Corporate Counsel

Button Commerce•New York, NY

54d•$205,000 - $250,000

About The Position

This role is solely responsible for the legal function at Button — with an emphasis on commercial contracting, privacy and data protection, corporate governance, and the day-to-day legal advice that every team in the company depends on to move quickly.

Requirements

A JD and active bar admission in New York, or admission in another US jurisdiction with eligibility to register as in-house counsel in New York.
5–7 years in practice, including at least two years in-house.
Personally drafted and negotiated commercial technology agreements — SaaS, data, advertising, partnership, or similar — as the responsible lawyer rather than as support to one.
Working knowledge of US state privacy law and GDPR as applied to a company that processes data on behalf of partners.
Managed outside counsel on at least one substantive workstream, including scope and budget.
Advised commercial and go-to-market teams directly, at the pace those teams operate.
Built or materially rebuilt a contracting process — templates, playbooks, approval thresholds — rather than only working within one.
Operated effectively in a lean, rapidly changing, or otherwise unstructured environment.

Nice To Haves

Been the first or sole in-house counsel at a company under 200 people.
Worked in adtech, martech, affiliate or performance marketing, payments, or marketplaces.
Advised on creator, talent, or influencer agreements, including content rights and handle access.
Handled employment matters beyond the basics.
Trained at a firm with a substantive technology or commercial transactions practice.

Responsibilities

Draft, negotiate, and close commercial agreements — MSAs, DPAs, vendor and procurement paper.
Develop and revise standard terms, create playbooks, and set our legal strategy.
Work directly with the commercial and finance teams during negotiations, keeping pace with the speed of the business.
Own Button's privacy posture across domestic and international law, including data processing agreements.
Help run vendor and partner diligence on data handling, and translate legal and platform requirements into something the product and commercial teams can operationalize.
Partner with People Operations on employment matters.
Support diligence on financing or corporate transactions as they arise.
Partner with Button’s product, engineering, and marketing teams to secure patents and trademarks to support the business.
Build the templates, fallback positions, and negotiation playbooks that let the commercial team self-serve on standard paper.
Help set approval thresholds and governance standards so the decisions that need a lawyer reach one and the rest do not.
Stand up a contract repository that answers questions about what we have signed without anyone having to ask you.

Benefits

Competitive base salary
401(k) plan with 3% annual contribution
Unlimited time off (including birthdays off)
Summer and Winter Breaks
Employee assistance program
100% premium coverage for employees for health, vision, and dental insurance plans
80% premium coverage for dependents for health, vision, and dental insurance plans
Complimentary memberships to One Medical for employees and dependents
Monthly stipend for mobile phone/internet
Annual lifestyle stipend
All Access memberships to WeWork (in select markets)
Regular coworking days and social events