Senior Corporate Counsel - Commercial Transactions
$190,000–$240,000 year
On-siteMountain View Santa Clara County, California, United States
Job Summary
Draft, structure, and negotiate high-stakes commercial contracts, including enterprise SaaS agreements, strategic partnerships, and vendor agreements. Serve as the lead legal partner on complex transactions, translating business objectives into robust, protective, and scalable legal frameworks. Seamlessly integrate complex fintech regulations directly into commercial agreements to protect the company while facilitating growth. Design, refine, and maintain playbooks, standard templates, and clause libraries to streamline the contract lifecycle and accelerate deal velocity. Provide clear, actionable, and risk-adjusted legal counsel to product, marketing, and business development teams. Stay ahead of evolving fintech, privacy, advertising, and consumer protection laws to ensure both products and commercial agreements remain strictly compliant. This role reports directly to the General Counsel within a leading financial wellness platform serving over 18 million users.
Required Qualifications
- A minimum of 10 years of experience as a licensed attorney
- At least 7 years deeply embedded within the fintech, banking, or broader financial services sectors
- A proven track record of drafting and negotiating complex, multi-party commercial agreements and enterprise SaaS models
- An elite command of contract mechanics, indemnification, liability allocation, and data IP structures
- Deep working knowledge of consumer protection laws and regulations (e.g., FCRA, FTCA/UDAP, UDAAP, GLBA, TILA, EFTA, state privacy laws)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Business acumen to balance rigorous risk mitigation with commercial reality
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deal deadlines
- Ability to work in CA, CO, NC, NJ, NV, and TX
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience negotiating and drafting corporate investment transactions, including equity and debt transactions
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