Senior Strategic Commercial Counsel and Contract Nerds Lead

Overview

This role is for a seasoned commercial attorney with a passion for mentoring, community building, and sharing knowledge. The position involves leading a respected legal community focused on contracts, while actively participating in commercial contracting to drive transformation and acceleration within the legal function.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary personality and visionary for a prominent legal community focused on contracts.
• Host monthly accredited CLE webinars, including sourcing speakers, developing content, managing preparation, and leading sessions as needed.
• Lead live community events and represent the brand on social media platforms.
• Maintain a high-visibility presence on LinkedIn by posting engaging content that promotes events and reinforces the community's position as a premier destination for legal and contracting professionals.
• Leverage a professional network to recruit top-tier guest authors and expert speakers.
• Collaborate to evolve community strategy and mentor future leaders as the community grows.
• Oversee operations and strategic direction of the program internally and externally, coordinating with marketing, webinar, event planning, and social media teams.
• Support commercial acceleration and contracting teams to transform contracting processes, including MSAs, order forms, statements of work, partnership agreements, and NDAs.
• Strengthen and optimize contracting processes using AI to design workflows, playbooks, templates, and go-to-market collateral.
• Drive innovation in how in-house legal work is performed in the era of AI.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience as a commercial attorney, with significant in-house experience.
• Deep understanding of the day-to-day pressures faced by legal professionals.
• Strong public speaking skills with the ability to engage and maintain audience trust.
• Experience working with legal communities and maintaining an authentic voice while expanding reach.
• Proven ability to create exclusive, high-quality content for legal professionals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Dynamic and authentic public speaking skills capable of simplifying complex legal concepts.
• Extensive legal network and understanding of personal branding.
• Ability to influence and recruit experts into the community ecosystem.
• Creativity in content creation, branding, and communication.
• Passion for storytelling and achieving innovative milestones.
• Experience building and leading community operations programs.
• Comfortable with leadership, facilitation, collaboration, and operational oversight.
• Technical fluency and curiosity about AI-powered legal technology.
• Early adopter and advocate for modern legal practice tools.
• Familiarity with Mailchimp, Canva, LinkedIn, and Google Suite.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary ranges vary by location:
  • California: $157,500 - $254,350
  • Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota: $151,200 - $213,600
  • Washington, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (including NYC metro): $151,200 - $222,450
  • Washington DC: $157,500 - $222,450
  • Ohio: $131,900 - $186,275
• Eligible for bonus plans based on company performance.
• Eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Benefits include paid time off, paid parental leave (up to six months), full health benefits with employer contributions from day one, retirement plans with potential employer contributions, learning and development opportunities, and compassionate care leave.

Location

• This is a remote position. The employee is not required to be in or near an office frequently and will work from a designated remote location.

Additional Information

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• This position is not eligible for employment in Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
• The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity and inclusion in the workplace.