Commercial Counsel

Job Description:

Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.

Rakuten Rewards is a leading e-commerce company that enhances the way people shop by offering Cash Back, deals and rewards from more than 3,500 merchants. Founded in 1999, Rakuten has grown to become the go-to shopping destination for consumers, having paid out nearly $2 billion in Cash Back to its 15 million members. The company also operates ShopStyle, a leading fashion discovery destination, and Cartera Commerce, a top rewards platform for airlines and banks. For more information, visit www.rakuten.com.

Rakuten Rewards is seeking a talented Commercial Counsel to join our legal team in our San Mateo office. In this role, you will provide transactional support for various aspects of the Rakuten Rewards business, including marketing, procurement, and sales. You will play a critical role in moving strategic deals through to completion, as well as help build out processes and solutions for the legal department and its clients. We are looking for someone who is passionate about working within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and ready to pitch in and help take our business to new heights.

What you'll do

• Provide transactional support for various departments under Rakuten Rewards, including procurement, marketing, and sales teams.

• Review, negotiate, and draft a broad range of legal agreements, including SaaS agreements, technology licenses, advertising insertion orders, advertising network terms, data processing agreements, agency agreements, service agreements, and partnership agreements.

• Partner with sales and legal operations teams to streamline the deal making process and ensure compliance with legal, accounting, and company policies.

• Provide advice and support on a variety of legal subject areas, including intellectual property, information security, and data privacy.

• Distill legal principles and compliance requirements into practical business advice and solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support risk mitigation procedures in response to pre-litigation disputes, incidents, audits, and other inquiries.

• Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, legal processes, and documentation.

• Participate in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions by performing legal due diligence, issue analyses, and contract summaries.

• Other duties as assigned by the Associate General Counsel.

What you'll bring to the table

• J.D. and barred in the state of California

• 5+ years of relevant experience (may be combined in-house/law firm experience, but at least 3 years of in-house experience at a technology company)

• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal

• Excellent business and legal judgement

• Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams

• Highly organized and process oriented

• Working knowledge of data privacy, IP, and accounting principles

• Experience in tech marketing or ecommerce, a plus

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Five Principles for Success

Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve, Always Advance

• Only be satisfied with complete success

• Kaizen

Passionately Professional

• Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best

Hypothesize

• Practice

• Validate

• Shikumika

• Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory

Maximize Customer Satisfaction

• The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile

Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team

Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the base compensation for this role to be within the range shown below. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location. The successful applicant for this role will be eligible for discretionary bonus, health, vision, dental insurance, 401k matching, PTO, Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and other employee benefits as the company implements.

USD $113,157.00 - $211,032.00 annually