Motional’s global headquarters are located at 100 Northern Avenue in Boston, MA. Nestled in the bustling Seaport district with sweeping views of Boston Harbor and downtown Boston, the office is located close to major transit lines and a quick walk to various restaurants and popular attractions.
This role is hybrid from our Boston office. It requires two in-office days each week, ideally Tuesday and Thursday.
Mission Summary:
We are looking for an energetic and self-starting Corporate or Commercial Counsel to lead our legal team at Motional. You will be part of a collaborative, innovative team, working on projects that will change the future of mobility. We are a collegial and hardworking team. We provide top notch legal services to our business partners as we work to make driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. You must be a team player and also capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment. To be successful in this role, you should be proactive, meet deadlines, and communicate effectively.
In this role, you will lead our small, but highly capable legal team while providing legal support to various business stakeholders on a variety of cutting-edge legal issues. Legal support includes drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and implementing best practices and procedures. This position also includes Board management on behalf of Motional. You will work cross-functionally with Motional’s Procurement, Operations, Product, Engineering and other teams to drive our corporate and commercial transactions, while also developing strategic business relationships with vendors.
The candidate selected for this role will be a crucial hire to our Legal team and will have room for significant growth as our business expands. This role will report directly to Motional’s CEOl.
What you'll be doing:
- Collaborate with the Legal team and cross-functional business teams across Motional to strategize, draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial and technology agreements in support of both day-to-day business and strategic commercial transactions.
- Advise on a wide variety of matters, including technology development agreements, supply agreements for goods and services, software licenses, and business partnership agreements.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements to support our global procurement organization here at Motional.
- Provide legal counsel and support for general corporate matters including policies and procedures, and corporate filings.
- Manage the legal team’s day to day which includes oversight of both Commercial and IP matters
- Board management: attendance of Board meetings, owning Board minutes, and owning materials requiring Board written consent. This role needs to be knowledgeable of our governance documents and advise when needed
What we're looking for:
- 5+ years experience in commercial contracting and providing legal counsel in aspects of the commercial transaction process including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements.
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience.
- JD Degree with a strong academic record.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with internal clients and colleagues.
- Experience handling commercial contract disputes.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both engineers and outside counsel.
- Ability and willingness to work across time zones.
- Flexibility and eagerness to work on a broad range of legal matters.
- Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated; able to work both independently and with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify high quality solutions.
- Comfortable with travel (domestic and international) as needed.
Bonus points (not required):
- Board management experience
- Experience in autonomous vehicle, automotive, ride-hailing, trucking fleets, electronics-focused or safety-critical technologies.
- Working knowledge of privacy and/or cybersecurity legal issues.
- Experience in data licensing.
- Employment law experience.
- Strong managerial skills to oversee other team members (paralegals) and assist in implementing company-wide projects (e.g., records management)
Why you should join us:
- Provide legal counsel to a leading and growing company in a cutting-edge field.
- Exciting opportunity to work on a diverse and novel range of legal issues.
- Opportunity for growth within the legal department.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
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