Legal
Tempo
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Lead commercial contracting for Partnerships/BD, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating everything from complex deals to NDAs.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to GTM leadership—helping evaluate deal structures, identifying risks, and offering pragmatic solutions aligned with business goals.
- Develop contract management processes, templates, playbooks, and negotiation frameworks to improve speed and consistency.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve issues related to IP, privacy, security, open-source software, and more.
- Support broader legal initiatives including outside counsel management and other operational needs.
- Monitor developments in crypto, fintech, and tradfi to advise the business on trends and evolving legal standards.
- Anything else that needs doing!
Requirements
- J.D. and admission on at least one U.S. state bar
- 8+ years of legal experience, including substantial time in-house or working directly with clients at a high growth startup or technology company
- Deep experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements with both startups and enterprise customers
- Strong familiarity with crypto, blockchain, fintech, or digital assets
- Ability to balance legal risk with practical business judgment.
Benefits
- None listed 📊 Resume Score Upload your resume to see if it passes auto-rejection tools used by recruiters Check Resume Score
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Hard skills
contract draftingcontract negotiationdeal structuringrisk evaluationcontract management processesnegotiation frameworkslegal complianceIP managementprivacy lawopen-source software
Soft skills
strategic advisingproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationpragmatic solutionsbusiness judgmentleadershiporganizational skillsstakeholder managementadaptability
Certifications
J.D.U.S. state bar admission