Commercial Counsel

The posting, as Chime wrote it

About the role

We are hiring a Commercial Counsel for our legal team. In this role, you will be a partner to the business on general commercial matters and will negotiate the contracts that contribute to Chime’s success – from our biggest deals, to the bread and butter contracts that companies need to operate. You have outstanding professional judgment and excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and drafting skills. You have the ability to anticipate and deliver on the needs of a dynamic and creative business, are eager to work with cross-functional teams, have the flexibility to manage a wide range of projects, and are comfortable advising senior business leaders. You are located within commuting distance to one of our hubs: San Francisco, Chicago, or New York City.

In this role, you can expect to

• Work closely with the business to provide strategic guidance and negotiate, draft and review a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, strategic partnership agreements, NDAs, marketing agreements (e.g. talent agreements, production services agreements, Ad-Tech agreements), technology vendor contracts, and professional services agreements
• Use AI tools as a regular part of your work, including for drafting, contract review, research, and summarization, while applying sound legal judgment to verify and refine the output
• Proactively work to streamline and improve current processes and procedures, such as by creating templates and developing legal trainings and playbooks
• Build and refine AI-enabled workflows and processes that help the legal team and the business work faster and more efficiently
• Develop strong, collaborative relationships cross-functionally and within the legal team, including with subject matter experts in intellectual property, security, and privacy
• Escalate issues, as appropriate, to other legal team members and collaboratively share potential risks and proposals with the executive team

To thrive in this role, you have

• A J.D. and active membership in at least one state bar
• 2-5 years of combined law firm, government, and/or in-house experience
• Experience (and maybe even a strong fondness for) drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements
• Genuine excitement about using AI to build processes that make our work more efficient, along with a willingness to experiment, iterate, and share what you learn with the team
• Comfort using AI tools in your day-to-day work and a commitment to doing so responsibly, including an awareness of confidentiality, privilege, and accuracy considerations
• Practical business judgment and problem-solving skills to be able to quickly understand the business’ needs, provide strategic guidance, and craft creative solutions
• A willingness to dig deep into the subject matter of an agreement
• A track record of success in handling complex business and legal issues
• The ability to work collaboratively and develop pos

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ive health, financial, and wellbeing benefits designed to support you at every stage of life.

• 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide paid days off
• 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• 👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
• 👶 Up to 22 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• 👪 Access to family planning reimbursement
• 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, NYC Fair Chance Act, and the LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: accommodations@chime.com .

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