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title: 'Paralegal at PeopleGrove'
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# Paralegal at PeopleGrove

- **Company:** PeopleGrove
- **Location:** Remote
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/peoplegrove/be68698b-5eed-4d97-b502-5441dd822525

## Job description

PeopleGrove is looking for a detail-oriented and commercially savvy professional to manage contract negotiations with our higher education partners and support key finance operations. Reporting to the Controller, this role owns the end-to-end negotiation process for new sales agreements, renewals, and RFP responses serving as the primary point of contact for partner institutions throughout the contracting lifecycle. Beyond contracts, this person will also lend support to billing plans and collections as needed, giving them meaningful visibility into how deal terms translate into revenue outcomes. This is a highly cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of sales, legal, and finance. The ideal candidate is comfortable negotiating directly with higher ed procurement and legal offices, can make sound, independent judgment calls on contract terms within established guardrails, and brings the same rigor to billing and collections support when called upon.

## Key Responsibilities

- Lead contract negotiations with higher education partners across new sales agreements, renewals, and RFP responses
- Manage the full contract lifecycle: drafting, redlining, negotiation, internal approval, execution, and renewal tracking
- Turn around redlines promptly, balancing legal and business risk against deal velocity
- Make independent, pragmatic decisions on contract terms within established risk tolerances, escalating only when truly necessary
- Serve as the primary liaison with partner institutions' procurement and legal offices, guiding contracts through their internal approval processes
- Build and maintain a system for tracking key contract data (renewal dates, terms, obligations, risk flags) to support proactive account and revenue management
- Partner with the Controller and Finance team to ensure contract terms align with billing, revenue recognition, and budgeting needs
- Support billing plan setup and collections efforts as needed, helping ensure contract terms are accurately reflected downstream
- Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation workflows over time
- Identify process bottlenecks in the contract-to-cash workflow and recommend improvements

## Qualifications Required

- Proven experience negotiating and managing contracts end-to-end, ideally in a B2B, SaaS, or higher education context
- Experience working with institutional procurement and/or legal review processes (higher education experience strongly preferred but not  required)
- Strong paralegal and organizational skills, with the ability to track and report on contract data across a portfolio
- Comfort making pragmatic business judgment calls on contract terms rather than defaulting to escalation
- Exposure to billing, invoicing, or collections processes, or a strong interest in developing this skill set
- Experience with Salesforce (or similar CRM), especially for contract tracking and reporting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to negotiate confidently with both legal and non-legal stakeholders
- A collaborative, low-ego approach - this role succeeds by removing friction, not adding process for its own sake
- Ability to manage a high volume of concurrent negotiations without losing track of details

## Perks & Benefits

- Competitive salary + annual bonus
- Flexible PTO and hybrid/remote work options
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with generous company match + financial planning resources
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Collaborative, purpose-driven culture

## About us

PeopleGrove empowers colleges and universities to deliver meaningful engagement and hands-on learning that drives measurable outcomes for students, alumni, programs, and institutions. From mentorship and career readiness to clinical placements and competency management, PeopleGrove helps institutions improve student preparedness, meet accreditation standards, and prove program effectiveness. The platform supports over 500 institutions and 750+ academic programs, including 98% of key clinical programs in the United States.

Learn how PeopleGrove is shaping the future through a comprehensive suite of solutions across the entire learner lifecycle– from student and alumni engagement to clinical experiential education, mentorship, and career readiness. Visit us at [www.peoplegrove.com](https://www.peoplegrove.com) and follow us on LinkedIn.

## About PeopleGrove

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PeopleGrove is a Career Access Platform that partners with universities to provide mentorship, networking, career exploration, and experiential learning tools, helping students build social capital and succeed in their careers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by The Riverside Company; acquired CORE Higher Education Group in 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (post-merger); also has offices in San Francisco, Wilmington, and Arlington, with remote employees in India, Canada, Ireland, and Germany
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Education technology (EdTech) – higher education software
- **Target customers**: B2B – colleges, universities, and academic programs (500+ institutional partners, 750+ unique programs supported)
- **Mission statement**: “To drive outcomes through meaningful engagement & experiential education by empowering colleges and universities to deliver value, prove impact, and ensure institutional effectiveness across the student and alumni lifecycle.”

## Products & Services
PeopleGrove offers a unified product suite that covers the entire learner lifecycle, from enrollment to alumni engagement:

- **PeopleGrove Platform (Career Access Platform)**: AI-powered smart career network that recommends Mentorship, Networking, Career Exploration, and Job Connections. Designed to help students (especially those without existing networks) build social capital.
- **CORE Product Suite (formerly CORE Higher Education Group)**: Tools for managing clinical and non-clinical experiential education, including scheduling, tracking, compliance, and accreditation reporting. Widely used by nursing, pharmacy, health sciences, and other programs.
- **Enrollment Yield Solutions**: Personalized engagement to boost enrollment and reduce summer melt.
- **Student Retention Tools**: Scalable academic and emotional support resources.
- **Alumni Engagement Platform**: Grow alumni participation and strengthen donor pipelines.
- **Mentorship & Career Readiness**: Connect students with alumni and industry mentors using AI matching.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Annual Revenue**: $3.8M (pre-merger figure per LinkedIn; likely higher after integration)
  - **Total Funding**: $13.6M (across 6 funding rounds)
  - **Users**: 20+ million users across the country
  - **Institutional Partners**: 500+ (including 60% of US News Top 100 Universities)
  - **User Retention**: 96% retention rate, 5/5 average rating from user interactions
  - **Headcount**: ~250 employees (post-merger); 43.1% YoY growth (pre-merger)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: The Riverside Company (portfolio company)
- **Growth Signals**: Merged with CORE Higher Education Group in 2024 and rebranded as one company; launched a unified website and product suite; expanded into clinical program management across 98% of key US clinical programs.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Comprehensive lifecycle coverage**: The only platform that spans enrollment, student success, experiential learning, career readiness, alumni engagement, and mentorship in one integrated suite.
- **Deep clinical education focus**: 98% of key clinical programs in the US use PeopleGrove/CORE – a strong moat in the healthcare education vertical.
- **AI + human connection**: AI-powered matching and automation reduce administrative burden while maintaining the human element of mentorship and networking.
- **High user satisfaction**: 96% retention rate and 5/5 average rating indicate strong product-market fit and user love.
- **Private equity backing**: Riverside Company provides capital and strategic support for aggressive growth.

## Strategic Focus
- **Integration and unification**: Combining the best of PeopleGrove and CORE into a single platform with deeper cross-product workflows.
- **Accreditation and outcomes**: Helping institutions prove program effectiveness, meet accreditation standards, and improve student preparedness.
- **Expanding into new academic programs**: Leveraging the clinical vertical to move into behavioral sciences, education, and other health sciences.
- **AI-driven efficiency**: Continuing to invest in AI to automate scheduling, compliance, and matching, saving institutions time (e.g., 10 hours saved per week reported by users).

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: Work from anywhere in the US or India; flexible PTO and generous leave policies.
- **Comprehensive benefits**: Premium healthcare (medical, dental, vision in the US), 401K, retirement plan, wellness benefits (Headspace, Gympass, Ginger, Omada), Employee Assistance Program.
- **Travel and bonding**: Opportunities for team offsites and company-wide gatherings.
- **Culture**: “Curiosity is rewarded and the unknown is embraced” – emphasis on growth, learning, and mission-driven work in education.
- **Employee ratings**: 4.2/5 on LinkedIn (34 reviews), with high work-life balance (4.5), compensation (4.0), culture (4.0), and career growth (3.9).
- **Impact**: Directly helps institutions drive enrollment, student success, and alumni impact – meaningful work for those passionate about education.

## Sources
1. [peoplegrove.com – Careers page](https://www.peoplegrove.com/about/careers/)
2. [peoplegrove.com – Main site](https://www.peoplegrove.com/)
3. [builtin.com – Company profile](https://builtin.com/company/peoplegrove)
4. [linkedin.com – PeopleGrove company page](https://linkedin.com/company/peoplegrove)
5. [businesswire.com – Merger announcement](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251216671056/en/PeopleGrove-and-CORE-Higher-Education-Group-Rebrand-as-One-Company-Launch-Unified-Website-and-Product-Suite)

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