# Senior Counsel

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission - to make learning limitless- and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class higher education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading online learning platform, 2U powers thousands of higher education offerings - from free courses to full degrees. Together with our college, university, and corporate partners, we are helping accelerate careers and transform lives. What We’re Looking For: The Senior Counsel, Degree serves as the primary attorney supporting the Degree business at 2U, LLC, with a focus on university partner contracting and day-to-day operational legal matters. The Senior Counsel,Degree has a critical role working closely with our internal business stakeholders and university partners on solidifying complex and long-term partner deals. This role is responsible for working with universities and internal stakeholders to draft, negotiate, and interpret our master service agreements and related contracts and for providing practical, risk-based legal guidance related to program operations. The Senior Counsel, Degree functions as the central point of contact for legal support for the Degree

- **Id**: 3976280
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/2u-senior-counsel>
- **Role**: Legal
- **Role family**: Legal
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T16:15:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:12:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8572
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Higher Education, E-learning

## Company

- **Id**: 58413
- **Name**: 2U
- **Domain**: 2u.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/2u-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 178000
- **Max**: 205000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 205000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T18:12:19Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T21:06:46Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 205000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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