Senior Commercial Counsel

Skylo Technologies • ,

1d • $160,000 - $195,000 • Remote

About The Position

Skylo is seeking a Senior Commercial Counsel to join its legal team. This role involves owning the full commercial legal workstream, including structuring deals, negotiating complex agreements, advising stakeholders, and building scalable legal infrastructure. The position requires a proactive approach to finding solutions and navigating complex, high-stakes deals in the telecommunications and satellite connectivity space. The role can be performed remotely, with a preference for candidates in the U.S. Eastern or Central time zones for team collaboration.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of legal experience with a strong focus on commercial transactions — this is not a generalist role.
• Meaningful in-house experience is required; candidates coming exclusively from Big Law without in-house time will not be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in a lean legal environment — ideally as one of the first few lawyers at a growth-stage company — where you've had to build process, not just follow it.
• Can describe a contract review or legal research workflow they built with AI, including what changed and what they measured.
• Deep expertise drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements; you should be able to lead a negotiation entirely on your own.
• Experience with telco, satellite, connectivity, or adjacent technology industries strongly preferred; enterprise SaaS or hardware experience considered.
• JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or equivalent qualification for UK-based candidates).
• A business-forward mindset: you understand that your job is to help the company move, not just to manage risk.
• Excellent communication and executive presence — comfortable advising senior leadership and holding your own in complex deal negotiations.

Nice To Haves

• Has connected AI tooling to a contract management or matter tracking system to reduce manual triage and status updates (strong plus).

Responsibilities

• Own commercial agreements end-to-end — from initial structuring through negotiation and execution — with full autonomy and minimal escalation.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of complex commercial contracts: MNO and satellite operator partnerships, SaaS agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, vendor agreements, and OEM/hardware deals.
• Use AI to research and synthesize regulatory developments affecting NTN/satellite operations across relevant jurisdictions.
• Serve as the primary legal partner for business development, product, and procurement teams — providing pragmatic, business-forward guidance that unblocks deals rather than stalls them.
• Navigate the legal and regulatory landscape unique to non-terrestrial networks (NTN), direct-to-device connectivity, and cross-border telco partnerships.
• Build and maintain scalable legal infrastructure: contract templates, playbooks, and a contract management system that the whole company can use.
• Contribute to compliance initiatives and internal training as Skylo's commercial footprint expands across new markets and jurisdictions.
• Partner with the VP of Legal to develop and refine the legal team's operational practices as the company scales.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan
• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
• A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree