Technology Counsel
D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., was founded in 1978 and is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. It is engaged in the construction and sale of high quality homes designed principally for the entry-level and first time move-up markets. The Company also provides mortgage financing and title services for homebuyers through its mortgage and title subsidiaries. D.R. Horton, Inc. is currently looking for a Technology Counsel for their Legal Department. The right candidate will review and negotiate complex commercial transactions and agreements, including licensing and technology agreements. Provide legal guidance and support concerning e-commerce, home sale transactions, marketing, financial services, information technology and other issues that arise.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide legal advice in connection with technology agreements, including software as a service agreements, software licenses, cloud services agreements, software implementation and development agreements, professional services agreements, data licensing agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other vendor and commercial technology agreements.
- Work with privacy counsel on e-commerce, customer relationship management (CRM) and digital marketing practices and programs for privacy and other compliance issues; draft documentation as necessary.
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial and technology transactions, including customer agreements, vendor contracts, SaaS agreements, data processing and security addenda, MSAs, and licensing agreements.
- Provide practical, business-oriented guidance on risk allocation, limitation of liability, indemnity, security obligations, privacy terms, and other legal and business risks presented by technology transactions.
- Interact daily with personnel across the company, including information technology, compliance, information security, privacy, procurement, financial services, marketing, compliance and other business teams, regarding a broad array of technology, contracting and compliance issues including those typically encountered in the home building industry and the mortgage and title businesses.
- Manage and prioritize multiple projects; analyze business and legal risks presented by these projects, coordinate with appropriate stakeholders; and bring these projects to a successful conclusion.
- Conduct all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company.
- Ability to travel overnight.
- Regular and reliable attendance.
- Maintain continuing education and training requirements.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctoral degree (J.D.) is required.
- 5 years or more of relevant legal experience is required, including significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex technology transactions and commercial agreements.
- Current license to practice law.
- Possess exceptional interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient at working in a fast-paced, high activity environment.
- Self-motivated, goal-oriented, capable of multi-tasking and completing multiple projects within stated timelines.
- Ability to work well within a team.
- Ability to communicate and build relationships via MS teams and other remote style communications.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form or via DRH applications.
- Proficiency with MS Office and email.
- Ability to sit for majority of 8-hour workday; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision. The noise level is generally moderate.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a leading law firm is preferred.
- Experience with software licensing, SaaS, cloud services, vendor agreements, technology services, data privacy and security terms, data licensing, and other technology-related commercial contracts is preferred.
- Experience with AI, and AI-related contract provisions is preferred.
Come join a winning team with a Fortune 500 company! We are growing fast and are looking for enthusiastic attitudes and team players to join our success. We offer an excellent benefits package including: Medical, Dental and Vision 401(K) Employee Stock Purchase Plan Flex Spending Accounts Life & Disability Insurance Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and Company Holidays Multiple Voluntary and Company provided Benefits Build YOUR future with D.R. Horton, America's Builder. #WeBuildPeopleToo