Senior Counsel

About the Role

Goop is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join its dynamic legal team. Based in Goop’s Santa Monica HQ, the role will report directly to the General Counsel and Chief People Officer. The Senior Legal Counsel will have a combination of law firm and in house experience advising clients on a wide range of legal needs, including product regulatory, compliance, risk management, litigation, and intellectual property.  Success in this role requires a collaborative attitude and exceptional business acumen. Key responsibilities include:

• Serve as an important point of contact for the internal legal function, ensuring that all requests directed towards the Senior Legal Counsel are addressed in a timely manner.
• Support cross-functional business teams with legal counseling and review in the areas of product development, regulatory compliance, IP, marketing and advertising, customer complaints & inquiries, employment, disputes and litigation.
• Provide contract review and negotiation, drafting and editing for various business agreements including contracts related to: vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, product formulators and distributors, ad sales partners, product collaborations, and other contracts related to real estate, operations, supply chain and product development.
• Engage with outside counsel in support of various business matters, including as it relates to international product distribution.
• Develop strong relationships across the company to foster an environment where the legal department is consulted early and often, providing a solid foundation for every decision made in the business.
• Develop and lead select legal department strategic objectives.
• Manage, maintain and update company legal templates and facilitate their consistent use.
• Help formulate and implement legal self-service tools, including legal-business client ways of working and specialized legal trainings for departments.

Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience, with prior experience at a law firm and in an in-house legal department strongly preferred
• Bonus for experience in consumer goods, cosmetics and/or ecommerce
• JD from a top tier law school
• Membership in CA State Bar or Registered In-House Counsel
• Excellent writing skills with highest attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent verbal communication skills with a focus on collaboration in every interaction
• Ability to maintain highest level of confidentiality in all communications
• Client-focused, professional attitude in all interactions with internal and external stakeholders
• Proficient in use of technology
• Self-starter attitude with a willingness to function without extensive administrative support

About goop

Gwyneth Paltrow launched goop from her kitchen as a homespun weekly newsletter. It’s grown a lot since then; goop is a lifestyle platform encompassing curated products and content about beauty, wellness, fashion, food and home. Pioneering the contextual commerce platform, goop allows readers to shop with meaning. goop is one of the rare places on the web where food, shopping, and mindfulness collide—where the ever-evolving intent is to make every choice count. We’re all resource-strapped, so goop hopes to surface the very best experiences, recipes, products, and advice. 

With a highly engaged and loyal customer base already in place, the goop platform is rapidly expanding to include branded events, retail stores, pop-ups, a Netflix series, and an ever-growing lineup of goop private label products in addition to multi-branded shopping. The company boasts diverse and rapidly growing revenue streams across ecommerce, ad sales, retail, and experiences.

FAQ 

• Compensation: Competitive Market Salary DOE + Equity. 
• Benefits: Generous health benefits package, fertility benefits and paid parental leave. 
• Perks: “goopcation” paid company summer break, generous goop discounts, special offers with brand partners, access to custom lifestyle resources and events, and a beautiful workspace in Santa Monica   
• Work Philosophy: At goop we believe that creativity, innovation and camaraderie are essential to our business, our culture and our employee’s growth and development. With our Hybrid Work Policy, we are committed to promoting collaboration, productivity and employee well-being by maximizing the benefits of both in-person and remote work. With every aspect of this policy, goop is committed to employee health and safety, and will continue to follow all federal, state, and local requirements.  
• Type of Hire: This is a Full-Time Exempt Staff position. Other candidates, consultants and placement agency candidates will not be considered. 
• Job Disclosures: No applicant disclosures related to physical requirements or ADA-related considerations are relevant for this role   
• Application Requirements: All applicants will be reviewed through Greenhouse submission. Direct submissions to the People Operations Team members will not be reviewed separately.   
• Candidate Requirements: Applicant must have US work authorization.