Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join Level Access as their Commercial Counsel and play a key role in driving revenue growth while mitigating legal and business risks. Partner with various teams to efficiently close deals, develop scalable legal processes, and provide business-aligned legal counsel. This commercial-focused role involves negotiating and closing diverse agreements, from SMB to enterprise-level contracts, requiring a keen understanding of data privacy and digital accessibility laws. Working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, you will manage a high volume of contracts, improve internal legal systems, and stay updated on legal developments and new technologies. You will collaborate cross-functionally to address legal risks and proactively develop solutions. This position requires a Juris Doctorate, active bar membership, and significant experience in corporate or commercial law.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• 5-7+ years as a corporate or commercial attorney, ideally with a strong focus on SaaS, data privacy, and security
• Experience supporting both SMB and enterprise sales teams, including high-value negotiations with Fortune 500 clients
• Familiarity with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems, ideally during a rollout or scaling phase
• Demonstrated interest in legal innovation, AI law, and the evolving in-house legal landscape
• Excellent face-to-face and live negotiation skills, especially when working with sophisticated enterprise counsel
• Expert redlining with the ability to extract strategic insights from contract negotiations and apply them to process and playbook improvements
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities
• Strong communicator, able to translate legal issues into business solutions
• Takes initiative and forward-looking—excited about anticipating risk, identifying business opportunities, and staying ahead of evolving legal and operational landscapes
• Highly organized and resourceful, with project management and prioritization abilities
• Comfortable using AI tools and legal tech to increase efficiency, speed, and accuracy
• A problem-solver by nature—committed to not only spotting issues, but to working cross-functionally to resolve them and strengthen the business

Responsibilities

• Draft, redline, and negotiate a range of SaaS commercial and vendor agreements
• Represent the company with professionalism and confidence in live negotiations and customer calls, especially with enterprise buyers and in-house counsel
• Manage a contract portfolio that spans from SMB transactions to highly sophisticated enterprise deals
• Use insights from negotiations and redlines to refine contract templates, playbooks, and legal processes
• Partner with Sales, Finance, Information Security, and Customer Success to accelerate deal cycles while handling legal exposure
• Support the implementation and adoption of our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system to enable scalable deal execution
• Lead the development and maintenance of legal templates and internal documentation in collaboration with both internal teams and outside counsel
• Understand our products, services, and go-to-market strategy—and how digital accessibility standards and enforcement impact commercial agreements and client expectations
• Anticipate points of friction in negotiations and proactively craft solutions—enabling faster deal velocity and clearer guidance across teams
• Provide legal advice to the business on a range of topics, with a focus on those that intersect with commercial activities
• Stay current on legal and regulatory developments—including data privacy, accessibility compliance, and AI law—to anticipate and mitigate potential risk
• Conduct legal research and draft risk assessment memos with clear, actionable recommendations
• Collaborate cross-functionally to address and resolve risks in real time
• Don’t stop at identifying legal risk—partner with business teams to co-create practical, operational fixes that align with business goals and minimize exposure
• Support the creation and evolution of company policies, compliance procedures, and employee-facing guidance
• Develop and maintain internal legal training materials to build legal literacy and promote self-service among business teams
• Embrace the ongoing transformation of in-house legal departments—actively learning and implementing legal tech, new workflows, and standard processes
• Use AI tools and automation to streamline contract review, research, and internal support functions

Benefits

Competitive benefits package, including bonus opportunities and unlimited vacation/FTO