Senior Counsel, Commercial
We’re looking for an experienced, tech-forward commercial lawyer who loves negotiating contracts to join our team! In this role, you’ll be responsible for overseeing and negotiating a broad scope of inbound agreements that enable Reddit to operate effectively (e.g., SAAS, cloud, professional services, real estate, insurance, marketing).
An ideal candidate would have 5-10 years of broad experience directly negotiating vendor agreements and collaborating with internal stakeholders, preferably at an online UGC platform or other tech company.
What You’ll Do:
- Serve as a strategic and pragmatic legal partner to our procurement, finance, IT, Ads, Measurement and other internal teams as they plan and execute their roadmaps.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of inbound commercial agreements, ensuring favorable and compliant terms for Reddit.
- Provide practical and creative legal advice on risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies.
- Effectively collaborate with business leaders, cross-functional teams, and legal colleagues to solve problems and close deals quickly while protecting Reddit.
- Help build and improve commercial processes, such as playbooks and workflows, to increase efficiency and support Reddit’s rapid growth.
- Manage and prioritize a high volume of agreements, with a focus on:
- Technology & Services: Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), SaaS agreements, and Cloud Services.
- Corporate Operations: Real estate leases, staffing agency agreements, contracts for company-wide benefits, and agreements for office events and supplies.
- Vendor & Audit: Agreements with major audit firms (e.g., KPMG, PwC) and contracts for legal technology, including new AI tools.
- Ads: Measurement agreements and strategic Ads partnership deals
What We’re Looking For:
- 5-10 years of commercial legal experience, preferably at a technology company, with broad exposure to all types of inbound commercial contracts.
- Someone who loves negotiating contracts and thrives in a fast-paced environment with high contract volumes.
- Superior negotiating, drafting, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- A "getting to yes" approach in working with the business, while protecting Reddit’s best interests.
- Strong soft skills with the ability to build relationships with legal team members, colleagues, and internal stakeholders at all levels.
- A love for process and scale; you look for opportunities to build out processes and playbooks to make the business and legal team more effective.
- Team-oriented with experience working in a diverse environment.
- JD and a current license in a state bar in the United States.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k Match
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Paid Volunteer time off
Pay Transparency:
This job posting may span more than one career level.
In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
The base pay range for this position is:
$230,000 - $322,000 USD
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