Job Description

The Contracts Associate will prepare and negotiate commercial contracts for various departments within Facebook. This position requires knowledge and experience with commercial contracts and contractual language. The Contracts Associate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with frequent tight deadlines under minimal supervision. Must be comfortable working efficiently and effectively with both internal clients and external vendor attorneys/legal teams.

Contracts Associate Responsibilities

* Prepare, redline, negotiate and manage commercial contracts including services agreements, Statements of Work, amendments and related legal agreements.

* Engage in communications with both Facebooks and vendors legal teams.

* Liaises with business partners to understand their projects goals, project description and all requirements are accurately reflected in each contract.

* Responsible for entering contracts into Facebooks contract management tools.

* Liaises with departments such as finance and legal to ensure agreements are in compliance with legal and budgetary guidelines and policies.

* Ensure end-to-end successful completion of the assigned contracts.

Minimum Qualifications

* 4+ years of contract drafting and negotiation experience

* Highly productive with the experience prioritizing and managing high volumes of agreements

* Analytical and interpersonal skills

* Experience flourishing in an environment of fast growth and ambiguity

* Self-motivated and experience thinking clearly under pressure

* Experience understanding and balancing legal/contractual issues with business risk

* Disciplined, organized and flexible

* Adept in working with various tools including MS Office and contract management tools

Preferred Qualifications

* JD or paralegal certificate

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

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