Sr. Counsel
Overview
Senior Counsel is responsible for providing legal support to the organization’s New Homes business line, including support for solar provided to new-home constructions. This role will work within a collegial team of 25 legal professionals and report to the Assistant General Counsel.
Responsibilities
- Primarily support contracts and general legal matters for the New Homes business line, with a focus on Master Services Agreements with New Homes builders and solar consumer-related agreements for new homeowners.
- Negotiate, draft, and review commercial agreements with New Homes builders, customers, suppliers, partners, and other third parties.
- Apply extensive construction law knowledge, including California law on solar in the New Homes context, and consumer-related topics impacting new homeowners.
- Project manage legal work and collaborate across cross-functional teams to advance assigned legal projects to completion in a timely manner aligned with business objectives and growth plans.
- Create legal and commercial forms and processes and educate internal business teams on important legal and commercial matters.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience.
- Top law firm training preferred.
- In-house experience, preferably with a broad range of responsibilities.
- Extensive experience with New Homes builders, particularly New Homes builders in California.
- Experience working for a direct-to-homeowner solar sales and financing business or other clean energy or global technology company is a plus.
- Strong judgment and effective communication with business colleagues, including the ability to explain risks in a way that is understandable to non-attorney audiences.
Compensation & Benefits
In accordance with applicable pay transparency laws, the anticipated annual base salary for this position is:
- Zone 1 (Bay Area, NYC): $184,900 - $231,100
- Zone 2 (CA, NJ, NY): $169,500 - $211,900
- Zone 3 (All others): $154,100 - $192,600
The applicable salary range is based on the employee’s primary work location. Individual compensation will be determined based on qualifications, relevant experience, education, skills, internal equity, and other business-related factors.
Physical, Mental & Environmental Demands
To comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, essential physical, mental, and environmental requirements are listed below. The incumbent must be able to perform the job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Standing: 20% of time
- Sitting: 70% of time
- Walking: 10% of time
- Pulling: up to 10 Pounds
- Pushing: up to 10 Pounds
- Carrying: up to 10 Pounds
- Lifting: up to 10 Pounds
- Dexterity: Frequently (F)
- Typing: Frequently (F)
- Handling: Frequently (F)
- Reaching: Frequently (F)
- Agility: Frequently (F)
- Turning: Frequently (F)
- Twisting: Frequently (F)
- Bending: Occasionally (O)
- Crouching: Occasionally (O)
- Balancing: Never (N)
- Climbing: Never (N)
- Crawling: Never (N)
- Kneeling: Never (N)
The salary range is required by the California Pay Transparency Act and may differ depending on the location of those candidates hired nationwide. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, education, licenses and certifications, essential job duties and requirements, and the necessary experience relative to the job’s minimum qualifications.
- This target salary range is for CA positions only and should not be interpreted as an offer of compensation.
Location
Headquartered in Irvine, California. The applicable salary range is based on the employee’s primary work location (Zone 1, Zone 2, or Zone 3 as listed above).