Overview In this role you will lead and structure complex commercial agreements, partnering with Sales, Product and Engineering to enable rapid, scalable growth. You will act as a trusted advisor to leadership on critical legal matters and help build scalable legal operations in a high-growth startup. You will collaborate cross-functionally to drive key initiatives, while supporting IP, Product and Compliance as needed. This is a hands-on, strategic role in a small legal team where ambiguity is common and execution matters.
Compensation / Benefits- base salary with equity
- comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k with employer match
- wellness stipends
- paid time off
- remote work flexibility where applicable
Responsibilities- Lead drafting, structuring, and negotiation of complex commercial contracts with customers and partners in the AV ecosystem
- Serve as trusted legal advisor to leadership on growth-related legal matters
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering to drive initiatives
- Support IP, Product, and Compliance activities as needed
- Create forms, playbooks, and training to improve consistency, speed, and risk mitigation
- Develop and implement scalable legal operations processes and tools
- Proactively manage duties in a small, high-growth legal team
Key requirements- J.D. degree and active membership in one state bar
- 5+ years' experience with the described activities
- Experience structuring, drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements (software licenses, strategic partnerships, joint development agreements)
- Experience negotiating and drafting IP and material contracts representations in stock purchase, merger, and asset purchase agreements in financings
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, sales-focused environment with strong organizational skills
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- business-minded
- execution-focused
- self-sufficient
- complex commercial contracts
- software licenses
- joint development agreements
