Corporate Counsel

Overview

This role is part of a fully remote setup with a remote HQ, with team off-sites held biannually.

The organization is hiring a second lawyer to work directly with and be mentored by the General Counsel. The role provides broad exposure across commercial contracts, litigation management, advertising enforcement, brand protection, privacy, and intellectual property, while also building and improving the systems that keep a fast-moving legal function effective.

Responsibilities

• Own commercial contract review end to end, including:
  • Intake and first-turn redlining
  • Negotiation with counterparties
  • Practical advice to business teams
  • Execution across vendor, marketing and creator partnership, agency, and retailer agreements
  • Partnering with the organization’s commercial contracting team on agreements that run through established templates and approval processes
• Run litigation management, including:
  • Litigation holds and preservation
  • Discovery and subpoena coordination with outside counsel and the organization’s global litigation team
  • Maintaining a live matter and budget tracker
  • Regular reporting to the General Counsel, and to relevant litigation leadership on contentious matters
• Lead advertising enforcement and brand protection activities, including:
  • Drafting cease-and-desist and demand letters when competitors’ advertising is false or misleading
  • Tracking responses
  • Recommending when a filing or challenge is warranted
  • Supporting trademark and anti-counterfeiting efforts
• Build the legal systems that make the function faster and smarter, such as:
  • A precedent and template library
  • Negotiation playbooks with fallback positions and approval matrices
  • A contract repository with key terms tagged
  • Matter and budget tracking
  • Guidelines for how the legal function uses AI
• Handle recurring marketing and promotions work, including:
  • Customizing sweepstakes and giveaway rules
  • Standard consent and opt-in language
  • Releases
  • All within the framework set by the General Counsel and Regulatory
• Coordinate with specialist legal teams as needed (IP, privacy, employment, litigation) and with the relevant legal group when matters require their review or would benefit from their support
• Own legal operations, including:
  • Running intake and prioritization so business teams can track request status
  • Managing outside counsel budgets and invoices

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) and an active bar license in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction
• If not admitted in the state where the person lives, eligibility to register as in-house counsel there
• Approximately 3–4 years of post-JD experience (at a firm, in-house, at a fund, in government, or elsewhere)
• Negotiated commercial contracts end to end across vendor, SaaS, marketing, and/or retailer agreements
• Strong judgment on risk in fast-moving, high-stakes situations, including resolving issues outside one’s core area without waiting for direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Some litigation exposure, such as:
  • Drafting or managing a hold
  • Handling discovery or subpoena logistics
  • Running point with outside counsel on a matter
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial energy (examples include operating or sales roles, business degree or MBA, startup or family business experience)
• Experience innovating with AI, including the ability to verify outputs and protect confidential and privileged information
• Experience in CPG, DTC, supplements, food and beverage, or advertising law

Approach to the Role (Expectations)

• Exceptionally organized: every open matter has an owner, a next step, and a requester-visible status; ability to carry dozens of matters at once
• Takes initiative: starts work, escalates with a proposed answer, and contributes to building templates, systems, and capabilities over time
• Comfortable handling unfamiliar topics: reads the statute, consults the right experts, uses appropriate tools for a first pass, and produces an informed answer
• Calibrates effort to the deal and negotiating dynamics
• Understands margin and subscription economics and translates business goals into clear legal recommendations

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $150,000–$185,000 plus bonus (depending on experience)
• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support well-being and growth
• Benefits include coverage for you and your family, generous PTO, free products, and additional health and well-being perks

Location

• Remote HQ; fully remote role with biannual off-sites