Sr. Corporate Counsel, Supply Chain

Long Wall • Long Beach, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Long Wall Company was created in 2024 to accelerate missile defense technology for the U.S. and our allies. Building on the RS1 and GS0 launch systems, Long Wall develops containerized, mass-producible missile defense systems and offers rapid, low-cost flight testing. We believe that the future of global security and stability require defensive technology that is lower cost, higher performing, better tested, and more broadly distributed than is possible today. Join us. What we look for Mission-Driven Problem Solvers. The aerospace frontier demands ingenuity. We want Team members who approach challenges with curiosity, embrace failure as a learning opportunity, and stay focused on delivering the best solution for the mission. Total Ownership. We seek staff and engineers who take full responsibility for contributing to and delivering flight-ready work while recognizing that no one succeeds alone. The best engineers, corporate professionals, and technicians make their teammates better. Knowing that complementary skills create force multiplication and drive mission success. Description As Senior Corporate Counsel, Supply Chain, your primary responsibilities will be drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial and government contracts and overseeing legal matters related to Long Wall’s supply chain. You will have the opportunity to shape how the legal team provides quick and high-value legal counsel to our stakeholders. You are not limited to the above, however – you will have the opportunity to solve problems and provide guidance across the full spectrum of legal considerations a growing company encounter. We are looking for an experienced, professional, and pragmatic attorney who can work effectively in a fast-paced environment and can build processes and procedures that scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar, with the ability to practice or register as in-house counsel in California.
• 6+ years of legal experience, including substantial time at a law firm and/or in-house role supporting government contracting.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of legal documents, including complex commercial and government contracts.
• Experience advising on commercial and government contracts issues, FAR/DFARS requirements, and other compliance issues.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a lean, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, including comfort handling both strategic matters and hands-on execution.
• A practical, solutions-oriented mindset, with a willingness to dive into new areas of law and expand your skill set as the company grows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly present complex legal concepts to non-lawyers and to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Prior in-house experience at a growth-stage or mid-size aerospace, defense, space, or other company in a highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating cloud, SaaS, and other IT and licensing agreements.
• Experience drafting flow-down templates and playbooks and negotiating flow-downs across a supply chain.
• Proven track record building or scaling a legal function, including developing templates, processes, and tools that increase speed and consistency.
• Familiarity with U.S. export control laws and regulations (ITAR/EAR).
• Experience implementing and maintaining a government contracts compliance program.
• Working knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity, and information protection requirements relevant to U.S. government contractors and technology-forward manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and/or oversee the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of legal documents, including commercial and government contract documents, non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, leases, licenses, acquisition and disposition agreements, cloud, SaaS, IT, and other licensing agreements, and supplier agreements.
• Fully own Long Wall’s legal support for supply chain, including design, development, and implementation of policies, procedures, templates, and training that (i) maximally leverage cost-efficient resources, including artificial intelligence, and (ii) ensure that the appropriate terms are flowed down to our counterparties.
• Provide strategic and day-to-day legal advice to internal stakeholders, including senior management, sales, finance, and engineering, balancing legal risk with business objectives.
• Provide legal guidance on flow-down requirements from the FAR, DFARS, and other federal regulations.
• Advise proposal teams on supply chain legal risks in new business opportunities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact with key external stakeholders on legal matters, including counterparties, outside counsel, and other third parties.
• Perform other duties and tasks as requested.

Benefits

• Heavily employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Long Wall paid life insurance and LTD coverage
• 4% 401k match
• Student loan repayment assistance program
• Paid parental leave
• Family planning assistance program
• Long Wall paid financial wellness program
• Paid time off for non-exempt employees and flexible vacation policy for exempt employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior