Associate General Counsel

The role

The Associate General Counsel provides strategic and tactical legal counseling on issues impacting sales, engineering, manufacturing, supply, and customer support teams. This role involves negotiation strategy and administrative tasks to keep the legal department running efficiently.

What you will do

• Provide strategic and tactical legal counseling on a broad range of issues
• Advise on negotiation strategy
• Contribute to administrative tasks to keep a legal department running efficiently
• Provide value in commercial contracting, intellectual property, privacy/security, supply chain, or M&A/Project Finance

Required qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Member of the California Bar in good standing
• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney
• 3+ years in U.S. law firm
• Significant experience reviewing, negotiating, and executing a wide range of commercial agreements
• Track record of building strong relationships and successfully collaborating with teams throughout the organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter with proven ability to achieve results and work independently
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving workplace
• Intellectually curious with a sense of humor
• Value diversity and inclusion

Nice to have

• 3+ years as in-house counsel
• Experience developing and managing intellectual property portfolios
• Proficiency in Ironclad or other contract management platforms
• Experience working with teams focused on hardware manufacturing, supply chain, SAAS, and customer support
• Understanding of electricity distribution grid, utility regulation, and virtual power plants
• Experience advising companies developing AI or incorporating AI into their business practices

Benefits

• Competitive compensation + equity grants
• 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision
• Options for additional coverage
• Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility
• Office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
• Employee Resource Groups
• Monthly social events
• SPANcakes recognition breakfast
• Lunch, and learns
• Flexible hours
• One holiday per month
• Flexible time off

About the company

SPAN is a mission-driven company designing, building, and deploying products that electrify the built environment, reduce carbon emissions, and slow the effects of climate change. The company is headquartered in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.