Senior Counsel - Commercial Transactions (PMG)

The role

This Senior Counsel will serve as the lead legal advisor on complex commercial transactions, primarily supporting PMG. The role involves negotiating high-value client agreements and helping scale the Legal Department's commercial contracting function.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end negotiation, drafting, and execution of complex and high-value agreements.
• Serve as lead legal advisor on complex commercial transactions.
• Partner with senior business leaders to develop deal structures and negotiation strategy.
• Provide practical, business-oriented solutions for complex contractual issues.
• Establish and refine contract playbooks, templates, and negotiation frameworks.
• Partner with the Contracts Team to enhance Contract Lifecycle Management processes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline contracting processes.
• Analyze recurring negotiation trends and risk patterns.
• Collaborate across business, operational, tax, IT, security, privacy and legal stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience negotiating and managing complex commercial contracts.
• Significant experience negotiating enterprise-level client agreements, including MSAs and SOWs.
• Experience negotiating with Fortune 500 clients and other sophisticated enterprise organizations.
• Strong commercial judgment.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Highly collaborative, process-oriented, and solutions-focused approach.
• Willingness to collaborate with stakeholders across multiple offices, regions, and time zones.

Nice to have

• Experience working in advertising, social media, and digital media environments.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or eligibility to register as an in-house counsel in New York).
• Experience supporting commercial agreements in both U.S. and international markets, particularly the U.K.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platforms, preferably Ironclad.
• Experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling organizations.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Various paid holidays

About the company

Momentum is a collection of independent companies, including PMG, Koddi, and Further. They serve as a global business transformation partner for over 125 of the Fortune 500 brands.