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Sr. Attorney (Legal Operations and Technology)

The Sr. Attorney is responsible for a hybrid role as lead of the company’s legal operations function and primary commercial counsel to various groups within Pokémon’s technology organization. This role will manage a small team of legal professionals to develop, implement, and refine legal operations for a global and highly collaborative legal organization committed to innovation. Additionally, this role will provide frontline legal support to Pokémon’s growing technology organization (including its internal Game Studio, Information Technology (IT), Business Applications, and DevOps teams).

What You’ll Do

• Manage a team of legal professionals focused on both legal operations and commercial/technology transactions.
• Partner with legal and IT leadership to develop and manage legal department technology systems, design and roll out new initiatives, including legal education and training modules for the company at large, plan and execute improvements to current systems, and identify opportunities to leverage technology solutions to resolve business issues.
• Facilitate legal team operations through the creation and maintenance of contract templates, policies, playbooks, knowledge-based articles, and performance measurement tools.
• Provide exceptional front-line legal support to technology-focused client teams in a pragmatic and collaborative fashion.
• Lead a broad range of commercial negotiations with a focus on SaaS subscription agreements, software licenses, professional services agreements, data processing agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 8 years’ combined experience between (i) leading legal operations initiatives at a firm or in-house, and (ii) advising technology clients on sophisticated technology and commercial contracts.
• Prior experience as a people manager in a traditional legal advisory setting or in a legal-focused project management setting.
• Exceptional drafting, negotiation, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrable experience innovating new processes to streamline operations and increase efficiency, transparency, and comprehension between client teams and legal.
• In-house legal team experience with a company in interactive entertainment a plus.
• Experience working with multinational corporations and/or client and possessing a demonstrably strong ability to facilitate cross-cultural communications.
• J.D. or equivalent degree and bar license in good standing with the ability to practice law in Washington State.

How You Will Be Successful

• Collaborative: Develops, maintains, communicates and strengthens partnerships with others inside and outside the organization to achieve goals and positive results.
• Excellence (Quality): Maintains and promotes high standards, seeks ways to improve products and services, encourages others to do the same, resulting in quality deliverables.
• Communicative: Develops and delivers multi-mode communication to share ideas, learn from each other, and keep each other informed about problems, opportunities, progress and solutions.
• Analytical Thinking: Uses logical reasoning to systematically, analyze, diagnose and resolve issues using data.
• Organizational Awareness: Leverages knowledge of the culture, structure and workflow of the organization to solve problems and accomplish goals.
• Integrity & Trust: Behaves in an authentic, honest, fair, and ethical manner. Shows consistency in words and actions. Is a credible business advocate and partner possessing courage to address matters promptly.
• Plans & Aligns: Plans, collaborates and prioritizes work to meet commitments and align with organizational goals.
• Global Perspective: Understands globalization and the interconnective nature of the world. Appreciates and leverages the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals; knows how to work effectively with individuals of diverse background, styles, abilities, and geographies.

What to Expect

We offer a professional, fun and creative work environment. While we maintain a good balance between work and life, additional hours may be required at peak times or for specific initiatives, including domestic and international travel, up to 10%.

The Pokémon Company International, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the Pokémon family of properties outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children's entertainment properties in the world.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of people so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.