What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Corporate Counsel position at Rakuten Rewards?
Job Description :
Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company’s mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.
Rakuten Rewards is a leading e-commerce company that enhances the way people shop by offering Cash Back, deals and rewards from more than 3,500 merchants. Founded in 1999, Rakuten has grown to become the go-to shopping destination for consumers, having paid out nearly $2 billion in Cash Back to its 15 million members. The company also operates ShopStyle, a leading fashion discovery destination, and Cartera Commerce, a top rewards platform for airlines and banks.
Rakuten Rewards is seeking a talented associate corporate counsel to join our legal team in our San Mateo office. The associate corporate counsel will play a critical role in supporting the transactional function, reviewing and negotiating legal agreements and administering and improving processes and solutions for the legal department and its clients. In this role, you will provide legal support for various aspects of the Rakuten Rewards business, including marketing, procurement, and sales. We are looking for someone who is passionate about working within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and ready to pitch in and help take our business to new heights.
What you’ll do :
- Review and negotiate a variety of legal agreements, including service agreements, insertion orders, non-disclosure agreements, data processing agreements, and technology licensing agreements.
- Provide advice and support on a variety of legal subject areas, including contract interpretation, data privacy, and intellectual property.
- Distill legal principles and compliance requirements into practical business advice and solutions.
- Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, legal processes, and documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support risk mitigation procedures in response to pre-litigation disputes, incidents, audits, and other inquiries.
- Other duties as assigned by the Associate General Counsel.
What you’ll bring to the table :
Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success :
Always improve, Always Advance
Passionately Professional
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika
Maximize Customer Satisfaction
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!!
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the base compensation for this role to be within the range shown below. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location. The successful applicant for this role will be eligible for discretionary bonus, health, vision, dental insurance, 401k matching, PTO, Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and other employee benefits as the company implements.
USD $99,306.00 - $171,612.00 annually
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Salary : $99,306 - $171,612
