Karbon

Legal Counsel

Karbon

part-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $146,200 - $164,500 per year

About the role

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial agreements, including:
  • Enterprise customer agreements (MSAs, order forms, amendments)
  • Channel partner, vendor, and supplier contracts
  • NDAs and standard form agreements
  • Lead and support commercial negotiations across Sales, Partnerships, and GTM teams
  • Provide legal and commercial advice on product launches, particularly involving payments, data handling, and cross-border services
  • Collaborate with the CFO and other executives to build scalable legal processes and templates that support global operations
  • Support due diligence, compliance, and integration work related to strategic initiatives, partnerships, or acquisitions
  • Provide some practical legal support on employment matters (e.g. agreements, policies, compliance)
  • Act as a trusted legal advisor to the Executive Leadership Team, clearly flagging risks and enabling business decisions
  • Manage external counsel as needed across multiple jurisdictions
  • Maintain and evolve internal legal resources (playbooks, templates) to help business teams move faster with confidence

Requirements

  • 6–8 years of legal experience, ideally in-house at a SaaS or tech company and/or at a top-tier law firm
  • Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including customer, vendor, and partner agreements
  • Solid understanding of corporate and transactional matters; exposure to employment and compliance is a plus
  • Experience with SaaS, data protection, privacy, or information security is beneficial but not required
  • Able to manage competing priorities and drive work forward independently in a part-time, fast-paced environment
  • Clear, concise communicator who collaborates well with cross-functional, non-legal stakeholders
  • Practical, proactive, and comfortable making judgment calls without over-engineering
  • Admitted to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
admitted to practice law