Associate Attorney

JCPenney; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 62,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Career ladder

Real benefits

Job summary

JCPenney in Stamford, CT is hiring an Associate Attorney on a temporary basis to help us ship results and support one another. The role offers a salary range of $62,000 to $95,000 and a mentorship program to help you grow.

You will bring 1+ years of end-to-end project experience, the ability to read contexts quickly, and hands-on judgment to questions as they arise. Flexible days and real benefits are part of the ladder we provide. This listing is current and monitored daily by our talent team.

Qualifications

• 1 or more years steering general projects end to end.
• Hands-on general experience that holds up to follow-up questions.
• Good judgment and ability to read the room in new environments.

Responsibilities

• Spot the Stamford pattern in feedback before it becomes a complaint.
• Spot where flexibility breaks before it shows up in a dashboard.
• Absorb context quickly and start contributing sooner.
• Read the room and adjust how you pitch Contract Lifecycle Management to each audience.
• Manage competing demands while keeping attention to detail high.
• Push back, respectfully, when a flexibility shortcut will cost us later.

Skills

Temporary schedules

Context reading

Project management

Handling questions

Job description

We're a team that ships, supports one another, and is now hiring an Associate Attorney to help us do more of it. This temporary job in CT answers 1 years of effort with $62,000 - $95,000 and answers ambition with a clear way up.

Key Responsibilities

• Spot the Stamford pattern in feedback before it becomes a complaint
• Spot where Flexibility breaks before it shows up in a dashboard
• Absorb 1 of context fast and start contributing sooner
• Read the room and adjust how you pitch Contract Lifecycle Management to each audience
• Manage competing demands while keeping attention to detail high
• Push back, respectfully, when a Flexibility shortcut will cost us later

What You'll Bring

• Working familiarity with temporary schedules and team norms at JCPenney
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• 1 or more years steering general projects end to end
• Hands-on general experience that holds up to follow-up questions

JCPenney exists for one stubborn reason: the general tools everyone settled for were never good enough, so we rebuilt them from Stamford, CT. We trust the junior folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

The $62,000 - $95,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible temporary days you can plan around.

This listing is current and monitored daily by our talent team.