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Motional · 1 day ago

Senior Director, Legal

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. They are seeking a Senior Director, Legal to lead their legal team, providing legal support on various commercial agreements and corporate matters while managing the team and collaborating with other business units.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesFleet ManagementInformation TechnologySoftware
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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Legal team and cross-functional business teams across Motional to strategize, draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial and technology agreements in support of both day-to-day business and strategic commercial transactions
Advise on a wide variety of matters, including technology development agreements, supply agreements for goods and services, software licenses, and business partnership agreements
Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements to support our global procurement organization here at Motional
Provide legal counsel and support for general corporate matters including policies and procedures, and corporate filings
Manage the legal team’s day to day which includes oversight of both Commercial and IP matters
Board management: attendance of Board meetings, owning Board minutes, and owning materials requiring Board written consent. This role needs to be knowledgeable of our governance documents and advise when needed

Qualification

Commercial contractingLegal counselBoard managementJD DegreeProject managementCollaboration with engineersCommunication skillsFlexibilitySelf-motivated

Required

5+ years experience in commercial contracting and providing legal counsel in aspects of the commercial transaction process including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements
8+ years of relevant legal experience
JD Degree with a strong academic record
Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with internal clients and colleagues
Experience handling commercial contract disputes
Ability to collaborate effectively with both engineers and outside counsel
Ability and willingness to work across time zones
Flexibility and eagerness to work on a broad range of legal matters
Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment
Self-motivated; able to work both independently and with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify high quality solutions
Comfortable with travel (domestic and international) as needed

Preferred

Board management experience
Experience in autonomous vehicle, automotive, ride-hailing, trucking fleets, electronics-focused or safety-critical technologies
Working knowledge of privacy and/or cybersecurity legal issues
Experience in data licensing
Employment law experience
Strong managerial skills to oversee other team members (paralegals) and assist in implementing company-wide projects (e.g., records management)

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
401k with a company match
Health saving accounts
Life insurance
Pet insurance

Company

Motional

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Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2024-05-03Acquired
2024-03-15Seed

Leadership Team

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Laura Major
President and CEO
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Balajee Kannan
Vice President, Autonomy
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