Contract Attorney I
- Remote, Oregon
- Legal
- Regular Full Time
Title: Contract Attorney I
Employee Status: Regular Full Time
Work From Home Option: Remote
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Overview:
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (“NYRA”) seeks an intellectually curious, detailed oriented junior attorney to join its growing Legal Department. In this fully remote position, the Contracts Attorney I will be the principal drafter and negotiator for all of NYRA’s commercial agreements. The Contracts Attorney I will report directly to the General Counsel and, with the help of a legal assistant, support the Procurement, Sponsorship, Sales, Television and Facilities departments in producing close to 1,000 agreements annually. The successful candidate will be a time management guru, with strong interpersonal skills and a client service-focused attitude.
Essential Functions:
- Serve as the principal contract drafter and negotiator of NYRA’s many commercial contracts, including procurement, license, sponsorship, marketing, sales, and independent contractor agreements.
- Responsible for minimizing legal risks in contracts while ensuring that each contract follows NYRA’s procurement policy.
- Lead oral and written negotiations and communications.
Qualifications:
- Education (minimum): Legal degree with license to practice law in the State of New York
- Experience: +2 years of relevant experience
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Superior organizational skills
- Contracts and Corporate Law, Intellectual Property law a plus
- Horse racing operations a plus
- Other Requirements: Excellent working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of products, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Strong research skills. High level of intellectual curiosity – must enjoy “figuring it out.” Creative, results-oriented thinker. Emotionally intelligent. Extremely professional demeanor and work ethic.
- Spanish or additional language skills a plus
Note: This position is fully remote. The candidate will be expected to work a 40-hour work week but the schedule is flexible (i.e., the successful candidate will dictate their regular work schedule at the time of offer).
Summary of Physical Requirements and Work Environment:
This is a desk job with no special physical requirements
Pay Range / Salary: $95,000 - $100,000 per annum
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Value Each Other: You are united with your teammates in delivering the best experience to all of NYRA’s employees, vendors, guests and horsemen.
Achieve Excellence: You possess a lively and keen interest in what you do; and display excitement and eagerness in doing your job well. You are passionate about NYRA and your role here; and seek additional responsibilities and opportunities that support organizational goals and stretch personal capabilities.
Self-management: You prioritize plans and schedules effectively; and allocate resources to meet objectives by specified target dates. You value time and work effectively and efficiently; and are able to balance changing priorities. You display role-model behavior at all times, keeping in mind that what say and do reflects on our team and on NYRA.
Effective Communications: You get to the point quickly and succinctly and make complicated concepts clear to others. You are an exceptional listener, even in stressful situations, and display an acute sense of the right thing to say in various scenarios.
About Us:
With a lineage of nearly 150 years, The New York Racing Association (NYRA) serves as the cornerstone of New York State's thoroughbred industry at three major tracks (Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course). The industry contributes more than $3 billion annually to its urban, suburban, and rural economy. NYRA also offers a variety of exciting career opportunities – on and off the track. From Finance to Facilities, Turf to Technology, in all departments we are stewards of our sport. Join our talented team of professionals.
NYRA is committed to equal employment opportunity and to compliance with federal, state, and local anti - discrimination laws. NYRA values diversity and complies with New York State and New York City law, which prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee, applicant for employment, or intern based on race, age, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, gender identity / expression and transgender status), national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including predisposing genetic characteristics), age (18-years-of-age & up), veteran status, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, caregiver status, partnership status, unemployment status, certain arrest or conviction records and domestic or sexual violence victim status. NYRA does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on an employee’s membership in one or more of these protected categories, an employee’s known relationship or association with a member of one or more of these protected categories, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) holds the exclusive franchise to conduct thoroughbred racing at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course. NYRA tracks are the cornerstone of New York State’s horse racing industry, which is responsible for 19,000 jobs and more than $3 billion in annual economic impact.
