Corporate Counsel

Summary

Join Planet's in-house legal team as a Corporate Counsel, providing primary legal support to sales and business development teams. This remote, full-time position based in the US focuses on drafting, negotiating, and reviewing customer agreements across various sectors. You will collaborate with the Space Systems Business Development group, prepare standard templates, and conduct agreement risk assessments. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in drafting and negotiating complex agreements, strong legal acumen, and a collaborative approach. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute significantly to Planet's mission. The position requires a JD degree, bar admission, and 6-8 years of relevant experience.

Requirements

• JD degree from an accredited US law school, admission to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the state where the candidate is located
• 6-8 years experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements such as licenses, supply, and services agreements
• Experience analyzing significant or unique contract requirements to ensure compliance with corporate policies, with appropriate managerial approval
• Demonstrated success with reviewing and negotiating terms with international governments
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and to manage multiple demands, priorities, and projects simultaneously
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with diverse individuals at all levels of an organization
• Ability to balance risk tolerance and business objectives
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to tailor communication to the target audience

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support across all aspects of Planet’s business, with a focus on our constellation services offerings, as well as our data licensing
• Provide subject matter expertise in supply-side manufacturing agreements, and platform or software as a service agreements
• Form trusted partnership with the Space Systems Business Development team and Global Commercial sales team
• Serve as key negotiator for a wide variety of commercial agreements, such as data as a service agreements, hardware purchase and development, inbound services, supply chain, joint development and collaboration and other commercial transactional agreements worldwide
• Responsible for providing agreement risk assessments and recommendations to Associate General Counsel for approval
• Support improvements to Planet’s legal department by streamlining processes, forms, and operations
• Mentor junior team members
• Other project support as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the space sector
• Passion for space technologies
• Experience working at a public company
• Multilingual and/or experience working internationally
• Familiarity with contracting with the US federal government

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Remote-friendly work environment
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off