Vice President, Legal

The role

The Vice President, Legal will lead a team providing legal advice across product development, government contracting, commercial transactions, and satellite operations. This person serves as a senior advisor to the General Counsel and the leadership team.

What you will do

• Manage a small internal legal team.
• Oversee legal functions including regulatory, export, US government and international sales, and procurement contracts.
• Serve as senior legal advisor to the General Counsel and senior leadership team.
• Participate as an active member of the Leadership Team.
• Represent legal interests and corporate governance before the Board, regulatory agencies, and auditors.
• Provide guidance on contract analysis, cost accounting compliance, corporate governance, finance, and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor and counsel on federal and state regulatory landscape.
• Lead and participate in SOX activities, compliance audits and investigations.
• Perform risk assessments and recommend alternative courses of action.
• Negotiate, draft, and manage complex policies, contracts, and commercial agreements.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctorate degree with 10+ years’ experience.
• At least four years in the space or defense sectors.
• At least four years with US government contracts experience at one or more top law firms, government agencies and/or in-house legal departments.
• Licensed to practice law and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Experience negotiating and drafting complex government and commercial contracts, especially licensing and software agreements.
• Experience and the ability to manage a small team of legal and contract professionals.
• Strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills.
• Experience reviewing, negotiating, and advising on terms and conditions of contracts.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze and recommend resolutions to complex business problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Managing a team of lawyers and paraprofessionals in a highly entrepreneurial / fast-paced environment
• Partnering with operations, engineering, and contracting teams, as well as domestic and foreign customers.
• Working directly with internal business development, products, and regulatory decision-makers and teams.
• Negotiating complex strategic agreements (ideally experience with both domestic and foreign entities).
• Working with data analytics or SAAS companies/products.
• Substantial experience with government contracting (FAR/DFARS) and supporting U.S. Government programs.
• Prior In-House experience, space or defense industry company.
• Expertise with teaming arrangements and subcontract negotiations.
• Experience working with NOAA, FCC and/or NASA for satellite licensing and regulation.
• International contracting and negotiation experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance
• BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision
• $100/month contribution for out-of-pocket expenses
• 15 days of PTO
• 11 Company holidays
• Four Floating Holidays
• One day of paid volunteerism leave per year
• Parental leave
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Purchase Programs
• Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligib

About the company

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that owns and operates a space-based intelligence platform providing satellite imagery, automated analytics, and monitoring.