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GivebutterGivebutterDenver, CO

Commercial and Product Counsel

Owns commercial contracting for vendor, customer, and partnership agreements at a nonprofit SaaS platform. Provides product counseling on compliance and legal risks while building AI-powered legal workflows and infrastructure. Requires 5-7 years in-house fintech experience and JD.

170k – 185k
Remote5+ YOELegal

About the role

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracting (Primary Focus)

  • First-chair all inbound vendor agreements: negotiate, redline, and close contracts with technology vendors, service providers, data processors, and other third parties across the full range of agreement types (SaaS, DPAs, NDAs, professional services, licensing)
  • First-chair all outbound customer and sales contracts: own the contracting process for Givebutter's revenue-generating agreements, including enterprise customer terms and service agreements
  • Build the contracting infrastructure: develop and maintain templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and self-serve tools that enable operations and sales teams to move faster with less legal bottleneck
  • Implement and optimize AI-powered legal workflows: use AI tools, AI agents, and agentic workflows for contract review, clause analysis, and negotiation support; continuously iterate on the legal ops tech stack to maximize throughput without sacrificing quality
  • Manage contract lifecycle: own the process from intake through execution, including tracking obligations, renewal dates, and key terms across the portfolio

Partnerships

  • Second-chair partnership agreements: support the General Counsel on strategic partnerships, including payment processor relationships, platform integrations, and channel partnerships
  • Draft and negotiate ancillary partnership documents: handle the supporting agreements, amendments, and operational terms that flow from partnership relationships

Product Counseling & Compliance Support

  • Serve as day-to-day legal advisor to the product team: help drive our Product Roadmap by affirmatively suggesting opportunities for expansion and advise Product, Design & Engineering (PDE) on compliance-by-design for new features, payment flows, and data practices
  • Support the General Counsel and Security & Compliance Manager on compliance matters: assist with regulatory filings, licensing questions, privacy compliance, and consumer protection issues as they arise
  • Advise on marketing and commercial claims: review marketing materials, competitive positioning, and customer-facing disclosures for legal risk

Corporate & General Support

  • Support the General Counsel on corporate work: assist with corporate governance, equity matters, and board-level projects as needed
  • Support claims and disputes: help manage claims, demand letters, and escalated customer disputes under the General Counsel's direction
  • Contribute to legal team development: help build the processes, documentation, and institutional knowledge that will scale with Givebutter's growth

Requirements

  • A J.D. and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction
  • 5–7 years of legal experience, with meaningful time spent in-house at a growth-stage fintech company (experience at a payments company or fundraising platform strongly preferred)
  • High-volume commercial contracting execution
  • Contracting systems & infrastructure buildout
  • Product counseling in a high growth, tech environment
  • Applied use of legal technology and AI tools

Skills

Commercial ContractingSaas AgreementsData Processing AgreementsAi Contract ReviewLegal TechContract Lifecycle ManagementProduct CounselingPrivacy ComplianceCorporate GovernancePartnership Agreements

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