Senior Corporate Counsel

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Location: Remote US

About Worldly

Worldly is the world’s most comprehensive impact intelligence platform — delivering critical data to businesses on impacts within their supply chain. Worldly is trusted by 40,000 global brands, retailers, and manufacturers to provide the single source of ESG intelligence they need to accelerate business and industry transformation.

Through strategic and meaningful customer relationships, Worldly provides key insights into supplier performance, product impact, trends analysis, and compliance. When a company wants to change how business is done, we enable that systemic shift.

Backed by a dedicated global team of individuals aligned by values, Worldly proudly operates as a public benefit corporation with backing from mission-aligned investors. Want to learn more? Read our story.

Worldly is building the infrastructure that powers trust, transparency, and scale across global supply chains. As we grow rapidly—working with some of the world’s most sophisticated enterprises—our legal function must operate with both precision and strategic judgment.

This role is a cornerstone hire: a sharp, commercially minded corporate lawyer who thrives in fast-moving environments and wants real ownership, visibility, and long-term growth.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to partner closely with our senior leadership team to manage and negotiate a high volume of complex, global commercial and corporate agreements.

This is not a back-office role. You will sit at the intersection of finance, strategy, and execution—negotiating directly with the legal teams of major global enterprises, overseeing external counsel, and supporting corporate development initiatives, including acquisitions and integrations.

The role offers a significant runway for expansion into areas such as IP, data governance, and broader enterprise risk as Worldly scales.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Corporate Transactions

• Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of a wide range of commercial and corporate agreements, including customer, vendor, partnership, and strategic transactions.

• Serve as the primary legal partner to the CFO, ensuring contracts align with revenue recognition, billing, risk allocation, and operational realities.

• Independently negotiate against sophisticated counterparties, including Fortune 500 companies and global luxury and consumer brands.

Strategic & Corporate Support

• Support global M&A activity, including due diligence, transaction execution, and post-acquisition integration.

• Advise the CFO and executive team on legal risk, deal structure, and strategic tradeoffs in high-stakes negotiations.

• Develop pragmatic, business-forward solutions that balance legal rigor with speed and growth.

External Counsel Management

• Manage and coordinate outsourced legal counsel, including international firms and specialized advisors.

• Ensure high-quality, cost-effective legal support across jurisdictions.

• Build scalable processes for contract review, escalation, and risk management.

Building for Scale

• Help design and improve contract templates, playbooks, and internal processes to support rapid growth.

• Over time, expand coverage into adjacent areas such as intellectual property, data protection, and regulatory matters, in partnership with external experts.

Who You Are

We are looking for someone who is intellectually sharp, commercially savvy, and eager to take on real responsibility early. You likely bring:

• A J.D. from a highly regarded law school.

• 4-8 years of total legal experience, including:

  • 2+ years at a top-tier law firm (e.g., Am Law 20–30 or equivalent), ideally with exposure to high-stakes corporate or commercial work.

  • 2+ years of in-house experience at a fast-growing technology or global company, with direct ownership of complex agreements.

• Demonstrated ability to negotiate confidently with senior legal and business stakeholders.

• Strong judgment and political acumen—you understand how decisions land across finance, sales, product, and leadership.

• Experience managing external counsel and navigating cross-border or multi-jurisdictional matters.

• A bias toward action, ownership, and continuous learning.

Why