Counsel

Requisition ID # 175268 

Job Category: Legal 

Job Level: Attorney

Business Unit: Gen Counsel, Ethics, Risk & Compliance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Law Department provides timely, efficient and business-focused legal services to the company. The Law Department’s substantive legal activities fall into a number of categories, including litigation, regulatory, transactions, and corporate services. The Commercial Law team provides strategic and transactional legal support to clients across a broad spectrum of matters, touching on all aspects of the business. While the work is primarily transactional in nature, there may be project development and regulatory aspects, as well as contract dispute advice and counsel, to the role.

Position Summary

The counsel will report to the Managing Counsel for Commercial Law within the PG&E Law Department and will be responsible for providing legal legal support to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Supply Chain organization, including assisting in the development and negotiation of commercial contracts that support PG&E’s utility operations. In particular, the Counsel will support the review, drafting, and negotiation of information technology (IT) – related requests for proposals and contracts. This role will also include negotiating and providing advice and counsel for large strategic transactions, as well as assisting with contractual disputes and other contract administration advice and counsel.

The IT contracting process is a fast-paced environment requiring a responsive, thoughtful, and detail-oriented individual capable of identifying critical risks, prioritizing work, and collaborating with groups across the company. The Counsel will work with other functional areas within the company when the transactions call for the necessary expertise, such as insurance, cybersecurity, AI, privacy, tax, and business and commercial requirements.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business needs or company requirements. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory and will be agreed upon by the successful candidate and hiring leader.

PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position. The actual amount paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The range to reasonably expect will be around the minimum and the midpoint. The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Bay Area Min: $178,000

Bay Area Mid: $241,000

Bay Area Max: $304,000

Job Responsibilities

• Primary legal reviewer for IT-related contracts, including software (SaaS and on-premise), managed services, staff augmentation, and hardware procurement and maintenance agreements.
• Provide counsel to PG&E’s Supply Chain organization and other business units on technology procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor performance, and other forms of key commercial agreements. 
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with external supply chain vendors, including leading negotiations with external partners and suppliers.
• Draft and maintain forms/templates for a variety of supply chain agreements including detailed negotiation position documents.
• Develop processes and procedures for utility requirements impacting supply chain and other business unit activities.
• Provide training to internal customers on contract drafting, negotiation, management issues and best practices.
• Support legal operations and processes, including template agreements, playbooks and back-stop negotiating and drafting positions.
• Provide practical legal advice and sound business judgment on a range of relevant supply chain legal and operational matters, including supplier risk management, corporate social responsibility, and the various requirements that impact utility supply chain activities.
• Support contract management teams with identified legal issues in connection with ongoing or completed projects and assist contract management and litigation team members with complex commercial disputes and other dispute resolution processes with general guidance. 
• Coordinate with outside counsel supporting specific legal issues.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

•Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school

•Experience as an attorney working on transactional matters, 3 years

•Legal experience, post-JD-Juris Doctor, or other job-related, 6 years

•Law Bar Admission, US

Desired:

•Experience advising clients in the energy industry, including regulatory and transactional

•Law Bar admission, CA

•Registered In-House Counsel permit, California

• Competence in drafting and negotiating commercial transactional agreements in the IT area.
• Experience directly advising clients and ability to provide a high level of client service.
• Ability to represent PG&E as a lead counsel internally and with external partners, vendors and suppliers.
• Ability to provide a high level of client service, build consensus, and influence across lines of business.
• Ability to set priorities and to respond to changing demands from multiple internal and external sources. 
• Detail-oriented
• Capable of working independently and as a team member. 
• Business acumen and excellent business judgment
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). 
• Strong academic record.