Counsel, Commercial and Strategic Initiatives

The role

You will serve as a legal advisor embedded across the business. You will provide legal and regulatory guidance to various teams and manage commercial and vendor agreements.

What you will do

• Advise on diverse legal and regulatory matters, including data privacy, artificial intelligence deployment, and dispute resolution
• Engage regularly with departmental leadership to align legal strategy with broader commercial objectives
• Partner with legal operations leads to streamline team workflows and build scalable processes
• Deliver actionable, solution-oriented advice on daily operational inquiries
• Draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements, vendor arrangements, professional service contracts, and strategic partnership agreements
• Collaborate with finance, technology, and operations teams to structure vendor engagements and ensure compliance

Required qualifications

• J.D. degree from accredited law school
• Active bar membership in good standing
• 4+ years of relevant legal experience spanning firm, in-house, or hybrid environments
• Proven experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements and technology contracts (NDAs, SOWs, DPAs, SaaS, vendor contracts, MSAs, etc.)
• Ability to evaluate risk thoughtfully
• Sound judgment
• Self-assurance in decision-making
• Comfort communicating directly with senior leadership
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Strong organizational capabilities
• Self-motivation

Nice to have

• 1+ years in-house experience
• Experience in consumer financial services, fintech, mortgage lending, or highly regulated consumer-facing industry

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Healthcare coverage
• Generous PTO
• Meaningful equity package
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Work-from-home stipend
• Parental leave

About the company

Hometap provides a home equity investment product that gives homeowners the opportunity to access equity without taking on debt. The company is recognized by the Boston Globe and Forbes as a great place to work.