[Remote] Commercial Counsel, Legal Architect

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SRAM is a company dedicated to enhancing the cycling experience through innovative components. They are seeking a Commercial Counsel - Legal Architect to design and build the commercial legal foundation necessary for their growth, handling complex negotiations and ensuring the efficiency of legal operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the Commercial Legal Infrastructure
• Select, implement, and govern a contract lifecycle management platform that gives SRAM visibility, consistency, and control across its global commercial relationships
• Design self-service workflows that enable business teams to move at SRAM's pace on routine transactions without requiring direct lawyer involvement on every deal
• Build and continuously improve the template libraries, playbooks, clause repositories, and approval frameworks that make legal infrastructure a durable business advantage
• Build the system that treats every signed agreement as the starting line, not the finish: tracking what SRAM is owed, ensuring it gets delivered, and making sure nothing negotiated hard for gets quietly left behind
• Govern AI-assisted workflows that automate commodity legal work and redirect attorney capacity toward the problems that require real judgment
• Drive adoption of standardized tools across global business functions and build the legal literacy that lets teams move confidently without constant escalation
• Lead Complex Commercial Transactions
• Negotiate and close the agreements that require a skilled attorney at the table: global manufacturing and supply relationships, distribution and channel partnerships, and the sophisticated sponsorship and sports marketing deals that define SRAM's presence in the sport
• Serve as a cross-functional legal problem-solver across sourcing, product development, sales, and marketing, structuring deals that create value rather than simply documenting it
• Bring decisive, well-reasoned positions to the issues that determine outcomes in commercial negotiations: IP ownership, exclusivity, warranty allocation, indemnification, and liability
• Communicate with clarity and authority, delivering legal advice that business leaders can act on and counterparties take seriously
• Support SRAM's global supply chain and trade compliance strategy as the company's manufacturing footprint and regulatory environment continue to evolve
• Build and Own the Commercial Legal Function
• Work alongside the Director of Legal to establish the processes, relationships, and institutional knowledge that a high-performing commercial legal function requires, then own and operate that function at full tempo
• Capture and systematize the institutional knowledge embedded in SRAM's long-standing commercial relationships, converting experience and relationships into durable organizational infrastructure
• Establish the reporting, escalation, and matter management structures that give leadership confidence and keep legal operations efficient as transaction volume and complexity grow
• Scale the function with the business; as SRAM's global presence evolves, the commercial legal infrastructure and the attorney running it expand with it

Skills

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 7 to 12 years of commercial legal experience; a combination of law firm training and meaningful in-house tenure is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience building or significantly improving commercial legal infrastructure, including templates, playbooks, workflow design, or contract management platform implementation
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills across a range of commercial agreement types, including supply, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, sponsorship, and services agreements
• Experience with cross-border commercial agreements and international operations; European commercial law and manufacturing contexts are a meaningful plus
• Genuine enthusiasm for legal technology and AI-assisted workflows, with the systems design instinct to build for scale rather than solve one problem at a time
• Ability to translate legal complexity into clear, direct business guidance that non-lawyers can act on without follow-up
• High initiative and genuine comfort with ambiguity; this role requires a lawyer who generates direction, not one who waits for it
• Commercial mindset that treats risk as something to be managed intelligently, not avoided at the cost of the deal
• Passion for cycling or the competitive sports industry is a genuine differentiator at SRAM

Benefits

• Eligible for annual corporate bonus based on company and individual performance
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid time off

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