Commercial Counsel

The role

You will be Pogo's first in-house Commercial Counsel, owning commercial contracting from start to finish. You will partner with the GTM team on enterprise deals and become the go-to person for legal questions across Pogo.

What you will do

• Own commercial contracting end-to-end, including MSAs, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs, vendor and partnership agreements.
• Partner with GTM to get complex enterprise deals across the finish line while balancing risk, speed, and commercial reality.
• Build templates, playbooks, workflows, and automations that help Pogo scale.
• Support broader legal matters across privacy, product, data, employment, corporate, insurance, compliance, IP, and disputes, bringing in specialists when needed.
• Take increasing ownership of Pogo's legal function as the company grows.

Required qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of legal experience, ideally law firm training plus in-house experience at a high-growth technology company with a focus on commercial contracting.
• JD from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in the US.
• Significant experience independently negotiating complex enterprise technology, SaaS, and data agreements.
• Excellent legal and commercial judgment.
• Communicates complex legal issues clearly and gives practical, actionable recommendations.
• Comfortable representing the company in customer negotiations and working with customer legal and procurement teams.
• Thrives with ownership and ambiguity and enjoys building systems rather than waiting for established processes.
• Excited to use AI and automation to build a modern legal function.

Nice to have

• Experience with privacy, data, or product counseling.
• Experience with legal ops and automation.
• Broader experience across employment, corporate, insurance, compliance, and IP.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.
• Minimum 20-day vacation policy.

Before you apply

• Requires an active license to practice law in the US.

About the company

joinpogo sells to sophisticated enterprise customers and is hiring its first dedicated in-house legal team member. The company is excited about using AI, automation, and thoughtful processes to keep legal lean as it grows.