Commerical Counsel, Procurement

About the role

The Commercial Legal team at Superhuman is seeking a Commercial Counsel, Procurement to support companywide procurement, vendor, and other non-revenue commercial legal matters. This role focuses on vendor-side agreements and procurement legal support, collaborating closely with Finance, Engineering, Marketing, Privacy, Security, and Legal Operations.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate a range of commercial procurement agreements, including licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, consulting arrangements, influencer agreements, and supporting agreements such as BAAs, DPAs, and NDAs.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day legal owner for procurement matters, with support from the broader Legal team, exercising practical judgment on issue resolution.
• Partner with Finance, Engineering, Marketing, Privacy, Security, and other cross-functional stakeholders on vendor onboarding, third-party diligence, contract risk, commercial terms, and procurement-related disputes.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, and scale legal review processes by developing repeatable workflows, templates, playbooks, and guidance that help drive faster, more consistent contract outcomes across the organization.
• Partner closely with Legal Operations to improve procurement intake, triage, automation, and self-serve resources so routine matters can move quickly and higher-risk matters receive the right level of legal review.
• Evaluate and remediate legacy vendor agreements, including identifying contracts that need updates, renegotiation, better tracking, or improved internal guidance.

Qualifications

• Has 2-3 years of legal experience, with meaningful exposure to commercial contracts.
• Holds a J.D. from an accredited law school and is a member in good standing of at least one state bar.
• Brings genuine interest in building scalable legal review processes.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
• Communicates complex legal concepts clearly and concisely to non-legal partners, adapting their style to the audience.
• Has prior in-house legal experience or alternatively a familiarity with the rhythms, priorities, and constraints of an in-house legal team.
• Has a demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance, proactively manages tasks and priorities across multiple projects, analyzes and executes work efficiently, collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments.

Pay and Benefits

Superhuman offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including excellent health care, disability and life insurance options, 401(k) and RRSP matching, paid parental leave, 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time. Generous stipends for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more are also provided. An annual professional development budget and opportunities are available. Compensation ranges from $211K to $291K, with a market-based approach to determine base pay based on location and experience.