Hybrid Senior Commercial Counsel

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About the role

  • Senior Commercial Counsel at Nectar Social supporting legal foundations for scaling operations and managing customer agreements in the AI-native social commerce sector.

Responsibilities

  • Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, DPAs, and partner or reseller contracts
  • Partner closely with sales and revenue teams to balance legal risk with business outcomes during customer negotiations
  • Serve as a trusted legal advisor across teams including product, security, and leadership
  • Help establish scalable legal processes, policies, and best practices for contracting and commercial operations
  • Design and maintain frameworks for managing legal, security, and regulatory considerations in enterprise customer agreements
  • Contribute to building the legal function as the company grows, taking on new areas of responsibility as needed

Requirements

  • Qualified attorney in California or New York (or eligible to register as in-house counsel)
  • 7+ years of legal experience, including time at a leading law firm and/or relevant in-house role
  • Deep experience drafting and negotiating high-volume commercial agreements, particularly in SaaS environments
  • Strong familiarity with privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, or similar standards
  • Comfort operating in cross-functional environments and partnering closely with sales, finance, and product teams
  • Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders
  • High ownership mindset and comfort working in fast-moving startup environments

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and early equity
  • Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
  • Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
  • Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
  • Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape how brands use it
  • A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure

Job title

Senior Commercial Counsel

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$190,000 - $220,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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