Senior Lead Counsel, New Product Innovation & Technology Transactions

about 2 years ago
Full time role
San Francisco, CA, US... more
San Francisco, CA, US... more

Company

Cruise is building the world's most advanced self-driving electric vehicles to safely connect people with the places, things, and experiences ...

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Job Description

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced, self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

Cruisers have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, join us.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of hardware development and sourcing, technology transactions, technology alliance, and complex licensing agreements. Agreements may include license agreements for SaaS solutions and hosted services, software and technology license agreements, agreements for the purchasing and licensing of data, content and hardware, joint development agreements, and consulting and other technology services agreements.
  • Providing legal and strategic counsel for development teams during product development for new products to achieve business, technology, and operational goals.
  • Identify, interpret, explain, and advise on non-standard terms and associated risks, contract requirements, obligations, and risk exposure to relevant business stakeholders.
  • Develop and implement processes to drive efficiency to improve our contract processes and scale our legal operations to keep pace with our growing business demand.
  • Develop and implement training and education programs for various business stakeholders on commercial contract terms, intellectual property provisions, and our commercial contracting processes.
  • Improve and create contract templates, review tools for sourcing teams, and negotiation playbooks.
  • Direct and indirect supervision of paralegals, admin and staff.

What you must have:

  • Senior-level attorney with 8+ years technology transactions experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on complex transactions that include a mix of technology, commercial, and intellectual property issues in a well-regarded law firm and/or in-house legal department. While not required, experience drafting custom agreements for long-term strategic relationships is highly valued.
  • Deep experience with commercial contracting and providing legal counsel in all aspects of the commercial transaction process including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements (NDAs, master services agreements, SaaS agreements, inbound licensing, including software licensing agreements) to support Cruise’s purchasing and supply chain operations.
  • Direct or indirect supervisory experience of attorneys and/or paralegals.
  • Proven ability to collaborate on multiple complex cross-functional projects.
  • Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects with short deadlines simultaneously.
  • Highly responsive and service oriented with excellent legal and business judgment.
  • Law degree from a highly regarded school.
  • Member of a State bar.

Why Cruise?

  • Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
    • Competitive salary and benefits 
    • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
    • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
    • One Medical membership
    • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
    • Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
    • Paid parental leave
    • Fertility Benefits 
    • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
    • Flexible Spending Account 
    • Monthly wellness stipend
    • Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
  • We’re Integrated
    • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
  • We’re Funded
    • GM, Honda, Microsoft, SoftBank, & T. Rowe Price, have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
  • We’re Independent
    • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.
  • We’re Vested
    • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. 

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

Vaccine Mandate. 

At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event. 

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.

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