Corporate Paralegal

Corporate Paralegal

Pella, IA (hybrid)

Bring your legal expertise to a role with enterprise-wide impact.

If you’re an experienced paralegal who enjoys variety, ownership, and working closely with business leaders, this could be an exciting next step in your career.

We’re looking for a Corporate Paralegal to join our Legal team and provide high-level support across a diverse range of corporate legal matters and strategic business initiatives. This is not a role focused on one narrow area of law. You’ll have the opportunity to work across transactions, corporate governance, litigation and claims, employment matters, real estate, compliance, contracts, and other priorities that impact the business.

You’ll work directly with attorneys, business leaders, executives, outside counsel, and cross-functional partners while independently managing important projects and legal processes from start to finish.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll help keep complex legal matters moving while making it easier for the business to navigate legal processes effectively.

You may:

• Lead complex legal projects and workstreams, coordinating attorneys, business partners, outside counsel, consultants, and other stakeholders from initiation through completion.
• Support corporate transactions and strategic initiatives, including due diligence, integrations and transitions, document management, confidentiality processes, closings, and post-closing activities.
• Manage legal and corporate documentation, including agreements, filings, forms, policies, corporate records, resolutions, consents, and other key materials.
• Support litigation, claims, and investigations through legal holds, discovery, document review, matter tracking, stakeholder coordination, and outside counsel management.
• Assist with corporate governance and entity management, including corporate records, officer and director documentation, resolutions, consents, and required filings.
• Partner across the business on contracts, real estate transactions, compliance, licensing, employment matters, and other operational legal needs.
• Conduct research, gather and analyze information, identify relevant issues, and help develop practical solutions while knowing when matters need to be escalated to counsel.
• Help modernize and improve Legal Department operations by identifying opportunities to enhance workflows, matter management, document management, knowledge sharing, reporting, legal technology, and AI-enabled tools.
• Identify recurring issues, trends, and process gaps and proactively recommend solutions that improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability.

What Will Help You Succeed

We’re looking for someone who is comfortable taking ownership, navigating ambiguity, and working across a wide variety of legal and business issues.

You’ll be a strong fit if you bring:

• Corporate paralegal or comparable legal experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, or similar environment.
• A paralegal certificate or associate’s/bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Strong project management, organization, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to independently manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with limited direction.
• Experience reviewing and working with contracts, transactional agreements, corporate records, real estate documents, court filings, financial information, regulatory communications, or similar legal and business documents.
• Sound judgment and the ability to recognize issues, gather relevant information, develop practical solutions, and appropriately involve an attorney when needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the confidence to work with attorneys, executives, business leaders, outside counsel, and cross-functional partners.
• Exceptional attention to detail without losing sight of broader business objectives.
• A collaborative, adaptable, and solutions-oriented approach.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office and an interest in using legal technology, AI, matter-management, and document-management tools to improve how work gets done.
• The discretion and integrity necessary to handle highly confidential legal, business, and personnel information.

About Pella Corporation

As the #1 most-preferred national window and door brand by homeowners across the country, Pella Corporation leads the industry in innovation and design. Founded in 1925, today the Pella Family of Brands encompasses a robust product offering sold and installed through various channels. We are a growing, privately owned company with 20 manufacturing locations and over 10,000 team members in the U.S. and Canada. Pella is consistently recognized as a great place to work by Newsweek, Forbes and Glassdoor, having most recently been named to America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek in 2024, as well as Forbes' 2024 Best Employers for Women and Best-In-State Employer in Iowa. We have also received numerous accolades for innovation and design, including Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2024 and Most Innovative Manufacturers for 2022 and 2023.

At Pella, our team cares deeply, learns continuously and achieves results that go beyond. We encourage creative thinking that seeks out and includes diverse perspectives. And we empower you to do the work you’re most proud of — that’s why we offer individualized talent development plans, cross-functional experiences and opportunities for career advancement through personal and professional development.

With talent just like you, we are imagining, building and fighting for a brighter future for generations to come. Ready to find a career that sparks your passion?