Legal Admin / Paralegal

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At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

Cloudera seeks a legal admin/paralegal based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support our global legal team. We have a highly cohesive and well-respected legal team and would look forward to you joining us.   This is a newly appointed position that will support a variety of administrative, operational, and legal matters, working on commercial contracts as needed.  The position will report to our Deputy General Counsel and SVP of Legal, who serves as Cloudera’s global lead commercial counsel. In this role, however, you will have the opportunity to work with members of the legal team supporting various areas of the business. You will also be able to participate in legal and cross-functional projects that seek to improve our processes and procedures.

As a Legal Admin/Paralegal you will:

• Assisting the legal team with various administrative matters; sending documents via DocuSign, organizing and booking meetings, organizing and filing legal materials (including contracts), storing and sharing knowhow

• Researching points of law and providing summaries to other members of the legal team

• Assisting with a range of legal and cross-functional projects (e.g., reviewing law firm invoices against billing guidelines, building and maintaining contract repositories, efficiency projects (including use of AI by the legal team), legal training and professional development events, drafting and maintaining intranet legal materials and information) 

• Reviewing and negotiating NDAs, order forms, and SOWs

• Providing assistance in customer contract negotiation process 

• Identifying and planning legal process improvements

Basic qualifications and experience:

• Educational background in law or business,

• Previous legal work experience as a legal admin/paralegal is desirable

• Project management experience is also desirable 

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of people across various departments/regions  

• Strong organizational skills

• Able to work on a variety of tasks at once (multitask) 

• Acute attention to detail

• Enjoys challenges and learning new things 

• Hard working and a self-starter

• Excellent analytical skills 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

• Interest in learning how an in-house legal department operates

• Respectful and professional with internal and external contacts 

• Legal work experience is preferred

• Role not eligible for visa sponsorship

What you can expect from us:

• Generous PTO Policy 

• Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

• Flexible WFH Policy 

• Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

• Access to Continued Career Development 

• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

• Paid Volunteer Time

• Employee Resource Groups

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