The opportunity
We are hiring a Commercial Counsel for our legal team. In this role, you will be a partner to the business on general commercial matters and will negotiate the contracts that contribute to Chime’s success – from our biggest deals, to the bread and butter contracts that companies need to operate.
What you'll do
Work closely with the business to provide strategic guidance and negotiate,: draft and review a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, strategic partnership agreements, NDAs, marketing agreements (e.g. talent agreements, production services agreements, Ad-Tech agreements), technology vendor contracts, and professional services agreements
Use AI tools as a regular part of your work, including for drafting, contract: review, research, and summarization, while applying sound legal judgment to verify and refine the output
Proactively work to streamline and improve current processes and procedures,: such as by creating templates and developing legal trainings and playbooks
Build and refine AI-enabled workflows and processes that help the legal team: and the business work faster and more efficiently
Develop strong, collaborative relationships cross-functionally and within the: legal team, including with subject matter experts in intellectual property, security, and privacy
Escalate issues, as appropriate, to other legal team members and: collaboratively share potential risks and proposals with the executive team
What they're looking for
- A J.D. and active membership in at least one state bar
- years of combined law firm, government, and/or in-house experience
- Experience (and maybe even a strong fondness for) drafting, reviewing, and: negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Genuine excitement about using AI to build processes that make our work more: efficient, along with a willingness to experiment, iterate, and share what you learn with the team
