Vice President – General Counsel

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October 30

☕ Washington – Remote

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💵 $186k - $315k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Spreetail

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eCommerce • Marketplace • SaaS

Spreetail is a complete ecommerce solution for brands and manufacturers of large, bulky products. They offer services in marketplace expansion, fulfillment, content creation, brand control, and marketing and advertising. Spreetail is known for being an "Oversize Accelerator," partnering with brands to increase ecommerce sales across multiple channels. Their expertise includes fast shipping, especially for big and bulky items, with strategically located fulfillment centers allowing for next-day delivery to most of the US and expanding to the UK and Germany. They work closely with manufacturers who have a strong online sales history to develop customized growth strategies, taking advantage of market trends and insights. Spreetail also manages content optimization for product listings and handles advertising campaigns to bolster brand visibility. They are a leading seller on platforms like Amazon, Walmart, and Target+.

1001 - 5000 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

🏪 Marketplace

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• 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. • Design and implement legal self-service tools, clause libraries, and CLM workflows to drive contract velocity and lower internal friction. • Provide opinioned leadership on early case assessment, discovery, and settlement, and direct outside counsel on contract disputes, IP enforcement, and product claims. • Tightly scope, set budgets, and manage outside counsel for all legal matters, ensuring costs are controlled and strategy aligns with business goals. • Advise on specialized areas like tariffs/Incoterms, customs, AP/AR mechanics, brand funding, and marketplace policies. • Oversee trademark/copyright, brand registry, takedowns, and licensing structures to actively protect the company's brand and IP assets. • Partner with and coach deal teams (Merchandising, Ops, Finance, Tech) on contract structure, leverage, and translating legal risk into business outcomes.

🎯 Requirements

• JD and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state (or eligible for in-house registration). • 10–15+ years of legal experience with a significant amount of in-house time. • Proven experience in ecommerce, retail, supply chain, marketplaces, or logistics is strongly preferred. • Expertise in a broad range of commercial agreements including supply, distribution, dropship/fulfillment, and SaaS/data contracts. • Track record of building templates, playbooks, and CLM workflows to simplify and scale legal support. • Working knowledge of topics such as Incoterms, tariffs/COO, product safety/labeling, marketing claims, and IP/brand protection. • Demonstrated ability to be a "Business-first counselor" who is hands-on, practical, and comfortable taking calculated risks.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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. • 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.