Senior Legal Counsel

onX • Minneapolis, MN

7d • $168,000 - $200,000 • Remote

About The Position

onX is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to help scale its legal function as the business grows in complexity across products, partnerships, data, and regulatory environments. The legal team partners across the business on a broad range of strategic and operational initiatives, supporting commercial partnerships, product development, privacy, regulatory matters, and litigation. This role is designed to be more than a traditional legal reviewer, operating as an embedded business partner who builds trusted relationships across the company and helps teams navigate ambiguity, assess risk, and move important work forward. The role involves partnering closely with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Partnerships, CX, Finance, and Operations to translate legal considerations into practical business decisions. The primary focus is providing legal judgment, guidance, and execution across a wide range of business-critical matters. The ideal candidate will be curious about new tools, including AI, and strategically incorporate them into the team’s work to improve judgment, quality, speed, and effectiveness. This role reports to the Lead Sr. Legal Counsel.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 8+ years of progressive legal experience spanning a law firm, an in-house legal department, or a combination of both. Experience across both environments is strongly preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in an in-house legal function supporting a software, technology, consumer technology, digital product, SaaS, or similarly product-led business.
• Demonstrated experience independently drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial agreements, including technology, software, vendor, licensing, partnership, strategic business, or other high-impact commercial agreements.
• Experience serving as a primary legal advisor to business stakeholders and independently managing legal matters from issue identification through resolution.
• Experience partnering directly with Product, Engineering, Operations, Partnerships, Finance, Marketing, Customer Experience, or similar business functions.
• Experience managing multiple legal matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving business environment.
• Comfortable operating as a hands-on member of a lean legal team, with a willingness to contribute wherever needed—from strategic partnerships to the day-to-day work that keeps the business moving.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex legal matters, assess legal risk, and translate that risk into practical, business-oriented guidance with limited supervision.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with stakeholders across technical and non-technical functions through clear communication, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing demands, shifting priorities, and multiple workstreams effectively.
• Solutions-oriented approach that balances legal risk with business objectives while helping teams move work forward.
• Growth mindset and curiosity about better ways of working, including thoughtful use of emerging technologies such as AI, to improve quality, efficiency, and team effectiveness.
• A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX’s Company Values.
• Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX.
• Ability to travel biannually or quarterly (depending on location) for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting high-growth technology or consumer technology companies
• Product, privacy, data, subscription, or technology-related legal counseling
• Litigation support, discovery, diligence, investigations, or strategic transactions
• Building legal playbooks, templates, guidance, or scalable processes that improve how legal support is delivered
• Supporting strategic partnerships, vendor negotiations, or complex commercial relationships
• Experience working in distributed or remote-first organizations

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to structure, negotiate, and execute complex legal agreements that support company objectives while appropriately managing risk.
• Review, draft, redline, and negotiate complex commercial, vendor, software, marketing, licensing, and partnership agreements.
• Support strategic partnership implementations and cross-functional initiatives.
• Advise stakeholders on contractual structure, risk allocation, and negotiation strategy.
• Apply legal judgment within established company policies, contract standards, fallback positions, and risk tolerances while independently advising stakeholders and moving matters toward resolution.
• Help manage legal escalations and novel issues that fall outside established workflows.
• Coordinate with outside counsel when specialized expertise is required.
• Provide practical legal guidance that helps teams build, launch, and operate products responsibly and compliantly.
• Advise on privacy, data use, subscription, consumer protection, and technology-related legal questions.
• Help establish repeatable approaches for legal research, regulatory monitoring, issue triage, and knowledge sharing to improve proactive legal support across the business.
• Assess legal implications of new product features, workflows, and business initiatives.
• Monitor developments in privacy, product, subscription, and technology regulation.
• Translate legal and regulatory developments into actionable recommendations.
• Identify emerging risks and recommend pragmatic mitigation approaches.
• Assist with litigation support, discovery efforts, and coordination across internal stakeholders.
• Support diligence activities, investigations, and other legal projects as they arise.
• Partner with outside counsel and internal teams to gather, organize, and analyze information.
• Help the business navigate unexpected legal issues that require thoughtful and timely responses.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to teams across the company by helping them navigate legal considerations early and effectively.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, CX, Partnerships, Marketing, and Operations teams on business initiatives.
• Translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable business guidance.
• Balance risk management with business objectives and operational realities.
• Build strong relationships that position Legal as an enabling function and trusted partner.
• Help teams understand legal considerations early, before issues become obstacles.
• Help improve how legal work is delivered as the business continues to scale.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows and reduce unnecessary manual effort.
• Contribute to scalable processes, templates, documentation, and internal guidance that increase consistency and efficiency.
• Partner with Legal Operations and team members to improve how legal support is delivered across the organization.
• Leverage technology and AI tools where appropriate to improve efficiency, research, drafting, and knowledge management.
• Share ideas and best practices that help the legal team continue to evolve as the business grows.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Annual bonuses
• Equity
• Opportunities for growth
• Comprehensive health benefits, including a no-monthly-cost medical plan
• Paid parental leave of 13 weeks for birthing parents and 5 weeks for non-birthing parents
• 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
• Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
• Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds to fuel your active lifestyle
• Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

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