Kairos Power
Attorney
Job Summary
The role involves supporting Kairos Power’s supply chain and procurement team by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of domestic and cross-border contracts, including supply, consulting, and EPC agreements. The attorney will develop and implement contracting processes, provide guidance on vendor engagements, and ensure compliance with legal obligations. Must have at least five years of legal experience with commercial contracts, strong attention to detail, and cross-functional collaboration skills. The position offers a focus on legal risk management within a fast-paced, innovative energy company environment, with benefits including health coverage, paid vacation, and retirement plans.
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Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.
Job Summary
Kairos Power is seeking an experienced attorney to support our supply chain and procurement operations. In this role, you will be responsible for working with a range of department leaders to support business objectives, ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, mitigate risks, and facilitate efficient contracting. As a member of a small legal team, you will have the opportunity to take on additional, generalist responsibilities and have a significant role in shaping legal strategy and processes as the company continues to grow.
Work location in Alameda, CA is preferred, though remote arrangements may be considered for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary attorney supporting Kairos Power’s supply chain and procurement team.
- Draft, review, and help negotiate a wide variety of domestic and cross-border contracts, including supply of goods, consulting, transportation, contingent workforce, lease, information technology, construction, and EPC agreements.
- Develop and maintain template agreements, playbooks, and database of contract clauses.
- Develop and implement contracting processes and related company training.
- Provide guidance on vendor engagements and respond to questions about NDAs, interpretation of contractual terms and conditions, and interpretation of company policies and procedures.
- Partner with internal clients to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and provide support for pre-litigation disputes.
- Stay abreast of relevant legal developments and market trends.
- Assist with other legal work as needed.
Qualifications
- Current member in good standing with at least one state bar.
- 5 + years of legal experience, demonstrating progressively increasing responsibilities.
- Substantial experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating sophisticated commercial contracts. Experience with intellectual property transactions is a plus.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to independently identify legal and commercial risks.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate effectively with diverse internal clients.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, adapt to changing conditions, and navigate ambiguity.
- Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
- Ability to proactively collect, manage, and transfer knowledge.
- Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues.
- Demonstrated commitment to professional integrity, ethics, and confidentiality in handling sensitive and confidential information.
Physical Conditions
- Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
- Communicating with others to exchange information
Environmental Conditions
- General office environment
- High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced
Safety and PPE
- Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
- Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions
Travel
- Some travel may be required, up to 10%
Additional Requirements
- Requires occasional working weekends
- Requires occasional extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines
The salary range for this position is $144,900 to $181,200 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
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About our Benefits
We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.
Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.
Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810
Kairos Power
Kairos Power's mission is to enable the world's transition to clean energy while improving quality of life and protecting the environment.
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