Commercial Counsel

About the role

In this role, you will own and elevate Human Interest's commercial legal function. We are looking for a strong commercial attorney to take ownership and hit the ground running. We work as one team where everyone does their part, so you will own commercial and bring genuine interest in stretching into other areas of the team's work. We change fast, so you will keep the function agile and moving as the business evolves.

You will report to the Assistant General Counsel, Corporate & Commercial, bringing practical commercial judgment and translating legal and risk issues into guidance the business can act on with confidence. There is real room to grow as the team and the company continue to scale.

Our legal team runs on modern AI tooling, and this role is expected to do the same. Comfort and fluency with AI in your day-to-day legal work, and eagerness to push it further, are essential.

What you get to do every day

• Own commercial contracting end to end: Structure, draft, negotiate, and advise on the full range of agreements that keep the business moving, including customer contracts, partnerships (including white-label), vendor and SaaS agreements, and NDAs; with a Contracts Manager handling a set of high-volume and routine agreements.
• Be the trusted advisor to the business: Be the responsive, go-to resource that gives the business clear, practical guidance and gets deals done.
• Spot issues and pull in the right experts: Recognize when a deal raises questions beyond commercial, such as ERISA and fiduciary, investment adviser, privacy and financial data, securities, employment, consumer marketing, or product, and bring in the right expert at the right time while keeping ownership and driving the deal to close.
• Make the function faster and more scalable: Set and execute the strategy for how the function scales, including leading our CLM implementation, incorporating AI and other tools, and building the templates, playbooks, and self-service that lets the business move quickly.
• Support new and expanding products: Partner with Product Counsel to advise on the commercial side and build out terms of use and other foundational commercial documentation that new products and features need.
• Grow beyond commercial: Take on corporate, governance, and other projects as the team needs.

What you bring to the role

• Commercial Owner: You are ready to own Commercial Legal here, bringing strong accountability and the best practices you have picked up from well-run teams.
• Business-Minded and Sharp: You read a deal for its business stakes, make confident risk-based ca