In-House - Senior Commercial Counsel

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior Commercial Counsel to join our in-house legal team. This position offers the opportunity to play a critical role in supporting a variety of legal matters, including Commercial Contracts, Marketing, Data Privacy, Supply Chain, and Intellectual Property. The ideal candidate will bring extensive legal expertise, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and a collaborative, proactive and engaging approach to address complex legal and business challenges. As a key team member, you will provide practical, business-oriented legal solutions while balancing business objectives with risk mitigation.

Why Join Our Client?

You’ll be able to make a meaningful impact by providing strategic legal counsel and shaping their business operations. The team values innovation, collaboration, and a forward-thinking approach.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Commercial Contracts

• Provide legal advice and contract negotiation support for cross-functional teams, including Marketing, IT, Finance, and Digital/Omnichannel operations.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage diverse commercial agreements such as SaaS/software licenses, vendor contracts, Master Service Agreements, marketing, and promotional agreements.
• Develop and maintain contract templates and standardized processes.
• Drive efficient workflows and track resolution of key contract issues.
• Lead informal dispute resolution and settlement negotiations.

Data Privacy & Technology

• Serve as lead attorney and primary legal resource for company wide data privacy on complex technology outsourcing, software, data security and data analytics transactions.
• Develop, collaborate and maintain privacy policies, digital Terms of Use, procedures, and best practices ensuring continued compliance with global and domestic privacy regulations.
• Provide guidance on data protection requirements. 
• Collaborate on all issues of company policies, social issues, privacy and consumer protection, technology, customer data, and security.
• Drive the company’s long-term strategies by educating business units on topical issues, including vendor data sharing, consumer data, advertising, SMS and social media, and pricing. 
• Support and collaborate on IT and Omnichannel initiatives by addressing legal aspects of technology development and implementation.
• Advise on information security and data privacy legal requirements in third party contracts, including negotiating and advising on federal and state required contractual terms and best practices, including privacy notices and consents.

Marketing

• Provide advice and counsel to the Marketing and Omnichannel teams on promotions, events, sweepstakes, and related contracts. 
• Proactively partner with the Marketing and Omnichannel teams on digital/website compliance with marketing, advertising, promotional events, privacy laws, including sweepstakes and contests, digital, text and email marketing, social media and membership/loyalty programs.
• Drafting and negotiating various agreements, in the areas of marketing, talent, influencer, endorsement, sponsorship.

IP/Trademark Management & Marketing Compliance

• Provide strategic oversight and management of the company’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio including trademarks, copyrights and domain name registrations. 
• Define, develop and implement IP strategies and policies to protect company assets.
• Advise on trademark usage, monitor and address infringements, and ensure compliance with marketing and sourcing activities.
• Along with external counsel, provide guidance and direction on potential infringements related to the Company’s private label sourcing initiatives. Ensure compliance with marketing and production laws.
• Advise product development teams on trademark rights and proper usage.

Litigation Management & General Counsel Support

• Manage external counsel relationships and oversee litigation strategy as needed.
• Provide legal guidance on compliance and regulatory matters.
• Conduct internal training programs to educate teams on legal requirements.
• Support General Counsel on day-to-day legal operations, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications:

• JD from an accredited institution and active bar membership.
• 5 years of relevant legal experience, ideally a combination of in-house and law firm roles.
• Proven expertise in commercial contract negotiation and drafting.
• Significant experience in privacy laws, regulations, and best practices, including, CCPA, state privacy breach notification, and digital marketing and other privacy-related laws.
• Experience in IP management and trademark protection.
• Superior organizational, negotiation, and project management skills.
• Strong business judgment with a practical, solutions-focused mindset.
• Ability to work independently while fostering collaboration.
• Ability to provide practical, effective counsel, find alternative solutions to problems, and hold the line when warranted in a respectful and authoritative manner and suggest workable alternatives to meet the desired goals.
• Detail-oriented, resourceful, adaptable, flexible, organized, discreet and cost-conscious problem solver who can remain calm and work under pressure.
• Ability to identify, explain and balance business and legal risks.
• Sound judgement and strategic thinking in all legal matters.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.