Procurement Counsel

New Procurement Counsel United States Apply Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with  183 million registered learners as of June 30, 2025 . Coursera partners with  over 350 leading university and industry partners  to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp. Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns. At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration.  Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you. Job Overview Legal and Compliance is responsible for managing all legal and regulatory matters, including contracts, corporate governance, general compliance, academic compliance, employment law matters, intellectual property, product counseling, government relations, litigation and claims. The team includes dedicated teams that support every aspect of Coursera's platform, including university, enterprise and industry partnerships. You will provide legal advice and support for company-wide procurement globally within an evolving and growing environment, while contributing to processes and systems to ensure efficient contract life cycle management operations.   Responsibilities Act as legal advisor and manage a variety of legal matters pertaining to vendor contracts and other aspects of procurement within Coursera, including counseling on related matters such as confidentiality, vendor qualification, insurance, contract enforcement, damages, claim handling, and dispute resolution processes. Work with a small team of legal professionals globally specializing in procurement, ensuring high performance and professional development. Draft and negotiate a wide variety of complex procurement contracts. Provide strategic advice and counsel on a broad range of procurement arrangements and support business teams to secure favorable contracts with suppliers and guard against legal risks. Assist in the improvement of existing processes for procurement and sourcing to drive best practices in supplier relationships and deliver first class supply contracts and legal advice relating to procurement matters in a collaborative, professional, and timely manner. Assist in the drafting, implementation, and communication of policies, processes and procedures to govern a supplier contract throughout its life-cycle. Effectively communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders throughout the vendor engagement process. Stay abreast of and contribute to sourcing and procurement’s professional trends and functional innovation particularly around legal and contractual matters.   Basic Qualifications Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school. Active membership in good standing in home state and permitted to practice law in-house. A minimum of 5 years experience in procurement, contract law, or drafting and negotiating commercial agreements. Demonstrated history of a business-oriented approach to problem-solving and able to effectively and collaboratively counsel internal clients by providing them with clear and concise advice and creative solutions on timelines to meet business needs; detail-oriented, organized, efficient and resourceful with strong follow-through who is a pleasure to work with.  Demonstrated ability to lead and execute on all phases of complex vendor transactions on behalf of public, global companies, including reviewing, drafting and negotiating procurement agreements. Demonstrated ability to balance legal and business considerations, problem solve, and operate at a high level in a fast-paced, international, high-growth technology company. Proven ability to accurately assess risk and to identify and implement actions to mitigate risk. Proficiency with Ironclad as a contract lifecycle management system, Procure2Pay solutions, and payment processing tools and systems. Experience with vendor due diligence processes and risk management tools and systems.   Preferred Qualifications 5+ years of broad procurement and general corporate experience obtained through a combination of law firm and in-house practice.  Experience drafting and negotiating agreements for professional services, employee benefit provider, insurance, payment processing, content acquisition, technology, marketing, licensing, SaaS, reseller and other direct and indirect spend agreements. Demonstrated history of operating autonomously with an ability to lead a global functional area while being a team player who brings a positive, “can do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal and Compliance team and with internal stakeholders. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively and communicate with all levels of the company. Proficiency with G Suite, Adobe, and Microsoft Word. Demonstrated project management skills.   If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera: Procurement Negotiation Introduction to Negotiation: A Strategic Playbook for Becoming a Principled and Persuasive Negotiator Compensation US Zone 1 - San Francisco Metro, New York City Metro or Seattle Metro This role is not available in Zone 1   US Zone 2 - CA (outside of SF Bay Area), CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, NY/NJ (other than NYC), OR, RI, TX, VA, WA (other than Seattle) $140,000 - $175,000  USD   US Zone 3 - all other US locations $132,000 - $165,000 USD   The range(s) listed above is the expected annual base salary for this role, subject to change. Salary is just one component of Coursera’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for a bonus program and equity in the form of RSU’s. 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