Overview
A growing nonprofit fundraising and CRM platform is seeking a Commercial & Product Counsel to lead the commercial contracting function and serve as a trusted legal partner across the organization. This role involves managing vendor agreements, customer contracts, partnership deals, and product-related legal questions with autonomy and speed. The position offers the opportunity to build contracting playbooks, templates, and workflows, and to leverage AI-powered legal tools to enhance efficiency.
Responsibilities
Commercial Contracting
- Lead negotiation, redlining, and closing of inbound vendor agreements including SaaS, data processing agreements, NDAs, professional services, and licensing.
- Own outbound customer and sales contracts, including enterprise customer terms and service agreements.
- Develop and maintain contracting infrastructure such as templates, playbooks, fallback language, approval workflows, and self-serve tools.
- Implement and optimize AI-powered legal workflows for contract review, clause analysis, and negotiation support.
- Manage contract lifecycle from intake through execution, tracking obligations, renewal dates, and key terms.
Partnerships
- Support General Counsel on strategic partnership agreements including payment processor relationships, platform integrations, and channel partnerships.
- Draft and negotiate ancillary partnership documents, amendments, and operational terms.
Product Counseling & Compliance Support
- Provide day-to-day legal advice to product teams, identifying legal risks in product specifications and advising on compliance-by-design.
- Assist with regulatory filings, licensing questions, privacy compliance, and consumer protection issues.
- Review marketing materials, competitive positioning, and customer-facing disclosures for legal risk.
Corporate & General Support
- Assist General Counsel with corporate governance, equity matters, and board-level projects.
- Support management of claims, demand letters, and escalated customer disputes.
- Contribute to legal team development by building processes, documentation, and institutional knowledge.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 5–7 years of legal experience, including significant in-house experience at a growth-stage fintech company; experience with payments or fundraising platforms preferred.
- Extensive experience in high-volume commercial contracting.
- Proven ability to build contracting systems and infrastructure.
- Strong product counseling skills in a high-growth technology environment.
- Practical experience using legal technology and AI tools for contract review and legal workflows.
- Ability to operate independently with sound judgment and manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication skills with non-legal stakeholders across sales, product, finance, operations, and leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience negotiating a wide range of agreements including SaaS, vendor, customer, and data processing contracts.
- Demonstrated ability to build contracting processes from scratch, including templates, playbooks, and approval workflows.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered contract review tools and agentic workflows.
- Strong understanding of reputation management in platforms trusted by nonprofits.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $170,000 - $185,000 annually.
- Remote work from one of several hubs including Austin, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Seattle, and Nashville.
- 100% employer-covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for employees; 50% coverage for eligible dependents.
- Access to mental health support through TalkSpace membership.
- 3% 401(k) match.
- Flexible PTO policy with uncapped vacation days and company-recognized holidays.
- Annual wellness week closure for rest and recharge.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave with comprehensive leave planning support.
- Family care support including company-paid membership and care credits for childcare, senior care, pet care, and household support.
- Home office stipend for technology and equipment.
- Monthly coworking stipend.
- Charitable giving program allowing employees to donate up to $50/month to verified nonprofits.
- Professional development reimbursement opportunities.
Location
This is a remote position with options to work from designated hubs across the United States.
Interview Process
- Recruiter screen to discuss background, role details, and alignment.
- Hiring manager interview focusing on experience, skills, and working style.
- Role-specific assessment which may include case studies or projects.
- Values interview with team members.
- Reference checks.
- Offer stage.
Note: An AI note-taking tool may be used during interviews.
The organization encourages applications from women and nonbinary individuals and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.