Description:

Meet Our Team:
An American Autonomous Vehicle Company is seeking a commercial counsel to join our growing and dynamic legal team and help support the company's purpose of driving the future of freight. We are looking for a collaborative and creative thinker, whose role will include providing advice to departments across the company, including at the leadership level, and leading on a wide range of critical business objectives, including commercial transactions, contract drafting and negotiation, contract lifecycle management, insurance, and litigation support. As part of the team, this individual will play a key role in helping build the world's leading autonomous trucking solution by contributing to developing An American Autonomous Vehicle Company's go-to-market strategy and building out our future sales function.

What You'll Do:

Draft and negotiate contracts and other transactional documents, including customer or vendor agreements, licensing agreements, and services agreements.
Work closely with key business and legal partners to help define and lead key objectives
Collaborate closely with other legal team members and business clients on significant and business-critical legal issues to remove roadblocks and develop creative solutions
Lead efforts to build out and mature contract lifecycle management, including template library and other legal team processes
Develop playbooks and processes to enable efficient operation of new sales function
Provide counsel and support on internal investigations, contract disputes, or other legal matters
Assist in outside counsel management and support litigation efforts as needed

What You'll Need to Succeed:

Law degree from an accredited institution
Membership and good standing in a state Bar; eligibility and willingness to be admitted in Virginia or other applicable bar under either a Corporate Counsel Certificate or waiver
Counsel requires at least 3 years of experience in a law firm or in-house corporate legal department, with strong substantive experience in one or more relevant subjects; Senior Counsel requires at least 6 years of experience with demonstrated ability to lead significant transactions and other significant legal matters
Significant contract experience required
In-house corporate experience required
Demonstrated ability to effectively lead cross-functional projects, identifying key stakeholders, and building relationships to meet high priority business needs on time
Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth, nimble work environment
Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
Self-motivated, with a strong desire to learn and effectively apply learnings within an evolving industry
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong business insight and judgment, team orientation and collaborative style
Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines in an effective, discrete, and sensitive manner

Bonus Points!:

Experience working in a dynamic/start-up environment
Driven, curious, and motivated for personal and professional growth
Excitement for autonomous technology, and enthusiasm for joining An American Autonomous Vehicle Company