Commercial Counsel

Description

You will join the Legal Department, which supports all of Boom’s commercial operations, reporting to the  Associate General Counsel, Commercial. The Legal Department provides advice and legal assistance on a wide variety of matters, including technology development, intellectual property licenses, sourcing strategy, and supplier relationships. Your work will focus on building contractual relationships – with a particular focus on supply chain – to ensure the successful development and manufacture of Boom’s products. 

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional business and engineering teams to strategize on, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, with a focus on master service agreements, technology licenses, development agreements, supply agreements, manufacturing agreements, NDAs, and MOUs
• Assist with the preparation, finalization and publishing of contract templates and updates needed 
• Advise on risk allocation/mitigation, business strategies, and policies
• Serve as an administrator of company contract lifecycle management system
• Assist in conducting due diligence screening on third parties
• Assist in developing, administering and providing guidance to internal teams related to Boom’s approval and signature authority processes and procedures
• Assist with the preparation, review, editing and negotiation of a broad range of legal documents
• ability to work with engineering teams to translate their needs into contractual language
• Work with supply chain and engineering teams to translate their needs into contractual language
• Summarize complex contractual issues and contract terms, assists in developing negotiation strategies, identifies areas of risk and proposes mitigation plans.
• Prepare tables and summaries displaying Boom’s contractual terms, a counterparty’s proposed redlines, comments, recommendations, and final negotiated position 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• 2-4 years of transactional experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on commercial agreements, including supplier, customer, and technology, including agreements related to intellectual property, development projects, and supply
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with executive management, teammates, and cross-functional partners
• Strong analytical skills and business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
• Ability to develop and facilitate collaboration by cultivating relationships and effectively counseling and communicating with legal and cross-functional partners
• Ability to function as a generalist to work on other projects as needed to support the Legal Department’s mission; and displays a willingness to assist the team with any task needed
• High degree of self-sufficiency and ability to take ownership of transactions and drive them to completion in a fast-paced and dynamic environment while keeping leader apprised.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate with with cross functional partners in Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, and more
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Docusign, and Adobe skills and willingness to learn new software tools

Education 

• JD degree, excellent academic credentials, and admission to at least one US state bar.
• Law firm or in-house experience in several of the following specialty areas is preferred: general commercial contracts, supply chain, transportation and logistics, facilities operations and support services.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Familiarity with Icertis or other contract lifecycle management software
• Familiarity with Lexis Diligence or other screening software
• Experience working in an in-house legal department

• Experience creating legal templates or standard clauses
• Aerospace and/or transportation industry and manufacturing industry experience

• Familiarity with export control regulations and their impact on supply chain contracts
• Familiarity with U.S. government contracting, and in particular, supplier flow-down requirements

Location:

Preference for individual to be based in the Denver, Colorado office or the Washington, DC office, with opportunities for work-from-home/hybrid options.

Compensation

The Base Salary Range for this position is $120k-$140k. Actual salaries will vary based on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Boom’s total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, long term incentives/equity, an open PTO policy, and many other progressive benefits.