Corporate Counsel

Stord is The Consumer Experience Company, powering seamless checkout through delivery for today's leading brands. Stord is rapidly growing and is on track to double our revenue in the next 18 months. To meet and exceed this target, Stord is strategically scaling teams across the entire company, and seeking energetic experts to help us achieve our mission.

By combining comprehensive commerce-enablement technology with high-volume fulfillment services, Stord provides brands a platform to compete with retail giants. Stord manages over $10 billion of commerce annually through its fulfillment, warehousing, transportation, and operator-built software suite including OMS, Pre- and Post-Purchase, and WMS platforms. Stord is leveling the playing field for all brands to deliver the best consumer experience at scale.

With Stord, brands can increase cart conversion, improve unit economics, and drive sustained customer loyalty. Stord’s end-to-end commerce solutions combine best-in-class omnichannel fulfillment and shipping with leading technology to ensure fast shipping, reliable delivery promises, easy access to more channels, and improved margins on every order.

Hundreds of leading DTC and B2B companies like AG1, True Classic, Native, Seed Health, quip, goodr, Sundays for Dogs, and more trust Stord to deliver industry-leading consumer experiences on every order. Stord is headquartered in Atlanta with facilities across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Stord is backed by top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Founders Fund, Strike Capital, Baillie Gifford, and Salesforce Ventures.

Stord is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support Stord’s commercial contracting growth. This role will primarily focus on supporting Stord’s business in reviewing, advising, and negotiating commercial contracts, including sales agreements, vendor agreements, amendments, and NDAs. Critical skills for this role include agility, attention to detail, and the ability to be resourceful while managing multiple initiatives.
This role will work with Stord Legal and directly with the business to understand objectives and develop business-centric strategies that mitigate risk while still enabling the business flexibility and the ability to move quickly. This role will assist in providing day-to-day advice to the business team on a range of matters, including contract interpretation, strategic advice, and general inquiries. Stord is looking for a self-starter who can jump into things with a bias for action. This role will report to the Head of Legal.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with legal and business stakeholders to review, negotiate, and execute contracts, including service agreements, warehousing and fulfillment agreements, carrier and transportation agreements, partnership agreements, and real estate agreements.

• Support and guide the sales team and various business teams on deal structure and contract negotiations (for both customers and vendors).

• Serve as a knowledge source for guiding business stakeholders through the contracting process

• Identify opportunities to improve the contract management process to drive operational efficiencies and standardization throughout Stord

• Address internal inquiries regarding contractual questions, obligations, and compliance

• Develop processes, create templates and manage the template library 

• Stay up to date on relevant industry, commercial, intellectual property, privacy and compliance issues.

What You'll Need:

• 3+ years of experience with commercial transaction experience, preferably in the logistics space

• Significant experience negotiating, drafting, and solving issues for various types of commercial contracts, including those relating to warehousing and logistics

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 

• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently to prioritize work, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines

• Ability to operate independently in fast-paced environment

• Logistics experience preferred; in-house experience preferred

• J.D. from an accredited law school and membership in at least one state bar