Responsibilities
Complex Commercial & Strategic Legal Work
- Partner with business leaders to structure, negotiate, and execute complex legal agreements that support company objectives while appropriately managing risk.
- Review, draft, redline, and negotiate complex commercial, vendor, software, marketing, licensing, and partnership agreements.
- Support strategic partnership implementations and cross-functional initiatives.
- Advise stakeholders on contractual structure, risk allocation, and negotiation strategy.
- Apply legal judgment within established company policies, contract standards, fallback positions, and risk tolerances while independently advising stakeholders and moving matters toward resolution.
- Help manage legal escalations and novel issues that fall outside established workflows.
- Coordinate with outside counsel when specialized expertise is required.
Product, Privacy & Regulatory Guidance
- Advise on privacy, data use, subscription, consumer protection, and technology-related legal questions.
- Help establish repeatable approaches for legal research, regulatory monitoring, issue triage, and knowledge sharing to improve proactive legal support across the business.
- Assess legal implications of new product features, workflows, and business initiatives.
- Monitor developments in privacy, product, subscription, and technology regulation.
- Translate legal and regulatory developments into actionable recommendations.
- Identify emerging risks and recommend pragmatic mitigation approaches.
Litigation, Discovery & Special Projects
- Assist with litigation support, discovery efforts, and coordination across internal stakeholders.
- Support diligence activities, investigations, and other legal projects as they arise.
- Partner with outside counsel and internal teams to gather, organize, and analyze information.
- Help the business navigate unexpected legal issues that require thoughtful and timely responses.
Embedded Business Partnership
- Partner with Product, Engineering, CX, Partnerships, Marketing, and Operations teams on business initiatives.
- Translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable business guidance.
- Balance risk management with business objectives and operational realities.
- Build strong relationships that position Legal as an enabling function and trusted partner.
- Help teams understand legal considerations early, before issues become obstacles.
Operational Excellence & Legal Workflow Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows and reduce unnecessary manual effort.
- Contribute to scalable processes, templates, documentation, and internal guidance that increase consistency and efficiency.
- Partner with Legal Operations and team members to improve how legal support is delivered across the organization.
- Leverage technology and AI tools where appropriate to improve efficiency, research, drafting, and knowledge management.
- Share ideas and best practices that help the legal team continue to evolve as the business grows.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
- Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 8+ years of progressive legal experience spanning a law firm, an in-house legal department, or a combination of both (experience across both environments strongly preferred).
- At least 3 years of experience in an in-house legal function supporting a software, technology, consumer technology, digital product, SaaS, or similarly product-led business.
- Demonstrated experience independently drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial agreements, including technology, software, vendor, licensing, partnership, strategic business, or other high-impact commercial agreements.
- Experience serving as a primary legal advisor to business stakeholders and independently managing legal matters from issue identification through resolution.
- Experience partnering directly with Product, Engineering, Operations, Partnerships, Finance, Marketing, Customer Experience, or similar business functions.
- Experience managing multiple legal matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving business environment.
- Comfortable operating as a hands-on member of a lean legal team, with a willingness to contribute wherever needed.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex legal matters.
Nice-to-Haves
- Curiosity about new tools including AI and strategic incorporation of them into legal work to improve judgment, quality, speed, and effectiveness.
- Low ego, high ownership mindset.
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