Senior Legal Counsel

About the role

onX is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to help scale our legal function as the business continues to grow in complexity across products, partnerships, data, and regulatory environments.

Essential Job Duties & Functions

• Partner with business leaders to structure, negotiate, and execute complex legal agreements that support company objectives while appropriately managing risk.
• Review, draft, redline, and negotiate complex commercial, vendor, software, marketing, licensing, and partnership agreements.
• Support strategic partnership implementations and cross-functional initiatives.
• Advisory stakeholders on contractual structure, risk allocation, and negotiation strategy.
• Apply legal judgment within established company policies, contract standards, fallback positions, and risk tolerances while independently advising stakeholders and moving matters toward resolution.
• Coordinate with outside counsel when specialized expertise is required.
• Provide practical legal guidance that helps teams build, launch, and operate products responsibly and compliantly.
• Advise on privacy, data use, subscription, consumer protection, and technology-related legal questions.
• Help establish repeatable approaches for legal research, regulatory monitoring, issue triage, and knowledge sharing to improve proactive legal support across the business.
• Audit legal implications of new product features, workflows, and business initiatives.
• Translate legal and regulatory developments into actionable recommendations.
• Identify emerging risks and recommend pragmatic mitigation approaches.
• Support the organization through legal matters that require attorney-level judgment, coordination, and execution.
• Assist with litigation support, discovery efforts, and coordination across internal stakeholders.
• Support diligence activities, investigations, and other legal projects as they arise.
• Partner with outside counsel and internal teams to gather, organize, and analyze information.
• Help the business navigate unexpected legal issues that require thoughtful and timely responses.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to teams across the company by helping them navigate legal considerations early and effectively.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, CX, Partnerships, Marketing, and Operations teams on business initiatives.
• Translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable business guidance.
• Balance risk management with business objectives and operational realities.
• Build strong relationships that position Legal as an enabling function and trusted partner.
• Help teams understand legal considerations early, before issues become obstacles.
• Help improve how legal work is delivered as the business continues to scale.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows and reduce unnecessary manual effort.
• Contribute to scalable processes, templates, documentation, and internal guidance that increase consistency and efficiency.
• Partner with Legal Operations and team members to improve how legal support is delivered across the organization.
• Leverage technology and AI tools where appropriate to improve efficiency, research, drafting, and knowledge management.
• Share ideas and best practices that help the legal team continue to evolve as the business grows.

Requirements

Legal Credentials: Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

Depth of Experience: 8+ years of progressive legal experience spanning a law firm, an in-house legal department, or a combination of both. Experience across both environments is strongly preferred.

In-House Technology Experience: At least 3 years of experience in an in-house legal function supporting a software, technology, consumer technology, digital product, SaaS, or similarly product-led business.

Commercial Contracting: Demonstrated experience independently drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial agreements, including technology, software, vendor, licensing, partnership, strategic business, or other high-impact commercial agreements.

Business Partnership: Experience serving as a primary legal advisor to business stakeholders and independently managing legal matters from issue identification through resolution.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience partnering directly with Product, Engineering, Operations, Partnerships, Finance, Marketing, Customer Experience, or similar business functions.

Operating in a Dynamic Environment: Experience managing multiple legal matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving business environment.

Low Ego, High Ownership: Comfortable operating as a hands-on member of a lean legal team, with a willingness to contribute wherever needed—from strategic partnerships to the day-to-day work that keeps the business moving.

Legal Judgment: Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex legal matters, assess legal risk, and translate that risk into practical, business-oriented guidance with limited supervision.

Trusted Partnership: Ability to build trust and credibility with stakeholders across technical and non-technical functions through clear communication, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach.

Execution & Prioritization: Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing demands, shifting priorities, and multiple workstreams effectively.

Pragmatic Decision-Making: Solutions-oriented approach that balances legal risk with business objectives while helping teams move work forward.

Continuous Improvement: Growth mindset and curiosity about better ways of working, including thoughtful use of emerging technologies such as AI, to improve quality, efficiency, and team effectiveness.

Shared Passion for onX's Company Values.

Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX.

Ability to travel biannually or quarterly (depending on location) for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp.