Corporate Counsel

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Requirements:

• JD degree from an accredited US law school, admission to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the state where the candidate is located.
• 6-8 years experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements such as licenses, supply, and services agreements.
• Experience analyzing significant or unique contract requirements to ensure compliance with corporate policies, with appropriate managerial approval.
• Demonstrated success with reviewing and negotiating terms with international governments.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and to manage multiple demands, priorities, and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with diverse individuals at all levels of an organization.
• Ability to balance risk tolerance and business objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to tailor communication to the target audience.

Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support across all aspects of Planet’s business, with a focus on our constellation services offerings, as well as our data licensing.
• Provide subject matter expertise in supply-side manufacturing agreements, and platform or software as a service agreements.
• Form trusted partnership with the Space Systems Business Development team and Global Commercial sales team.
• Serve as key negotiator for a wide variety of commercial agreements, such as data as a service agreements, hardware purchase and development, inbound services, supply chain, joint development and collaboration and other commercial transactional agreements worldwide.
• Responsible for providing agreement risk assessments and recommendations to Associate General Counsel for approval.
• Support improvements to Planet’s legal department by streamlining processes, forms, and operations.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Other project support as required.