The Vice President & General Counsel will manage commercial contracts, legal processes, and litigation strategies while providing business-first legal counsel to the company's teams. The role requires expertise in ecommerce law and a JD with significant in-house experience.
Spreetail propels brands to increase their ecommerce market share across the globe while improving their operational costs. Learn how we are building one of the fastest-growing ecommerce companies in history: www.spreetail.com.
Work Your Way:
At Spreetail, we believe in empowering our employees to work in the way that suits them best through our Work Your Way approach. Each team member has the flexibility to choose where they work most effectively each week—whether that's from home, a coffee shop, or the office. While flexibility is key, we also value the power of in-person connection. That’s why we bring our corporate team together in Lincoln each quarter for a week of intentional collaboration, team building, community engagement, and our All-Hands meeting. It’s the best of both worlds: the freedom to work your way, with meaningful opportunities to connect and grow together. Please scroll to the bottom of the job posting to confirm that your state qualifies for the Work Your Way program.
Spreetail is a high-velocity ecommerce and fulfillment brand partner operating across major 3P marketplaces. We’re hiring a hands-on, General Counsel to be our primary legal operator and strategic thought partner as we rapidly scale. This is a VP-level, sleeves-up role: you’ll spend the bulk of your time in the documents (redlines, structures, negotiations), not directing a large department. You will own commercial contracting end-to-end, manage outside counsel with rigor, and offer your own point of view on litigation strategy. We strongly desire a GC who can calibrate risk, find a path to “yes,” and move fast without sacrificing judgment.
How you will achieve success:
- Commercial Contracting & Deal Management: Draft, redline, and negotiate a high volume of complex commercial agreements daily (e.g., brand, vendor, SaaS, logistics), ensuring a fast, business-friendly deal desk.
- Legal Process & Tool Development: Design and implement legal self-service tools, clause libraries, and CLM workflows to drive contract velocity and lower internal friction.
- Litigation & Dispute Strategy: Provide opinioned leadership on early case assessment, discovery, and settlement, and direct outside counsel on contract disputes, IP enforcement, and product claims.
- Outside Counsel & Budget Management: Tightly scope, set budgets, and manage outside counsel for all legal matters, ensuring costs are controlled and strategy aligns with business goals.
- Trade, Marketplace & Payments Counsel: Advise on specialized areas like tariffs/Incoterms, customs, AP/AR mechanics, brand funding, and marketplace policies.
- Intellectual Property (IP) Protection: Oversee trademark/copyright, brand registry, takedowns, and licensing structures to actively protect the company's brand and IP assets.
- Cross-Functional Business Coaching: Partner with and coach deal teams (Merchandising, Ops, Finance, Tech) on contract structure, leverage, and translating legal risk into business outcomes.
What experiences will help you in this role:
- Legal Education & Admission:JD and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state (or eligible for in-house registration).
- Extensive Legal Experience:10–15+ years of legal experience with a significant amount of in-house time.
- Industry Expertise: Proven experience in ecommerce, retail, supply chain, marketplaces, or logistics is strongly preferred.
- Deep Commercial Contracting Expertise: Expertise in a broad range of commercial agreements including supply, distribution, dropship/fulfillment, and SaaS/data contracts.
- Process & Scalability Track Record: Track record of building templates, playbooks, and CLM workflows to simplify and scale legal support.
- Specialized Domain Knowledge: Working knowledge of topics such as Incoterms, tariffs/COO, product safety/labeling, marketing claims, and IP/brand protection.
- Business-First Judgment: Demonstrated ability to be a "Business-first counselor" who is hands-on, practical, and comfortable taking calculated risks.
In an effort to Make Spreetail Better, we hire people that are aligned with our values and are passionate about pursuing ecommerce excellence. We believe the right person can learn what is needed to succeed in their role, so we encourage job applicants to apply even if you don't meet all the qualifications listed. We are looking for diverse backgrounds and perspectives, so we don’t require college degrees and welcome non-linear career paths. If this role highlights your experience and gets you excited – please apply!
What you can expect from us:
• We provide the flexibility to take care of yourself. Spreetail operates in a work culture that promotes results and encourages taking time off when needed. In addition to a generous vacation policy, we also offer paid time-off for your wedding week, paid parental leave and support for parents of growing families.
• We celebrate accomplishments. Each year at Spreetail is a milestone with the opportunity to receive special gifts, swag store credit, or donations to a nonprofit of your choice. We also recognize people pursuing impacts with Spreetail Spotlight Awards.
• We care about your Health & Wellness. Spreetail works hard to enhance the employee experience through benefit programs and perks that provide meaningful support. We offer affordable medical, dental and vision plans with coast-to-coast coverage. We also provide free telehealth and on-demand mental health resources. Learn more about our benefits & perks package.
• We create the opportunity to revolutionize your community. We encourage Spreetailers to give back and make a social impact, and we offer paid time off to do it.
Spreetail is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Spreetail is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please email [email protected].
To qualify for Work Your Way, eligible applicants must reside in one of the following states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wyoming.
Please be aware of scammers. Spreetail will only contact you through Lever or the spreetail.com domain. Spreetail will never ask candidates for money during the recruitment process. Please reach out to [email protected] directly if you have any concerns. Emails from @spreetailjobs.com are fraudulent.
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