Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
We are seeking a Senior Operations Lawyer with 5-7 years of experience to join our team in Kyiv, specializing in defense contracts and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Accompanying the conclusion of contracts with state counterparties (Ministry of Defense, state enterprises, international support programs):
- Participation in negotiations
- Coordination of commercial terms
- Assessment of legal risks and opportunities for the company
- Working with contracts with private counterparties (manufacturers, suppliers, integrators, foreign partners)
- Control of contract compliance with current legislation and internal company policies
- Preparation and support of:
- Contracts, supplementary agreements, letters, claims, responses to inquiries
- Claim and litigation work (if necessary, with external advisors or independently)
- Development, updating, and implementation of internal policies and procedures (compliance, sanctions, confidentiality, export control, anti-corruption)
- Participation in intellectual property protection projects:
- Analysis of rights to developments
- Registration / protection of IP rights
- Work with NDAs, IP clauses in contracts with contractors, engineers, R&D
- Assessment of regulatory impact on the company's activities:
- Monitoring changes in legislation (defense, export control, sanctions, public procurement)
- Recommendations to management on process adaptation
- Participation in product certification and codification processes (interaction with government bodies, specialized structures, obtaining permits and conclusions)
- Interaction with government bodies and regulators (letters, meetings, responses to inquiries)
- Execution of individual assignments from management within legal competence
Requirements
- Higher legal education
- Experience as a lawyer for 5+ years, preferably in manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, development, defense, or related industries
- Experience in:
- Negotiations with counterparties and government agencies
- Working with contracts (B2G, B2B), claims work
- Participation in complex agreements (multiple parties, foreign counterparties, grants, international programs)
- Knowledge of corporate, economic, labor, and administrative law
- Understanding or readiness to quickly immerse oneself in:
- The specifics of defense orders
- Export control, sanctions compliance, dual-use / military products
- English language B2+, with practical experience in:
- Reading and preparing contracts in English
- Correspondence / basic negotiations with foreign partners
Professional Skills
- Confidence
- Detail-Oriented
- Critical Thinking
- Communication
- Problem Solving
Languages
- English: Upper-Intermediate
Nice to Have
- Experience working with defense products, military-technical cooperation, international donors / funds
- Experience interacting with export control, State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine, Ministry of Strategic Industries, National Security and Defense Council, National Agency on Corruption Prevention, etc.
- Experience in building or participating in a compliance system (sanctions, KYC, AML, OSINT-due diligence)
We Offer
- 20 paid days off
- Paid sick leave
- Competitive salary
- Reservation from mobilization
About the Company
Ark Robotics is building core foundational technologies to power multi-system autonomous fleets of the future. Our products asymmetrically expand the number of parallel real-time missions per operator and work as an integrated solution ready to be deployed for most critical use-cases.
We are entering a new era of mass use of robotics systems on the battlefield and core industries. It requires a new type of platforms to enable use of thousands different autonomous vehicles working together in real-time. The decision-making speed of such a platform will greatly exceed any existing human-in-the-loop systems and create a true asymmetrical advantage for its users. It also poses a new set of security challenges and requires radically new hardware and interfaces.
Ark was founded to use these technologies to protect the light of consciousness and expand it across the universe. We stand with free people of Earth and dare to dream of the stars.