Associate General Counsel - Product/Commercial

Mapbox

3d•$240,000 - $310,000•Remote

About The Position

Mapbox is seeking an Associate General Counsel with 7+ years of experience to join its legal team. This role focuses on product counseling and commercial transactions, including complex data in-licenses, customer sales, and automotive OEM deals. The position involves close collaboration with product and engineering teams, requiring a deep understanding of Mapbox's products, APIs, and SDKs. The ideal candidate will be technically savvy, a strong communicator, and adept at mitigating and accepting risk to facilitate complex deals in a fast-paced technology environment. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on driving business objectives through practical legal solutions and continuous improvement of legal operations and forms to support a growing company. Prior experience in a pre-IPO company is considered helpful.

Requirements

7+ years of practicing attorney experience.
2+ years at a top-tier law firm in any area.
5+ years in-house at a technology company in sales-side commercial transactions (not procurement or privacy/regulatory compliance).
JD degree from a top-tier law school.
Active membership in at least one US state bar.
Excellent communication skills (clear and concise writing and verbal communication).
Practical and customer-centric orientation and negotiation style.
Ability to become conversant with and draft agreements based on specific customer use cases and technical implementations.
Willingness to roll up your sleeves and dive into a variety of legal issues.
Ability to take feedback.
A sense of humor.

Nice To Haves

Technical degree (Computer engineering, computer science, or similar).
2-4 years of experience in software patent litigation or patent prosecution at a top-tier firm.
Extensive experience working with APIs and SDKs.
Experience working on complex sales deals.
Prior work in a pre-IPO company.
Candidates who live near technology hubs.
Candidates in the Pacific time zone.

Responsibilities

Provide legal counsel on product and commercial matters, including complex data in-licenses, customer sales, and automotive OEM deals.
Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to understand product use cases and technical implementations.
Draft and negotiate complex sales agreements, data in-licenses, and OEM deals.
Mitigate and accept risk to facilitate the completion of complex deals.
Own the deal process from a legal perspective.
Develop and improve operational processes and update legal forms to support scaling the legal department.
Handle a variety of legal issues in a cross-functional manner.
Contribute to a collaborative team environment, providing and receiving feedback.