Overview
A fast-scaling, post-Series C technology company specializing in AI-native commerce infrastructure is seeking a mid-level Commercial & Product Counsel with 3-6 years of post-qualification experience. This role offers the opportunity to be the second member of the legal team and to help build the foundations of a global legal function supporting commercial contracting, product development, privacy, and regulatory matters across the US, UK, and EU.
Responsibilities
- Lead commercial and partner contracting across customer, vendor, and procurement streams, including SMB, mid-market, and enterprise negotiations.
- Maintain, develop, and improve contract templates, playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and scalable legal processes.
- Provide pragmatic legal guidance to support product development initiatives, including agentic storefront and platform capabilities.
- Contribute to global privacy compliance efforts, including UK GDPR, US privacy laws, data processing agreements, standard contractual clauses, data mapping, and privacy-by-design reviews.
- Advise cross-functional teams such as Sales, Success, Operations, Product, Engineering, and Security as a hands-on legal partner.
- Support regulatory work related to tax and cross-border shipping products.
- Provide region-specific legal support depending on location (e.g., US commercial and state law nuances; UK customer/vendor negotiations and privacy requirements).
- Assist with general legal matters including corporate governance, employment queries, marketing reviews, and legal operations improvements.
Requirements
- 3-6 years of experience as a lawyer or internal counsel with expertise in commercial contracting, product counseling, privacy/GDPR, and/or US/UK technology contracting.
- Ability to operate autonomously and make pragmatic, business-focused decisions in ambiguous and evolving environments.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate legal concepts into practical advice for non-legal stakeholders.
- Experience supporting product development or cross-functional teams in high-growth technology, ecommerce, logistics, or SaaS environments is a plus.
- Comfortable establishing new processes and improving existing workflows.
- Collaborative and humble working style with a willingness to partner across teams.
- Ability to work independently with globally distributed colleagues.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary.
- Stock options in a high-growth startup.
- Competitive paid time off plus public holidays.
- Private health insurance.
- Pension plan.
- Wellness benefits.
- Monday breakfast provided.
Location
This role involves supporting legal matters across the US, UK, and EU, with region-specific responsibilities depending on the candidate's location.