Commercial Counsel

Lifted, an Upwork Company

Commercial Counsel at Lifted, providing legal support and managing contingent workforce agreements for a global talent management solution company. Collaborating with teams to optimize contracting processes.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $163,500 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the review, negotiation, and strategic management of staffing and contingent workforce agreements, including those related to Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), staff augmentation, and other workforce solutions.
Manage a wide range of complex, high-impact commercial agreements with clients, vendors, and partners, including MSAs, amendments, NDAs, statements of work, DPAs, pilot agreements, partnership agreements, channel sales agreements, and terms of service.
Provide counsel on employment law considerations as they intersect with commercial contracting, including worker classification, co-employment, benefits, and compliance with federal, state, and international labor and employment laws.
Serve as a key advisor to senior leaders across business units, delivering strategic, solutions-oriented legal guidance that aligns business goals with risk posture and drives stakeholder alignment.
Identify and lead operational improvements, including the design and implementation of scalable contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, escalation policies, and workflows.
Collaborate cross-functionally with RevOps, Sourcing, InfoSec, and other partners to address challenges, align on processes, and support forecasting and enablement efforts.
Support ad hoc legal analysis, corporate transactions as needed, and other projects that arise as Lifted scales.

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD from an accredited U.S. law school and active license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, with 3 or more years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm and 2 or more years of in-house experience at a high-growth startup or public tech company.
Meaningful experience advising on staffing models, contingent workforce arrangements, and employment law issues in a commercial contracting context, including familiarity with EOR, AOR, and staff augmentation structures.
Demonstrated ability to draft, negotiate, and manage a high volume of customer and vendor agreements while balancing risk mitigation with business enablement.
Strong communicator who can translate complex legal concepts into plain language for cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders, with a track record of influencing outcomes in challenging conversations.
Comfort using AI tools to draft, review, and refine legal communications and contract materials, with an openness to exploring how AI can improve the efficiency and consistency of legal workflows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive medical coverage for you and your family
unlimited PTO
401(k) plan with matching
12 weeks of paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

contract negotiationemployment lawcommercial contractingdrafting agreementsrisk mitigationstaffing modelscontingent workforce arrangementslegal analysiscorporate transactionsscalable contract templates

Soft Skills

strategic guidancecommunicationinfluencing outcomescross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingstakeholder alignmentoperational improvementsolutions-orientedadaptabilityleadership

Certifications

JD from accredited U.S. law schoolactive license to practice law