Description
Lyft is hiring a bright, dynamic, and self-motivated attorney with at least 5 years of legal experience to join its Legal team.
The successful candidate will be adaptable, driven, and energized by a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift and no two days look quite the same.
Responsibilities:
- Advise Lyft product teams as they develop, launch, and operate a wide range of new products and features across multiple lines of business
- Draft, review, and negotiate legal agreements involving complex partnerships and technology transactions; serve as the primary legal counsel for these partnerships, from ideation to product implementation
- Provide practical and creative legal advice and support on business matters in a fluctuating and fast-paced environment
- Integrate with cross-functional partners and their teams (including business development managers, product managers, and marketing managers) and serve as the voice of Legal throughout the product development process and related marketing initiatives
- Develop and drive comprehensive, long-term legal strategies that balance risk and business objectives
- Prioritize your workload to meet goals and deadlines in an environment where business priorities sometimes shift
- Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis
Experience:
- Law degree and membership in at least one state bar with good standing
- 5+ years of experience working in a law firm or in-house legal department; experience advising clients on tech product development and/or partnership integration is a strong plus, but not required
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
- Strong track record of working with a wide range of commercial agreements and customer-facing terms
- Willing and eager to take on new areas of law and function independently, while also being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the workplace in a demanding, fast-paced environment
- Ability to think quickly, convey grace under pressure, and simultaneously manage multiple client priorities
- Great judgment and sense of humor
Benefits:
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Subsidized commuter benefits
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership