Counsel I Vendor Contracts & Leasing

About Wealth Enhancement Wealth Enhancement is an independent wealth management firm with an endless passion for enriching the lives of our clients. We continually seek to perfect our craft of personalized financial planning with our team-based Roundtable and UniFi processes that go far beyond the standard approach. We proudly provide unique financial plans and investment management services to over 90,000 households from our over 175 offices - and growing - nationwide. Since 1997, Wealth Enhancement has tirelessly raised the standard of wealth management with specialized knowledge and more attentive service that helps every client craft their future. For more information, please visit www.wealthenhancement.com. We have an exciting opportunity for a Counsel I Vendor Contracts & Leasing ! We're growing our Legal team by hiring a Counsel - Vendor Contracts & Leasing to support Wealth Enhancement Group's (WEG's) vendor contracting, procurement, and real estate legal functions reporting to the Deputy General Counsel. This position will assist with the review, drafting, negotiation, and administration of a broad range of commercial agreements and office leases, while helping ensure alignment with company policies, business objectives, and applicable legal requirements. The ideal candidate will have foundational experience in commercial contracting, vendor management, procurement support, corporate law, and commercial real estate leasing. This role will partner closely with Legal, Procurement, Facilities, IT, Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Finance, and business stakeholders to support efficient contracting processes and practical risk management. The position will also assist with contract lifecycle management initiatives and the responsible use of legal technology and artificial intelligence tools to improve contract review and administration workflows. This is a Remote position in the Twin Cities area. In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $110,000.00 to $130,000.00 , exclusive of bonuses and benefits. We encourage you to apply and provide us with your compensation expectations when you do. We're big on open conversations, so, let's have one. Primary Job Functions Commercial Contracts & Vendor Management Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of vendor and commercial agreements, including master services agreements, statements of work, SaaS and software agreements, professional services agreements, consulting agreements, marketing agreements, confidentiality agreements, data protection addenda, and related documents. Identify legal and business risks and propose practical, commercially reasonable solutions consistent with company policies and contracting standards. Support Procurement and business teams throughout the contract lifecycle, from intake and negotiation through execution, renewal, amendment, and termination. Assist with maintaining and improving contract templates, negotiation playbooks, standard clauses, intake materials, and internal guidance. Coordinate with Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and other subject matter experts when agreements raise specialized issues. Track negotiations, document key decisions, and support accurate and timely contract administration. Escalate non-standard, high-risk, or strategically significant matters to senior Legal team members. Real Estate & Lease Support Review, draft, and negotiate office leases, lease amendments, renewals, extensions, subleases, assignments, termination agreements, and related occupancy documents, with guidance from senior Legal team members as appropriate. Support Facilities and business leaders on office openings, relocations, expansions, consolidations, and closures. Review landlord and tenant notices, estoppel certificates, subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements, access agreements, commencement date memoranda, and other lease-related documen…

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