Hello and welcome! We are so excited to have you join the LearnCore team!

About the Company:

LearnCore is a quickly growing Chicago based SaaS (Software as a Service) company that helps organizations improve the knowledge and skills of their teams. We love learning and we’ve applied this attitude to everything we do. We offer an award-winning software suite to better train teams across hard knowledge and soft skills.

At LearnCore, we believe that people learn best by doing. So we built a video based role playing software as a service so businesses can more effectively train their teams. Businesses pay an ongoing license to use the software’s practice arena. We are growing very quickly and plan to build the rest of the team around this strategic long term role.

About the Role:

We are looking for an entrepreneurial legal generalist to serve as LearnCore’s first in-house legal expert. If you choose to accept, your mission will be to manage, execute, and own the full range of legal items in order to reduce the risk for the business. This includes, but is not limited to, things like drafting/negotiating agreements, providing legal advice and support, ensuring ongoing compliance throughout the company, and working with outside counsel on special matters such as IP. You will work with the management team, and report directly to the COO.

• Draft and negotiate agreements
• Counsel LearnCore’s on appropriate hr and technology policies, training and compliance
• Support the sales and business team in the development of client agreements
• Anticipate issues and identify solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks
• Manage outside counsel and relationships with other external parties
• Draft and negotiate agreements to minimize risks and maximize results
• Source and manage appropriate business vendors (Insurance, HR, Security Audits, etc)
• Work with HR to ensure legal compliance with employment law
• Work cross functionally to amend LearnCore’s Operating Agreement and cap table

About You:

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school
• Membership in a State Bar (IL preferred)
• 5+ years of law firm/in-house experience - generalist preferred
• Very strong experience in negotiating technology/software license agreements
• General understanding of human resources, privacy/security, corporate structures, Financing and Securities, IP, and start-ups
• Business-oriented approach to finding unique and cost-effective solutions to legal issues
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Strong document drafting and organization skills
• Experience and ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth and dynamic environments
• Sound ethical, business, and legal judgment.
• A strong attention to detail and noticed that the bullet above has an inconsistency
• A very high emotional intelligence and know when and how to address issues within a bigger context
• Sharp judgment to understand how and when to fight and when to give on issues
• Can think strategically, and act and lead tactically, often in ambiguous contexts
• Collaborative nature

Benefits and Perks:

• Salary
• Co-sponsored healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401K/Roth options
• Pre-tax transit program
• Generous PTO
• In building gym membership
• Weekly catered lunches and well stocked kitchen
• Immediate and massive impact. You will be the first legal hire of the business.