Assistant General Counsel

Texas Capital Bank; Texas; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Fertility and family building aids

401K match

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Texas Capital Bank is seeking a supplier management and negotiation specialist to drive contract negotiations and ongoing vendor relationships across the organization. You will partner with procurement and technology teams to secure favorable terms, ensure service levels, and maximize long-term value.

The ideal candidate will have a JD or LLM with 3+ years negotiating software-focused agreements, excellent written communication, and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset to navigate complex vendor

Qualifications

• JD, LLM or equivalent experience with 3+ years working with software and technology suppliers and negotiating software-focused agreements will be strongly considered.
• Strong written communication: you can write concise emails and prepare logical, easy-to-understand business documentation packets.
• Takes the initiative and executes with appropriate urgency in a high performing, client-focused, deadline-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate contracts, SLAs, uptimes, credits and other key terms with suppliers.
• Manage contract renewals with advance notice for negotiations and RFPs.
• Coordinate with procurement, business lines and technology teams to assess needs and vendor performance.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract management

Vendor management

Written communication

Organizational skills

Team player

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) or LLM

Job description

Texas Capital is built to help businesses and their leaders. Our depth of knowledge and expertise allows us to bring the best of the big firms at a scale that works for our clients, with highly experienced bankers who truly invest in people's success - today and tomorrow. While we are rooted in core financial products, we are differentiated by our approach. Our bankers are seasoned financial experts who possess deep experience across a multitude of industries. Equally important, they bring commitment - investing the time and resources to understand our clients' immediate needs, identify market opportunities and meet long-term objectives. At Texas Capital, we do more than build business success. We build long-lasting relationships.

Texas Capital provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, fertility and family building aids, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans with a generous 401K match, paid leave programs, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

Texas Capital is headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano, San Antonio, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

For more information about joining our team, please visit us at www.texascapital.com.

Overview

We are transforming how we manage relationships with third party suppliers, particularly software and technology vendors. We are building a relationship-level operating model to improve operating leverage and client experiences while driving efficiencies across the organization. We aim to reduce redundant products and services, streamline our technology stack, and improve our management of vendors throughout the contract lifecycle.

A successful person in this role will be an exceptional, ambitious negotiator. The role requires someone with drive, excellent organizational skills, a passion for efficiency, and a strong dose of common sense and practical problem-solving ability. The supplier management and negotiation specialist that Texas Capital needs will be resourceful, communicative, dependable and skillful at interacting with teams across the firm. Above all, this person in this role will take ownership and get positive results.

Responsibilities

• Contract Negotiation and Ongoing Supplier Relationships Management Partner with the procurement team to negotiate contracts, SLAs, uptimes, credits, discounts and other key terms with new and existing suppliers.
• Proactively manage contract renewals, with plenty of advance notice for negotiations and competitive RFPs.
• Work with the procurement team to aggressively hold suppliers to our high standards.
• Coordinate with lines of business, procurement and technology teams to assess business needs.
• Understand and assess the products and services provided by over 1,000 vendors.
• Work with procurement and technology teams to build a system to manage vendors more effectively on a go-forward basis.
• Bring an environment of competitiveness to Texas Capital's solicitation and acceptance of bids from new vendors, and run effective RFP processes.
• Demonstrate a passion for cost reduction and long-term value maximization.
• Provide preemptive monitoring of the performance of suppliers.
• Work closely with the procurement team and technology to implement an effective supplier relationship management program.
• Demonstrate persistence and relentless determination in negotiations with suppliers.
• Actively engage in every phase of the supplier lifecycle process.
• Bring curiosity and willingness to learn Texas Capital's technology needs, the underlying economics of each transaction, and the connection between our technology and our ability to deliver great client experiences.
• Partner with procurement to re-define inherent risk classifications of vendors, taking into account criticality, annual spend, the nature of products and services provided, and our risk exposure.
• Exercise judgment in applying appropriate governance intensity based on vendor criticality, while maintaining efficiency.

Qualifications

• JD, LLM or equivalent experience with 3+ years working with software and technology suppliers and negotiating software-focused agreements will be strongly considered.
• Responsible, conscientious, well-organized, and comfortable owning systems of record rather than relying on ad-hoc email threads.
• Takes ownership in coordinating across legal, compliance, and technology teams.
• Demonstrates competence and ownership; finds ways to get things done.
• Strong written communication: you can write concise emails and prepare logical, easy-to-understand business documentation packets.
• Takes the initiative and executes with appropriate urgency in a high performing, client-focused, deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent listening skills and a team player who is hard-working and coachable.
• Skillful at reducing friction and finding efficient, commercial solutions.
• Demonstrated clarity in written and spoken expression.
• Organizational skills and attention to detail required to handle diverse and concurrent assignments.
• Must be able to work at a computer for extended periods of time.

The duties listed above are the essential functions, or fundamental duties within the job classification. The essential functions of individual positions within the classification may differ. Texas Capital Bank may assign reasonably related additional duties to individual employees consistent with standard departmental policy.

Texas Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Texas Capital is built to help businesses and their leaders. Our depth of knowledge and expertise allows us to bring the best of the big banks at a scale that makes sense for our clients, with highly experienced bankers who truly invest in people's success - today and tomorrow. While we are rooted in core financial products, we are differentiated by our approach. Our bankers are seasoned financial experts who possess deep experience across a multitude of industries. Equally important, they bring commitment - investing the time and resources to understand our clients' immediate needs, identify market opportunities and meet long-term objectives. At Texas Capital, we do more than build business success. We build long lasting relationships.

Headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital was recently named the #1 most trusted bank in the country on Newsweek's inaugural list of America's Most Trusted Companies