Commercial Counsel

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Meet Your Future Neighbors The Counsel team is a close-knit and collaborative team that supports the entire Nextdoor community. We operate with the mindset that a small, high-leverage team can outperform a larger one by investing in the right systems, workflows, and tooling.

Each member brings individual expertise and a builder's orientation: we don't just deliver legal advice, we design the infrastructure that makes great legal support scalable. We are reliable, trustworthy, and innovative in our support of Nextdoor’s business goals and our purpose of building stronger local communities.

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. The hiring team will go over these expectations with you if you are being considered for a role near one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.

The Impact You’ll Make As Commercial Counsel at Nextdoor, you’ll be both a trusted commercial lawyer and a systems builder.

You'll support our global revenue team on advertising deals and partner with business teams on a range of commercial matters — but equally important, you'll design, build, and continuously improve the workflows, playbooks, templates, and AI-enabled tooling that allow a lean legal team to move at the speed of the business.

You will also advise internal clients on the various legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to commercial transactions and general operations. , CLM implementations, intake systems, playbook development, template libraries, self-serve contracting programs, or AI-driven review workflows. D.

from a nationally recognized law school, admitted to any state bar Strong communication and negotiation skills, and experience communicating and explaining complex legal issues to business partners Familiarity with data privacy laws, IP, and advertising business issues and how those play out within legal agreements and commercial relationships Ability to work on multiple projects, prioritize and organize workload Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills Ability to assess and manage risk — including the risk of over-engineering solutions or under-investing in scale Comfortable in highly collaborative environment Ability to easily network and build relationships with colleagues and internal clients Strong analytical and interpersonal skills Genuine enthusiasm for using AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how legal work gets done — and the technical curiosity to go beyond surface-level adoption Bonus Points Experience as an early legal hire at a startup or scale-up where you had to build the legal function's systems from the ground up You have a background in ad-tech, marketing, and/or media buying, and experience in negotiating contracts with customers, agencies and partners in the advertising ecosystem Experience with privacy laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, including those relevant for social media and Internet companies Diverse knowledge of global advertising, privacy and marketing laws, and experience working with global teams, including in the UK and Canada Rewards Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package.

Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $220,000 to $240,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date. When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people.

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