Overview
This role involves serving as Corporate Counsel, Commercial Contracts, providing strategic, pragmatic legal support to business leadership. The position is onsite with primary locations in Nashville, TN and Fremont, CA, and remote arrangements may also be considered.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business unit leadership to provide sound legal advice and risk mitigation to support successful business outcomes
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements and ancillary agreements
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with the legal commercial team and other internal business teams, providing authoritative legal guidance
- Collaborate on process improvements and support updates to internal playbooks and templates
- Manage internal SLAs and help juggle competing priorities in a fast-moving environment
- Own specific legal projects and develop subject matter expertise for legal issues faced by the customer contracts team and internal business partners
- Review solicitations; determine response strategies; draft sections addressing legal topics
- Select and manage outside counsel when needed
- Assist commercial contracts personnel with complex or risk-sensitive terms and conditions, including limiting liability, indemnification, and grounds for termination
- Participate in Legal Department discussions on corporate-wide topics, policies, and procedures
- Participate in Legal Department updates on changing laws and regulations and continuing education
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
- Licensed to practice law in the United States and active membership in at least one state bar
- Minimum of 6–8 years of legal experience (may include a combination of law firm and in-house legal roles)
- Experience advising executive clients on business and transactional matters (contracts, agreements, business strategy)
- Demonstrated leadership ability, preferably as counsel for a business segment of a technology-driven company
- Ability to operate as a hands-on legal generalist
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively and collaboratively in a fast-paced, complex organizational structure
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to analyze complex issues and provide recommendations in an executive-appropriate manner
- Ability to develop strong client relationships while maintaining independence appropriate to a compliance function
Preferred Qualifications
Compensation & Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Health care coverage
- Dental and vision
- 401(K) participation with company matching
- Company-paid holidays with unlimited paid time off
- Generous discretionary company bonuses
- Life and disability protection and more
- Employees in certain positions may be eligible for stock compensation (plans in accordance with relevant plan documents)
- Pay is based on market location and may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, and other job-related reasons.
- For candidates located in California: annual salary range is $175,000.00 to $200,000.00.
- Compensation ranges for other locations, including Tennessee, may differ based on the applicable market.
Location
Onsite, primary locations are Nashville, TN and Fremont, CA; remote arrangements may also be considered.