Junior Commercial Counsel

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role on our legal team. You'll partner day-to-day and support our Legal Counsels to draft, negotiate, and close a high volume of contracts and to support our deal desk. It's an ideal opportunity for an early-career attorney who wants to build deep commercial contracting expertise at a rapidly scaling SaaS company and grow alongside our legal function.

Responsibilities

Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS customer agreements, order forms, partner and reseller agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, NDAs, and data processing agreements; Helping to establish contracting and organizational processes that will allow us to move with greater efficiency as we continue to scale; Serving as a point of contact for our Sales and Partnerships teams, gathering context so agreements can be drafted accurately and efficiently; Supporting deal desk operations, including managing contract intake, review, and approval workflows and helping deals move efficiently to signature; Helping to improve contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and negotiation guidelines to help the team scale; Speaking with customers and counterparties to resolve questions and keep negotiations moving; Taking on other ad hoc projects as needed

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree (or foreign equivalent), with a strong record of academic achievement; Admitted to practice law in New York State with good standing, or willing and able to waive into New York; ~1-3 years of legal experience (at a law firm and/or in-house) involving commercial and transactional work; Ability to effectively and clearly communicate with customers and other outside parties; Strong legal drafting skills; Strong legal researcher–demonstrated ability to reliably and thoroughly source data/information, interpret such information and augment with necessary context, and provide actionable recommendations or guidance to decision makers; Highly organized; rigorous attention to detail; Sufficient mathematical aptitude and financial literacy to effectively partner with Sales and Finance; Comfortable both owning deadlines with minimal supervision and taking instruction/working in close partnership with others; Enthusiastic, can-do approach; excited to work hard at a fast-growing startup; Has a startup mindset, strong sense of ownership, and a proper balance of quality and sense of urgency; Willingness to work in person at NYC headquarters 4-5 days a week

Benefits

Equity in the company; Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%; Fully paid parental leave; Commuter benefits; 401k benefits; Fitness & home services stipend to cover part of your expenses so you can focus on what matters; A collaborative in-office environment with an open floor plan, fully stocked kitchen, and all meals covered in the office; Unlimited vacation and paid holidays; We'll cover relocation packages from outside of the Greater NYC metro area - we'll make the move exciting, not painful!