Why Join GEICO?

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.

Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.

GEICO is seeking a detail-oriented professional to join our Legal Department as a Senior Legal Assistant, Commercial Contracts who will report to the Director – Assistant General Counsel. This role supports the Commercial Contracting Team by managing routine and low-risk contract requests, maintaining contract data and reporting, and providing operational support to business partners and management.

The ideal candidate demonstrates sound judgment, strong organizational and analytical skills, clear communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities accurately and efficiently.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide operational support for commercial contracting activities, including:

• Review and process nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), including quality assurance of NDA redlines.
• Assist in reviewing and processing repetitive, low-risk vendor agreements that include standard verification, quality assurance of redlines, and/or minimal revisions.
• Manage low risk, time sensitive contract requests from intake through completion.
• Validate business-provided data and revise contract schedules to resolve errors or omissions.
• Perform document comparisons, quality checks, and finalization of agreements.
• Manage one-off and rush requests by routing requestors to the appropriate team member or subject matter expert.
• Close out, maintain, audit, and validate contract lifecycle management (CLM) records to ensure data integrity and identify improvement opportunities.
• Prepare and compile reports to support operational review and analysis.
• Assess team workload capacity, triage workload-balancing requests, and coordinate incoming work assignments.
• Retrieve previously executed agreements and route requestor inquiries to the appropriate subject matter experts.
• Coordinate follow-up communications with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and vendors.
• Coordinate bulk agreement generation, merges, and distribution through PowerForms and related tools.
• Provide Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) support, including formatting, schedule and exhibit preparation, document cleanup, section numbering, and cross-reference validation.
• Provide calendar support for executive meetings and deal negotiations.
• Maintain accurate records of work in progress and provide status updates to management.
• Communicate clear, timely status updates to business partners and key stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of legal assistant experience, or an equivalent combination of work experience, training, military experience, and education.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong research skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to process highly confidential/sensitive data and maintain discretion.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with contract lifecycle management systems.
• Experience in the insurance industry.

Work Location: Hybrid, with three days per week in either the Bethesda, MD, or New York, NY office.

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.