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Salary: USD 185,000 - 200,000 / annual
Hometap is a fintech company offering home equity investments that allow homeowners to access built equity without taking on debt. The company has been recognized by The Boston Globe, Forbes, and Inc. for innovation and workplace culture.
As Counsel, Commercial & Strategic Initiatives, you will serve as an embedded legal advisor across the business, acting as a cross-functional partner to teams navigating legal and regulatory questions. Approximately 70% of your time will focus on business partnership and strategic initiative support, while 30% will be dedicated to commercial and vendor agreements.
Key responsibilities include:
**Business Partnership & Strategic Initiative Support (70%)**
- Provide legal guidance on diverse matters including data privacy, artificial intelligence deployment, and dispute resolution
- Engage regularly with departmental leadership to align legal strategy with commercial objectives and serve as a connector between functional teams and legal practice
- Partner with legal operations leads to streamline workflows, optimize automated systems, refine guidance materials, and build scalable processes
- Deliver actionable, solution-oriented advice on operational inquiries with focus on risk mitigation and growth
**Commercial & Vendor Strategy (30%)**
- Draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements, vendor arrangements, professional service contracts, and strategic partnership agreements
- Collaborate with finance, technology, and operations teams to structure vendor engagements and ensure regulatory compliance
You will work in a collaborative environment where you balance pragmatic risk assessment with business growth. The role requires comfort with ambiguity, strong organizational capabilities, and the ability to communicate complex legal concepts in accessible language to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
**Requirements:**
- J.D. degree from accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing
- 4+ years of relevant legal experience in firm, in-house, or hybrid environments; 1+ years in-house experience preferred
- Experience in consumer financial services, fintech, mortgage lending, or highly regulated consumer-facing industries strongly preferred
- Proven experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements and technology contracts (NDAs, SOWs, DPAs, SaaS, vendor contracts, MSAs, etc.)
- Strong desire to stretch across new domain areas such as AI, privacy, litigation, and legal operations
- Business-first approach to law with ability to evaluate risk thoughtfully and unlock business potential
- Sound judgment, self-assurance in decision-making, and comfort communicating directly with senior leadership
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate complex concepts into plain language
- Comfort with ambiguity, strong organizational capabilities, self-motivation, and collaborative orientation in fast-paced setting
