Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial Contracts and Legal Operations

Job Description

Job Description

Department : Legal

Location : In office at Irvine, CA

Reports to: General Counsel

Position Overview :

ConsumerDirect is seeking a business-minded Senior Corporate Counsel to join our legal team and report to the General Counsel. This role will serve as a key legal partner to the business, supporting a broad range of corporate, commercial, technology, regulatory, compliance, privacy, data security, and operational matters, and is ideal for an experienced attorney who can manage matters from intake through completion, exercise independent judgment, and provide clear, practical advice to business teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including software, SaaS, vendor, technology, data-related, confidentiality, service, licensing, and other business agreements.
• Manage contract matters end-to-end, including intake, drafting, negotiation, stakeholder alignment, escalation of material risks, and final execution.
• Advise product, technology, information security, marketing, sales, finance, operations, compliance, and executive stakeholders on practical legal and business issues.
• Support legal review of technology, privacy, data security, data use, vendor management, partner obligations, regulatory, compliance, and operational matters.
• Develop and improve legal templates, contract playbooks, clause libraries, approval workflows, intake processes, and scalable legal operations practices.
• Use legal contract management software and help optimize legal technology tools, including AI-enabled tools for contract review, workflow management, and legal department efficiency.
• Assist with regulatory and compliance-related contract issues involving privacy, data security, consumer protection, and financial technology.

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in California if not admitted in California.
• At least 7 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation experience.
• Experience managing contracts and legal matters from start to finish.
• Experience using legal contract management software.
• Strong business judgment, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize material legal risk.
• Ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-lawyers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Ability to work on-site in Irvine, CA.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house legal and California law experience.
• Experience at a top-tier law firm.
• Experience supporting technology, software, SaaS, data, financial services, consumer products, digital platforms, or other regulated or compliance-oriented businesses.
• Experience with privacy, data security, data use, vendor security obligations, or technology-related contract provisions.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management systems, legal operations tools, AI-assisted contract review, legal automation, or legal department process improvement.
• Familiarity with regulatory or compliance issues affecting technology, data, consumer-facing, financial services, or platform-based businesses.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Primarily office-based with standard business hours
• Prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer are required.
• Must be able to communicate effectively via phone, video conferencing, and email.
• Ability to review contracts and documentation on a screen for extended periods of time.