Commercial Counsel

Instacart•San Francisco, CA

5d•Remote

About The Position

As Commercial Counsel, you’ll work closely with teams like business development, partnerships, product, and operations to help solve thorny legal problems and enable the business to scale and grow. You’ll be drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial arrangements with partners including retailer, partnerships, and vendor agreements. You’ll also provide sound legal advice to business partners with respect to commercial terms and business strategy. You’ll need to be proactive and engaged, able to work well cross-functionally both internally and externally, excited about technology and e-commerce, and ready to roll your sleeves up and dig into tough legal problems to reach a creative solution. We're looking for an attorney who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with broad responsibilities. You must have the ability to operate independently and work proactively with various teams across the organization. Every day we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customer that is absolutely magical. Join us!

Requirements

A J.D. from a top-tier law school and membership with at least one state bar (preferably California)
A minimum of 6 years of related experience working at a leading law firm or in-house legal department (in-house experience, especially at a tech company or retailer, a plus)
Strong experience with legal issues affecting the Internet and e-commerce spaces, particularly privacy, SaaS, and payments
A strong history of managing strategic partner negotiations and contract drafting from start to finish
Strong negotiation presence and the ability to lead teams working towards a goal
Sound and practical business judgment and ability to manage multiple, high priority, competing priorities
The ability to provide clear, concise legal advice, work effectively cross-functionally to drive to results

Nice To Haves

Experience in alcohol law, international law, and/or privacy and data security laws (including GDPR and CCPA/CPRA)
A team player

Responsibilities

Draft, negotiate, and implement major partner agreements, across all areas of the business
Provide strategic and legal advice to your internal business clients
Lead and take charge of special legal projects from start to finish
Implement best practices for integrating AI into your work
Remain up-to-date on relevant industry, advertising, competition, IP, consumer protection, the gig economy, international, and privacy laws and regulations to ensure an ongoing ability to provide sound compliance advice
Draft terms, policies, and disclosures, and create and implement related processes
Advise internal clients on the application of executed agreements
Create and update our form legal agreements
Train clients and colleagues on various legal issues
Think ahead, see around corners, and help to prepare for legal issues that may arise in the future