What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Counsel position at Checkr?
About the team/role
Reporting to Checkr's VP, Commercial & Corporate Legal, you'll join our legal team as Commercial Counsel and serve as a trusted advisor to the revenue organization on the agreements that power our growth. You'll draft, negotiate, and close a wide range of complex, enterprise-level commercial agreements, advising internal clients on the legal, regulatory, and risk considerations behind each deal. Partnering closely with Sales and Revenue, and cross-functionally with Compliance, you'll help Checkr scale responsibly and move deals at the speed our customers expect.
What you'll do
- Lead the review, drafting, and negotiation of a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS, licensing, partnership, and data provider agreements
- Own deals end-to-end, providing practical, risk-based guidance in the context of Checkr's commercial goals and risk thresholds, and knowing when to escalate
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Sales and Revenue teams, resolving issues independently and building consensus across stakeholders
- Create, improve, and manage commercial templates, playbooks, and internal processes that help the legal team scale
- Research and analyze laws that affect the business, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), from a commercial standpoint
- Partner cross-functionally as a creative problem-solver and strategic thinker, and help manage outside counsel on commercial matters
What you bring
- JD and active membership in good standing of the California Bar
- 3 years of experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, ideally with some time in-house at a high-growth technology company
- Working knowledge of the legal issues in commercial agreements-liability, indemnification, risk allocation, data protection, privacy-and the judgment to know when risks matter and when to consult subject-matter experts (including on the FCRA)
- A pragmatic strategist who resolves issues in the context of the company's commercial goals and risk thresholds and communicates them clearly to non-lawyers, including senior stakeholders
- Ability to manage many projects independently in a fast-paced environment, with strong attention to detail, sound judgment, humility, and a good sense of humor
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes