Counsel, Commercial and Corporate

Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits. Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future because they are employed by a company that doesn’t offer a retirement plan. Human Interest is changing that by making it affordable and accessible for small and medium sized businesses to offer employees a path to financial independence through retirement savings.

What you get to do every day

• Structure, draft, negotiate, and counsel on a broad range of commercial transactions and vendor agreements, including partnering with our Revenue team and other stakeholders
• Review and advise on legal issues involving Human Interest’s regulatory compliance
• Interface with business units across the organization (Revenue, Operations, InfoSec, Compliance, Marketing, Product, and People) and provide practical and effective strategic business and legal advice
• Recommend, develop, and implement training to address compliance, commercial, and other needs
• Manage Human Interest’s execution of legal documents
• Develop and implement tools, playbooks, and other creative solutions to enable business self-service for contracting needs and drive efficiencies
• Develop, monitor and continuously improve metrics relating to Human Interest’s contracting work
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve Human Interest’s contracts, templates, and other agreements to ensure maximum protection while balancing business needs
• Act as a primary stakeholder and lead coordination in legal diligence projects, fundraising, IPO readiness, M&A transactions, and other corporate transactions
• Maintain a deep understanding of Human Interest’s corporate documents to provide guidance to the Head of Legal and the Senior Corporate Counsel on corporate matters
• Special projects as needed to support Legal & Compliance goals and initiatives

What you bring to the role

• JD from a top tier law school, member in good standing of a state bar (NY or CA preferred)
• 4-8 years of legal experience in a medium or large law firm setting, or for an organization that has quickly scaled
• In-house experience responding to compliance, commercial, data protection, and intellectual property needs, preferably in a SaaS environment
• Focused experience with B2B SaaS contract drafting and negotiation
• Ability to prioritize and manage business expectations in a high volume environment
• Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to perform and thrive in a rapidly changing, fast paced environment
• Flexibility and creativity, with the initiative to work through multiple solutions to issues and proactively and reliably drive projects forward
• Able to excel both independently and in a team environment

Please feel free to apply to this position even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

Why you will love working at Human Interest

Mission - Highly collaborative startup dedicated to supporting employee engagement and growth. It’s an opportunity to help solve one of the biggest unsolved problems in America: saving for retirement.

Compensation - The salary range for this role is between $180,000 - $215,000. This information reflects a base salary range for this position based on current market data, and may vary by location. Exact compensation will be determined by the candidates' skills, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for additional incentives such as equity awards, short-term incentives, or sales compensation.

Benefits - 

• A great 401(k) plan: our own! Our 401(k) includes a dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 4% of compensation. 
• Employees also receive 100% paid employee health, vision, and dental premiums; dependent premiums are covered at 50%. 
• Generous PTO and parental leave policies.
• Monthly work from home stipend; annual wellness stipend.
• Employee Resource Groups including Veterans, Lift Ev’ry Voice, Pride, LatinX, Families, and Women in Tech.
• Fun online and regional events and celebrations and department and company-wide offsites.
• The vast majority of our positions can be 100% remote.

About Human Interest: 

We’re a high-growth, Series D-funded company that’s changing the retirement industry. Named one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes, one of the Best Places to Work by the San Francisco Business Times, and a Top Company by Y Combinator, we’ve raised $337M and are backed by leading investors, including TPG (The Rise Fund), SoftBank, Glynn Capital, NewView Capital, USVP, Wing, Uncork, and others.

Inclusive collaboration makes us a better business

Human Interest is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran or military status, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Human Interest employees must adhere to the Company’s security policies and Code of Ethics. 

Please note Human Interest does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. We will not consider resumes from vendors including and without limitation search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We comply with CCPA guidelines. See more: https://humaninterest.com/disclosures