Commercial Counsel, Starlink

The role

You will provide legal review and solutions-based counseling to cross-functional partners on complex legal and business issues. This role supports Starlink's satellite internet and satellite-to-mobile connectivity across various business verticals.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of commercial agreements
• Identify and mitigate legal risk for sales, product, growth, and customer support teams
• Provide legal analyses of applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance
• Work with growth and product teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Manage Starlink's terms of service for residential and business products globally
• Support continuous improvements of forms, policies, and processes
• Work cross functionally to analyze legal risks and develop advisor relationships

Required qualifications

• JD or foreign equivalent from an accredited law school
• 4+ years of legal experience
• Must be admitted to the bar, in good standing, in at least one U.S. State

Nice to have

• Experience at a well-regarded law firm
• Experience as an in-house lawyer ideally within the tech industry and with direct contact with product and sales teams
• Experience managing legal issues for a high-growth multinational company
• Experience providing legal advice related to commercial technology transactions, ideally internationally and ideally with Fortune 1000 companies
• Experience negotiating contracts with international governments and multi-lateral intergovernmental entities
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with clients based in various geographies and comfortable advising all levels of management
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders
• Knowledge of consumer protection and regulatory issues
• The ideal candidate is comfortable with and responsive to rapid developments and changes in direction as well as working with technologies and products and in practice areas without much precedence
• Diligent and proactive, ideal candidate has demonstrated excellent legal and business judgment, technical acumen, communication skills, and strategic thinking, along with the ability to work independe

Benefits

• Company stock or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, o

About the company

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