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Mapbox · 2 days ago

Associate General Counsel - Product/Commercial

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$220K/yr - $292K/yr

7+ years exp

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for location-aware businesses, providing tools for navigation of people, packages, and vehicles. They are seeking an Associate General Counsel with extensive experience in commercial transactions, particularly in technology, to handle complex sales deals and collaborate with product and engineering teams.

Business IntelligenceFleet ManagementLogisticsMapping ServicesSaaS

Responsibilities

Drafting and communication skills are extremely important

Develop the ability to both mitigate and accept risk

Participate in efforts to improve operational processes and update forms to scale the legal organization

Handle a variety of legal issues and provide practical solutions to complex deals

Work closely with colleagues to teach and learn from each other

Qualification

7+ years attorney experienceTechnology company experienceComplex sales dealsAPIsSDKs experienceJD degreeCustomer-centric negotiationCommunication skillsSense of humor

Required

7+ years of practicing attorney experience, with 2+ years at a top-tier law firm in any area and 5+ years in-house at a technology company in sales-side commercial transactions (not procurement or privacy/regulatory compliance)

At least one of the following is required: Computer engineering, computer science or other similar technical degree; At least 2, but not more than 4, years experience in software patent litigation or patent prosecution at a top tier firm; Extensive experience working with APIs and SDKs

Experience working on complex sales deals

Excellent communication skills. Your writing and verbal communications need to be clear and concise

A practical and customer-centric orientation and negotiation style. You understand (or will quickly learn) the business deal so you know what matters and what doesn't and will focus on practical resolutions to speed deals through the pipeline

A sense of humor. We take our work seriously, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously

JD degree from top-tier law school and active membership in at least one US state bar

Preferred

Prior work in a pre-IPO company will be extremely helpful

Candidates who live near technology hubs often have the best backgrounds, but remote candidates who live anywhere in the US will be considered. We prefer candidates in the Pacific time zone

If your resume doesn't clearly demonstrate the first two points above, you should include a cover note as to why you are interested in this role and why you think you would be a good fit despite not meeting those criteria. Resumes without a cover note in those circumstances will likely not be considered