Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel

New York City; Santa Barbara; Columbus; Seattle

About Impact.com: Impact.com is the world's leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products - Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral) - unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands - including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L'Oréal, and Fanatics - rely on impact.com to power more than 350,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Your Role At Impact.com:

The Corporate Counsel is to provide legal advice on a broad range of corporate, commercial, and privacy matters. The Corporate Counsel is expected to work closely with key stakeholders across the company, to play an important role in executing on strategic business goals and initiatives, and to provide practical legal advice to internal clients.

What You'll Do:

• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including Master Service Agreements, Data Processing Agreements, vendor agreements
• Partner cross-functionally with sales, customer success, finance, to accelerate deal cycles, streamline negotiations, and ensure commercial agreements align with company business objectives.
• Advise on data protection and compliance considerations, including within the context of customer and vendor contracts, ensuring risks are appropriately managed.
• Drive legal scalability and efficiency by developing, updating, and maintaining standard contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and self-service resources for the commercial team.
• Prepare, review and update, as applicable, corporate policies and procedures for regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with outside counsel, including managing services and expenses: partner when needed to handle complex legal and regulatory issues spanning a variety of topics.
• Support the broader legal department on key corporate initiatives, including providing auxiliary support for international expansion, corporate governance matters, and strategic transactions (e.g., M&A due diligence or integration) as needed.
• Perform ad-hoc legal administrative tasks as needed.

What You Bring:

• JD and admission to a state bar in the jurisdiction in which you practice in good standing (or eligibility to practice as an in-house counsel based upon your state bar qualification), with preference for New York Bar
• 3+ years of experience with a strong preference for prior in-house experience at a technology/SaaS company, or dedicated commercial/tech-transactions practice at a reputable law firm.
• Strong experience in handling corporate matters, and drafting and negotiating complex SaaS Agreements and supporting commercial teams.
• Experience in litigation or dispute management, with a proven ability to actively handle and resolve legal and contractual disputes as they arise.
• An independent, self-motivated operator who thrives in a fast-paced environment, balances competing priorities seamlessly, and maintains a positive, service-oriented attitude toward internal stakeholders.
• Self-starter with a great work ethic. A highly analytical thinker who approaches legal risks with a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset and superior decision-making skills.
• Extremely detail-oriented and organized, with hands-on experience driving agreements through the entire contract lifecycle—from initial drafting and redlining to ensuring efficient execution and a timely closing process.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate complex legal risks into clear, actionable business advice for non-lawyers. Highly reliable and responsive to email, slack and phone communications.
• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and good judgment, with a proven ability to effectively handle highly sensitive, confidential business and legal information.
• Strong technical aptitude and computer skills, including a high degree of comfort using GSuite, Microsoft products, and legal operations tools (such as Salesforce and Contract Lifecycle Management software).

Salary Range: $175,000.00 - $195,000.00 per year, plus an additional 5% variable annual bonus contingent on company performance and eligible to receive a Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grant.

Benefits and Perks:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Office-only catered lunch every Thursday, a healthy snack bar, and great coffee to keep you fueled
• Flexible spending accounts and 401(k)
• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We're committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses.

Impact.com is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.