Commercial Counsel

About the role

We are hiring a Commercial Counsel for our legal team. In this role, you will be a partner to the business on general commercial matters and will negotiate the contracts that contribute to Chime’s success – from our biggest deals, to the bread and butter contracts that companies need to operate. You have outstanding professional judgment and excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and drafting skills. You have the ability to anticipate and deliver on the needs of a dynamic and creative business, are eager to work with cross-functional teams, have the flexibility to manage a wide range of projects, and are comfortable advising senior business leaders. You are located within commuting distance to one of our hubs: San Francisco, Chicago, or New York City.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Work closely with the business to provide strategic guidance and negotiate, draft and review a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, strategic partnership agreements, NDAs, marketing agreements (e.g. talent agreements, production services agreements, Ad-Tech agreements), technology vendor contracts, and professional services agreements 

• Use AI tools as a regular part of your work, including for drafting, contract review, research, and summarization, while applying sound legal judgment to verify and refine the output

• Proactively work to streamline and improve current processes and procedures, such as by creating templates and developing legal trainings and playbooks

• Build and refine AI-enabled workflows and processes that help the legal team and the business work faster and more efficiently

• Develop strong, collaborative relationships cross-functionally and within the legal team, including with subject matter experts in intellectual property, security, and privacy

• Escalate issues, as appropriate, to other legal team members and collaboratively share potential risks and proposals with the executive team

To thrive in this role, you have:

• A J.D. and active membership in at least one state bar

• 2-5 years of combined law firm, government, and/or in-house experience

• Experience (and maybe even a strong fondness for) drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements

• Genuine excitement about using AI to build processes that make our work more efficient, along with a willingness to experiment, iterate, and share what you learn with the team

• Comfort using AI tools in your day-to-day work and a commitment to doing so responsibly, including an awareness of confidentiality, privilege, and accuracy considerations

• Practical business judgment and problem-solving skills to be able to quickly understand the business’ needs, provide strategic guidance, and craft creative solutions

• A willingness to dig deep into the subject matter of an agreement 

• A track record of success in handling complex business and legal issues

• The ability to work collaboratively and develop positive relationships with internal partners and external stakeholders

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude 

• Familiarity with fintech, technology, banking, or financial services companies (a plus, but not a requirement)

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Below is the base salary offered for this role and level of experience. Full-time employees may also be eligible for bonus(es), competitive equity, and benefits. For commissioned roles, the base salary listed in this job description does not include incentive/variable pay. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

Wage Notice

$152,000—$210,000 USD

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