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Impulse's legal team seeks an experienced Contracts Counsel to support a fast-growing company across a broad range of commercial agreements. Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, you will independently handle day-to-day drafting, review, and negotiation of assigned contracts after alignment on strategy, while escalating material deviations, non-standard risk positions, novel issues, and complex or high-stakes matters.
Key responsibilities include:
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements: customer-facing launch and mission services agreements, commercial customer agreements, launch provider agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, leases, confidentiality agreements, and other business arrangements
• Prepare initial drafts, reviews, and redlines for assigned matters; identify key legal and business issues; and propose practical paths forward
• Handle routine negotiations within established legal positions and agreed deal strategy, with appropriate escalation of material deviations and complex matters
• Support customer contract work in coordination with the Assistant General Counsel, working with Business Development, Finance, Mission Management, and other stakeholders on deal structuring, negotiation preparation, contract execution, and follow-up
• Support internal stakeholders on contract interpretation and performance issues, including amendments, change requests, claims, disputes, renewals, and terminations
• Create, maintain, and improve contract templates, standard positions, and playbooks in alignment with legal leadership; assist with key contract lifecycle tracking
• Contribute to scalable legal processes, training, and other projects; assist the legal team with additional practice areas as needed
This position is on-site in Redondo Beach.
REQUIREMENTS:
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active U.S. bar membership
• 6+ years of contracts experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, including meaningful experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
• Demonstrated ability to independently handle routine drafting and negotiations within established parameters, with strong judgment about when to escalate legal or business risk
• Sound business judgment and ability to identify and articulate legal and commercial risk clearly; propose practical, risk-based solutions
• Strong communicator with highly collaborative working style; comfort working directly with internal stakeholders and external counterparties in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
