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As Corporate Counsel at LVT, you will take ownership of our day-to-day commercial contracting practice, serving as the primary legal partner across our accelerating book of business. Reporting directly to the Assistant General Counsel, you will manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, balancing robust risk mitigation with pragmatic solutions that drive revenue. You will work closely with our Contract Analyst to optimize workflows, leverage emerging AI legal tools, and establish scalable frameworks. This high-autonomy role requires a sharp business mindset, legal curiosity, congeniality, and the capability to protect LVT while accelerating our commercial momentum.

This role is based fully in-office out of our Headquarters in American Fork, Utah.

• End-to-End Contract Management: Manage the drafting, review, and strategic negotiation of commercial contracts, including complex SaaS agreements, hardware deployments, professional services, vendor procurement, reseller structures, and NDAs.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the primary, trusted legal point of contact for sales, procurement, operations, and leadership teams to ensure seamless deal execution and operational alignment.
• Process Optimization: Partner closely with the Contract Analyst to build, scale, and coordinate efficient contract management workflows that preserve rigorous legal and ethical standards.
• Legal Tech Innovation: Serve as an integral member of the team evaluating, selecting, and implementing a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system to modernize legal operations.
• Scalable Architecture: Develop, maintain, and continually optimize standard contract templates, master playbooks, and fallback positions.
• Strategic Escalations: Collaborate closely with the Assistant General Counsel on complex, high-stakes, or non-standard matters, contributing sophisticated legal analysis and actionable risk assessments.
• Impact Metrics: Measure success through deal velocity, effective risk mitigation, and the scalability of legal support across LVT's growth.

• Credentialed Expertise: Holds a J.D. from an accredited law school and maintains an active bar admission in good standing.
• Proven Track Record: Brings at least 4 years of dedicated legal experience with a sharp focus on high-volume, sophisticated commercial contract review, drafting, and negotiation.
• Domain Tech Competency: Demonstrates expertise with technology-driven agreements, specifically SaaS, hardware-as-a-service, channel partner architectures, and complex procurement frameworks.
• Forward-Thinking Mentality: Possesses experience with, and a strong operational interest in, leveraging AI-powered legal tools to optimize contract review and streamline legal workflows.
• Regulatory & IP Literacy: Displays strong familiarity with global data privacy frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and intellectual property considerations as they uniquely intersect with technology and SaaS platforms.
• Business-First Mindset: Combines rigorous legal judgment with a practical, solutions-oriented perspective, delivering clear, actionable guidance that enables business growth rather than simply pointing out risks or roadblocks.
• High Autonomy: Thrives in a dynamic, high-growth environment with the self-starting capability to manage a robust practice independently while maintaining exceptional collaboration skills.
• Collaborative Spirit: Brings a collaborative, collegial working style, generously sharing expertise and finding enjoyment in working alongside capable teammates to solve problems and achieve goals.