Head of Corporate & Commercial Counsel

Grammarly is excited to offer a remote-first hybrid working model, which combines the flexibility of working from home with the benefits of gathering in person. Team members can work primarily remotely in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, and Portugal. Conditions permitting, teams will meet in person a few times every quarter at one of Grammarly's hubs, currently in San Francisco, Kyiv, New York, Vancouver, and Berlin, or in a shared workspace in Krakow.
Grammarly team members in this role are required to live within a daily commutable distance to San Francisco. Grammarly may provide relocation assistance.
The opportunity
Grammarly empowers people to thrive and connect, whenever and wherever they communicate. Every day, over 30 million people and 50,000 teams around the world rely on our AI-powered communication assistance technology. All of this begins with our team collaborating in a values-driven and learning-oriented environment.
To achieve our ambitious goals, we're looking for a Head of Corporate & Commercial Counsel t o join our Legal team and help build out a world-class corporate and commercial function at Grammarly. This Head of Corporate & Commercial Counsel will be focused on working closely with business executives and various teams at all levels of the organization to tackle a variety of requests, including drafting and reviewing complex commercial contracts, as well as advising on corporate matters, among other needs and agreements. They will collaborate closely with our Finance, Accounting, Partnerships, Marketing, Communications, and Compliance teams to lead legal negotiations and develop strong corporate practices to help move the business forward.
Additionally, as a foundational member of the Grammarly Legal team, the Head of Corporate & Commercial Counsel will also help shape the culture of the Legal team by exemplifying care for their craft, care for others, and a commitment to finding solutions to difficult questions.
Your impact
As a Head of Corporate & Commercial Counsel, you will leverage your experience and expertise to counsel and collaborate cross-functionally with teams at Grammarly, all while developing a diverse set of skills and growing the specialized support provided by the Grammarly Legal team.

• Within your first 30 days, you will onboard to the Grammarly Legal team and focus on understanding our legal function and our product. You will be involved in solving interesting legal asks and negotiating at least one complex Grammarly contract.
• By month three, you will have developed good relationships with the leaders on various Grammarly teams. You will balance and prioritize the strategic and complex projects you are leading and the contracts you're negotiating.
• By month six, you will have implemented an intake system for corporate-related questions and begun training an analyst or paralegal to support you. For commercial agreements, you will have started to refine playbooks and form agreements to make contracting more efficient.
• By year one, you will be training another attorney to assist you on corporate-related matters and managing corporate-adjacent projects for the People and Finance teams. You will be training new attorneys about negotiating complex commercial transactions.
• By year two, you will be managing a team of corporate and commercial attorneys and paralegals.

We're looking for someone who

• Embodies our EAGER values-is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is able to collaborate in person in San Francisco 4 weeks per quarter.
• Has a deep interest in corporate law with experience negotiating complex corporate transactions and assisting with corporate governance matters.
• Has the ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, priorities, and deadlines.
• Is comfortable working with cross-functional teams and advising senior leaders on risk mitigation to ensure we take the optimal path.
• Communicates clearly and empathetically both face-to-face and in writing.
• Has approximately 10 or more years of relevant corporate legal experience at a national firm, or comparable in-house practice, with exposure to high-growth companies.
• Holds a JD (required) and has been admitted to the bar, with a license to practice law in at least one US state.

Support for you, professionally and personally

• Professional growth : We hire people we trust and give team members autonomy to do their best work. We also support professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback.
• A connected team : Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. We have a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER values. We also take time to celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific events and programs.
• Comprehensive benefits : Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing superior health care (including mental health benefits). We also offer support to set up a home office, ample and defined time off, gym and recreation stipends, 401(k) matching, and more.

We encourage you to apply
At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all-especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations-to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the US Federal E-Verify program.
Please note that Grammarly's COVID-19 vaccination policy requires that all team members in North America be vaccinated against COVID-19 to meet in person for Grammarly business or to work from a North America hub location. It is expected that this will be a requirement for this role. Qualified candidates in North America who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons or because of a sincerely held religious belief may request a reasonable accommodation to this policy. For Europe, this policy requires team members to be vaccinated or produce a daily negative COVID-19 test administered on-site to work from the hub or attend in-person meetings.
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