficiently
• Act as a resource for questions regarding contract document controls and process
• Working with the legal team regularly providing updates and guidance on various legal matters, concerns, and issues.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• J.D. degree required, and licensed and admitted member of the state bar in good standing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with a legal practice focused on contractual law.
• Strong experience with all facets of business/corporate law; experience with the software license terms and conditions, technology security, and federal, state, and local government industries is a plus.
• Enjoys working in a global, fast-paced, and demanding work environment. Able to manage multiple priorities and brings a problem-solving and “can do” attitude
• Able to be flexible and creative in dealing with novel and/or complex legal issues, and to provide practical and business-oriented legal advice
• Excellent business acumen, with the ability to balance risk and reward and to make difficult decisions in challenging situations
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with ability to liaise effectively with a variety of stakeholders and functions
• Ability to manage multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to represent the company in a positive and professional manner
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.

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Pay Equity

Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

122642

165466

Bonus Eligible?

Yes

Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our

candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals

without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,

religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including

childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic

information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and

harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal

history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider

qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for

individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs in our job

application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation for your job, contact

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