Assistant General Counsel

Summary

Join KoBold Metals as an Assistant General Counsel and become a key member of the legal team, responsible for understanding the company's business and building systems for rapid growth. You will review and negotiate technology, field operations, and general operations contracts, manage the company's contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems, and develop legal operations strategies. This role requires 10-12 years of progressive procurement contracting experience, strong contract drafting skills, and experience with international vendors. The position offers a competitive salary, equity, remote work flexibility, and the opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing company in the sustainable mining industry. Occasional travel to international locations may be required. KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• 10-12 years of progressive procurement contracting experience
• Strong experience working with vendors, especially technology/software vendors, services-based vendors, field/on-site vendors and/or hardware/equipment vendors
• Experience working with international vendors and operations (and agreements in global jurisdictions)
• Very strong contract drafting skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail for protocols
• Interest in being a generalist and learning new areas of the law and Company strategy
• The ability to quickly learn new areas and interest in working through bespoke, challenging issues
• Experience and interest in legal operations initiatives, including strategy, implementation, and system maintenance, and a general enthusiasm for making our legal operations enable the company to move faster and more efficiently
• Experience working with and maintaining a CLM system
• Strong interest in science and sustainability
• A high degree of independence and ability to succeed with little supervision
• Active bar admission

Responsibilities

• Learn the rapidly-changing context for the Company’s business and engage constantly with people throughout the Company to be able to make good business judgments, make sound decisions for the Company, and guide the Company toward success
• Advise and support internal clients, including geoscientists, technologists, field operations, data scientists, finance, human resources, and software engineers
• Review and negotiate all procurement-type contracts for the Company’s global operations which span a growing list of jurisdictions, including Canada, Australia, Finland, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, and the United States
• Own and improve the Company’s contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools
• Help develop and improve templates, contracting/risk standards and related protocols for all Company commercial procurement contracts
• Partner with the Company’s IT, Info Security, and Software Engineering teams to help develop and improve technology vendor procurement and evaluation protocols and broader Company policies such as AI Use Guidelines
• Identify and implement legal operations opportunities for the Company
• Assist with reviewing and negotiating data licensing deals, technology collaborations with universities, NDAs, etc
• Assist with other legal and compliance projects as needed, such as import-export, carnets, and privacy

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with vendors in exploration/mining or other natural resources
• Significant experience with CLM system implementation and upkeep, particularly LinkSquares
• Experience with M&A, joint ventures and other transactions

Benefits

• Expected salary range for this role is between US$200,000-$240,000 plus equity
• Location: Remote, anywhere in the US
• Travel: Interest in occasional travel to Africa, Australia and other jurisdictions where operations are held