Legal Counsel (Contract)

Job Description:

Temporary Contract Attorney

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.

Position

Rakuten Rewards is a seeking a temporary contract attorney to support contract review and other legal projects. This role will primarily support the commercial contract function, providing review of procurement contracts, brand and marketing, and product development. We are looking to start this position as soon as possible. This position can be fully remote, fully in office (in San Mateo, CA) or a hybrid of the two.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and revise various agreements, including SaaS Agreements, Technology License Agreements, NDA’s, DPA’s, Service Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements, TV Production, Agency, and Creative Vendor Agreements.
• Update or create legal policies, contract playbooks, processes, and standard operating procedures by collecting requirements from various legal stakeholders.
• Update and improve templates and clause libraries.
• Review and interpret contracts/terms to create legal summaries in support of diligence projects.
• Web and legal research to inform compliance programs and to educate the department on evolving regulations, policies, and standards affecting the business.
• Assist in the updating or drafting of terms and conditions and privacy notices.

Qualifications

• J.D. with license to practice law, ideally California licensed.
• 4+ years of relevant legal experience (may be a combination of in-house and law firm).
• Strong contract drafting and redlining skills.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating technology agreements and marketing service agreements for a technology company.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage projects from initial idea phases to the final deliverable.
• Ability to work closely with members of the legal department to translate legal concepts and positions into a policy document.
• A diligent, independent worker with a bias towards action and moving projects and deliverables forward.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the eCommerce or tech
• Working privacy knowledge of US privacy laws

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.