Commerical Counsel, Procurement
About The Position
Superhuman is seeking a Commercial Counsel, Procurement to join their Commercial Legal team. This role will primarily focus on supporting companywide procurement, vendor agreements, and other non-revenue commercial legal matters. The position involves partnering closely with various departments such as Finance, Engineering, Marketing, Privacy, Security, and Legal Operations. The role offers a variety of procurement work, including SaaS and technology agreements, consulting arrangements, marketing and influencer agreements, and privacy and security terms. Additionally, the counsel will contribute to building a more scalable and thoughtful procurement legal function by improving processes, creating templates, and developing self-serve resources. This role is procurement-focused rather than revenue-focused, with the majority of work involving vendor-side and non-revenue commercial agreements. The position also offers an opportunity to improve systems for delivering legal advice.
Requirements
- 2-3 years of legal experience, with meaningful exposure to commercial contracts.
- Holds a J.D. from an accredited law school and is a member in good standing of at least one state bar.
- Genuine interest in building scalable legal review processes.
- Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
- Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and concisely to non-legal partners, adapting their style to the audience.
- Prior in-house legal experience or alternatively a familiarity with the rhythms, priorities, and constraints of an in-house legal team.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance, proactively manages tasks and priorities across multiple projects, analyzes and executes work efficiently, collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate a range of commercial procurement agreements, including licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, consulting arrangements, influencer agreements and supporting agreements such as BAAs, DPAs, and NDAs.
- Serve as the primary day-to-day legal owner for procurement matters, with support from the broader Legal team, and exercise practical judgment on when to resolve issues independently and when to escalate.
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, Marketing, Privacy, Security, and other cross-functional stakeholders on vendor onboarding, third-party diligence, contract risk, commercial terms, and procurement-related disputes.
- Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and scale legal review processes by developing repeatable workflows, templates, playbooks, and guidance that help drive faster, more consistent contract outcomes across the organization.
- Partner closely with Legal Operations to improve procurement intake, triage, automation, and self-serve resources so routine matters can move quickly and higher-risk matters receive the right level of legal review.
- Help evaluate and remediate legacy vendor agreements, including identifying contracts that need updates, renegotiation, better tracking, or improved internal guidance.
Benefits
- Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
- Disability and life insurance options
- 401(k) and RRSP matching
- Paid parental leave
- 20 days of paid time off per year
- 12 days of paid holidays per year
- Two floating holidays per year
- Flexible sick time
- Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
- Annual professional development budget and opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
