At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Lyft is hiring a bright, energetic, and self-motivated Product and Commercial Associate Counsel with at least 4 years of legal experience to join our Legal Team supporting the company’s micromobility business, Lyft Urban Solutions. The successful candidate will be pragmatic, entrepreneurial and comfortable working in an ambiguous, quickly-changing, and sometimes chaotic environment, with a high workload. You will partner with and provide legal guidance to departments such as Product, Marketing, Operations, Policy, Engineering and Supply Chain on initiatives that influence all aspects of Lyft Urban Solutions, from bike and scooter operations to enterprise sales of bikeshare technology. The legal issues you’ll encounter are cutting edge, revolutionary and always evolving so it will be up to you to continuously assess and advise using a creative and pragmatic approach. 

Responsibilities:

• Support Lyft product teams as they develop, launch, and operate diverse new products and programs related to shared bikes and scooters 
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of legal agreements involving complex government relationships, operations providers, and international hardware and software customers
• Support the business development and government relations teams in responding to requests for proposals from cities
• Provide practical and creative legal advice and support on business matters in a fast-paced business environment
• Develop and drive comprehensive, long-term legal strategies that balance risk and business objectives
• Prioritize workload to set goals and meet deadlines in a fluctuating and sometimes ambiguous business environment

Experience:

• Law degree from top-tier law school and membership in a state bar with good standing
• 4+ years of experience working in a law firm or in-house legal department
• Experience advising on the development of new products and services 
• Passionate about improving urban mobility and transportation
• Experience with state and local regulations or micromobility business models and laws a plus
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
• Strong track record of working with a wide range of commercial agreements and customer facing terms
• Willing and eager to take on new areas of law and function independently in a demanding fast-paced environment
• Ability to think quickly on your feet, convey grace under pressure, and simultaneously manage workloads, multiple client demands and shifting priorities
• Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the workplace
• Great judgment and sense of humor

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program