Counsel, Commercial and Strategic Initiatives
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Requirements: maybe the baseline: J.D., bar membership, 4+ years experience, etc. Could be under Requirements.
Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications: 1+ years in-house experience preferred, experience in consumer financial services, fintech, mortgage lending, etc.
Skills: maybe specific skills: structuring, drafting, negotiating commercial agreements, technology contracts, business-first approach, sound judgment, communication, comfort with ambiguity, organizational, self-motivation, collaborative.
Benefits: from later: "competitive compensation, healthcare coverage, generous PTO, a meaningful equity package, and a strong culture with plenty of opportunities for team-building and camaraderie." Also later: "meaningful equity", "generous medical, dental, and vision coverage, a work-from-home stipend, parental leave, and plenty of paid time off". So we can combine.
Pay: salary range $185,000 - $200,000.
Schedule: not mentioned. No schedule info. So we should not include Schedule section.
We must not include sections with placeholder text. So we include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. Possibly also "About the role" could be omitted if we think it's redundant? But we have content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we won't put "Counsel, Commercial & Strategic". Use headings as per list.
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for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them. Let's extract details precisely. Intro paragraph about company: we may include in About the role? Might be better to put in About the role? The About the role heading could contain description of role and maybe company overview. But we must not lose any substantive info. So we need to include the intro paragraph somewhere. Could be in About the role as a paragraph before the role-specific description. Thus About the role section: include the introductory paragraph about Hometap (the first big paragraph) plus the role description sentence: "As Counsel, Commercial & Strategic at Hometap, you'll serve as a legal advisor embedded across the business. You'll spend most of your time as a cross-functional partner to teams navigating legal and regulatory questions, with about 30% of your time focused on commercial and vendor agreements." We need to keep that exactly? We can keep the substance but not necessarily verbatim? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we need to keep all details, but we can rephrase? Safer to keep the exact sentences. We'll include them as is. Now Responsibilities: from "What You'll Do". Let's extract bullet points: - Legal Guidance: Advise on diverse legal and regulatory matters, including data privacy, artificial intelligence deployment, dispute resolution - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage regularly with departmental leadership to align legal strategy with broader commercial objectives and serve as a central connector between functional teams and the legal practice - Operational Optimization: Partner with legal operations leads to streamline team workflows, optimize automated systems, refine guidance materials, and build scalable processes - Pragmatic Risk Assessment: Deliver actionable, solution-oriented advice on daily operational inquiries, resolving unexpected challenges with a focus on risk mitigation and growth - Commercial & Vendor Strategy (30%): - Contract Negotiations: Draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements, vendor arrangements, professional service contracts, and strategic partnership agreements - Third-Party Risk Management: Collaborate with finance, technology, and operations teams to structure vendor engagements and ensure compliance with regulatory standards We need to preserve all details. We'll make list items. Now Requirements: from "What You'll Bring" first few lines: J.D. degree from accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing; 4+ years of relevant legal experience spanning firm, in-house, or hybrid environments; 1+ years in-house experience is preferred. Actually that's a mix of requirement and preferred. We'll separate. Requirements (mandatory): J.D. degree from accredited law school; active bar membership in good standing; 4+ years of relevant legal experience spanning firm, in-house, or hybrid environments. Qualifications (preferred): 1+ years in-house experience preferred; experience in consumer financial services, fintech, mortgage lending, or highly regulated consumer-facing industry strongly preferred; proven experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements and technology contracts (NDAs, SOWs, DPAs, SaaS, vendor contracts, MSAs, etc.) Skills: Strong desire to stretch across new domain areas—such as AI, privacy, litigation, and legal operations—with ease in managing varied daily responsibilities; A business-first approach to law, featuring the ability to evaluate risk thoughtfully and unlock business potential rather than acting as a simple veto point; Sound judgment, self-assurance in decision-making, and comfort communicating directly with senior leadership; Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of translating complex concepts into plain, accessible language; Comfort with ambiguity, strong organizational capabilities, self-motivation, and a collaborative orientation in a fast-paced setting. We could also include "Proven experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements and technology contracts" as skill but we already put in qualifications. Might duplicate but okay. Benefits: from intro: "competitive compensation, healthcare coverage, generous PTO, a meaningful equity package, and a strong culture with plenty of opportunities for team-building and camaraderie." Also later: "meaningful equity", "generous medical, dental, and vision coverage, a work-from-home stipend, parental leave, and plenty of paid time off". Also "competitive compensation" already mentioned. We'll combine. We need to avoid duplication but preserve all details. We'll list benefits as bullet points. Pay: salary range $185,000 - $200,000, depending on experience, skills, location, and other factors. Also mention meaningful equity. We should include that as Pay section. Schedule: none, so omit. Now ensure we don't include boilerplate: EEO, accommodation request, etc. Remove those. Now produce HTML. Structure:
About the role
Here at Hometap, we’re collaborative, passionate, and always ready to roll up our sleeves to create solutions that help people get more out of homeownership — and out of life. Our first product, a home equity investment, gives homeowners the opportunity to quickly access the equity they’ve built in their home to pay for what’s most important to them, from handling debt to finally making much-needed renovations, without taking on debt. We work hard, and have some fun along the way, too. You don’t have to take our word for it: The Boston Globe and Forbes have recognized us as a great place to work, and we’ve been honored for our commitment to innovation in the fintech space by Inc., HousingWire, and more! In case you need any more convincing, we also provide competitive compensation, healthcare coverage, generous PTO, a meaningful equity package, and a strong culture with plenty of opportunities for team-building and camaraderie. Interested in joining us on our mission to make homeownership less stressful and more accessible? We’d love to talk.
As Counsel, Commercial & Strategic at Hometap, you'll serve as a legal advisor embedded across the business. You'll spend most of your time as a cross-functional partner to teams navigating legal and regulatory questions, with about 30% of your time focused on commercial and vendor agreements.
Responsibilities
- Legal Guidance: Advise on diverse legal and regulatory matters, including data privacy, artificial intelligence deployment, dispute resolution
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage regularly with departmental leadership to align legal strategy with broader commercial objectives and serve as a central connector between functional teams and the legal practice
- Operational Optimization: Partner with legal operations leads to streamline team workflows, optimize automated systems, refine guidance materials, and build scalable processes
- Pragmatic Risk Assessment: Deliver actionable, solution-oriented advice on daily operational inquiries, resolving unexpected challenges with a focus on risk mitigation and growth
- Contract Negotiations: Draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements, vendor arrangements, professional service contracts, and strategic partnership agreements
- Third-Party Risk Management: Collaborate with finance, technology, and operations teams to structure vendor engagements and ensure compliance with regulatory standards
Requirements
- J.D. degree from accredited law school
- Active bar membership in good standing
- 4+ years of relevant legal experience spanning firm, in-house, or hybrid environments
Qualifications
- 1+ years in-house experience preferred
- Experience in consumer financial services, fintech, mortgage lending, or highly regulated consumer-facing industry strongly preferred
- Proven experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements and technology contracts (NDAs, SOWs, DPAs, SaaS,
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