Senior Corporate Counsel — Commercial, IP & Compliance

Jobot; Campton Hills (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Growth opportunities

Full benefits

Job summary

Jobot in Illinois is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support its growing legal function. You will advise on commercial contracts, employment matters, IP, compliance, and enterprise risk, and you will collaborate with leaders across the organization to translate legal risk into practical business guidance.

The role requires hands-on, solutions-focused attorneys who can manage competing priorities, negotiate sophisticated agreements, and oversee outside counsel and budgets.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license and good standing with the Illinois state bar.
• 5–10+ years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful in-house corporate counsel experience and/or a combination of law-firm and in-house experience.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, negotiating, and managing a broad range of commercial contracts, including significant customer and vendor agreements.
• Experience advising on employment-law issues and preparing employment-related agreements, policies, offer letters, and separation documentation.
• Strong knowledge of corporate compliance, legal-risk assessment, and practical implementation of policies and procedures.
• Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets across multiple matter types.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely to non-legal business partners.
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, negotiation skills, and ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise business leaders and internal stakeholders on a broad range of corporate legal matters, including commercial contracting, employment, compliance, intellectual property, litigation, and enterprise risk management.
• Draft, review, revise, redline, negotiate, and provide legal and compliance guidance regarding customer, vendor, supplier, and other commercial agreements, including agreements with annual values exceeding $10 million.
• Develop and maintain practical contract-review processes, playbooks, templates, and policies that balance commercial objectives with appropriate legal and business protections.
• Provide day-to-day employment-law counseling to management and Human Resources on matters such as hiring, onboarding, employee performance, discipline, leaves, workplace policies, investigations, separations, and risk mitigation.
• Draft and revise employment-related documentation, including offer letters, employee handbooks and policies, confidentiality agreements, restrictive-covenant agreements, separation and release agreements, and other workforce-related materials.
• Monitor federal, state, and local legal and regulatory developments that may affect the company’s operations, workforce, commercial activities, or strategic objectives.
• Assess the impact of legal and regulatory changes and implement practical compliance plans, policies, training, and operational measures to reduce legal exposure and mitigate business risk.
• Support the company’s compliance program by advising on applicable laws, internal policies, ethics requirements, and risk-management initiatives.
• Manage and oversee outside counsel on intellectual-property matters, litigation, employment matters, regulatory issues, and other specialized legal projects.
• Coordinate with outside counsel to establish project scope, manage budgets, evaluate legal strategy, and ensure timely, cost-effective delivery of legal services.
• Partner with internal teams—including executive leadership, finance, sales, operations, human resources, technology, and procurement—to identify legal issues early and provide proactive, commercially sound solutions.
• Assist with the protection and management of the company’s intellectual-property assets, including coordination with outside counsel on trademarks, copyrights, licensing, disputes, and related matters.
• Support dispute resolution and litigation-management efforts, including preservation obligations, internal fact gathering, strategy discussions, settlement evaluations, and coordination with insurers or external legal advisors as appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of scalable legal processes, governance practices, and risk-management strategies as the organization grows.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

In-house experience

Employment law

Compliance knowledge

Communication skills

Budget management

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Tools

Outside counsel management

Job description

Jobot in Illinois is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support its growing legal function. You will advise on commercial contracts, employment matters, IP, compliance, and enterprise risk, and you will collaborate with leaders across the organization to translate legal risk into practical business guidance.

The role requires hands-on, solutions-focused attorneys who can manage competing priorities, negotiate sophisticated agreements, and oversee outside counsel and budgets.