The Role
Provide legal support for supply chain by drafting, negotiating, and overseeing commercial and government contracts; design policies, templates, and training; advise on FAR/DFARS flow-downs, proposals, and compliance; serve as primary legal contact for stakeholders and external parties; help scale legal processes across the company.
Summary Generated by Built In
Long Wall Company was created in 2024 to accelerate missile defense technology for the U.S. and our allies. Building on the RS1 and GS0 launch systems, Long Wall develops containerized, mass-producible missile defense systems and offers rapid, low-cost flight testing. We believe that the future of global security and stability require defensive technology that is lower cost, higher performing, better tested, and more broadly distributed than is possible today. Join us.
What we look for
Mission-Driven Problem Solvers. The aerospace frontier demands ingenuity. We want Team members who approach challenges with curiosity, embrace failure as a learning opportunity, and stay focused on delivering the best solution for the mission.
Total Ownership. We seek staff and engineers who take full responsibility for contributing to and delivering flight-ready work while recognizing that no one succeeds alone. The best engineers, corporate professionals, and technicians make their teammates better. Knowing that complementary skills create force multiplication and drive mission success.
Description
As Senior Corporate Counsel, Supply Chain, your primary responsibilities will be drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial and government contracts and overseeing legal matters related to Long Wall’s supply chain. You will have the opportunity to shape how the legal team provides quick and high-value legal counsel to our stakeholders. You are not limited to the above, however – you will have the opportunity to solve problems and provide guidance across the full spectrum of legal considerations a growing company encounter. We are looking for an experienced, professional, and pragmatic attorney who can work effectively in a fast-paced environment and can build processes and procedures that scale.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Draft, negotiate, and/or oversee the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of legal documents, including commercial and government contract documents, non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, leases, licenses, acquisition and disposition agreements, cloud, SaaS, IT, and other licensing agreements, and supplier agreements.
- Fully own Long Wall’s legal support for supply chain, including design, development, and implementation of policies, procedures, templates, and training that (i) maximally leverage cost-efficient resources, including artificial intelligence, and (ii) ensure that the appropriate terms are flowed down to our counterparties.
- Provide strategic and day-to-day legal advice to internal stakeholders, including senior management, sales, finance, and engineering, balancing legal risk with business objectives.
- Provide legal guidance on flow-down requirements from the FAR, DFARS, and other federal regulations.
- Advise proposal teams on supply chain legal risks in new business opportunities.
- Serve as a primary point of contact with key external stakeholders on legal matters, including counterparties, outside counsel, and other third parties.
- Perform other duties and tasks as requested.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar, with the ability to practice or register as in-house counsel in California.
- 6+ years of legal experience, including substantial time at a law firm and/or in-house role supporting government contracting.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of legal documents, including complex commercial and government contracts.
- Experience advising on commercial and government contracts issues, FAR/DFARS requirements, and other compliance issues.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a lean, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, including comfort handling both strategic matters and hands-on execution.
- A practical, solutions-oriented mindset, with a willingness to dive into new areas of law and expand your skill set as the company grows.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly present complex legal concepts to non-lawyers and to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:
- Prior in-house experience at a growth-stage or mid-size aerospace, defense, space, or other company in a highly regulated industry.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating cloud, SaaS, and other IT and licensing agreements.
- Experience drafting flow-down templates and playbooks and negotiating flow-downs across a supply chain.
- Proven track record building or scaling a legal function, including developing templates, processes, and tools that increase speed and consistency.
- Familiarity with U.S. export control laws and regulations (ITAR/EAR).
- Experience implementing and maintaining a government contracts compliance program.
- Working knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity, and information protection requirements relevant to U.S. government contractors and technology-forward manufacturing environments.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to use a computer to complete assignments
- Ability to communicate with individuals and groups in person, by phone, and telepresence
- Ability to pick up to 12lbs
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will typically work in an office environment
ITAR Requirement
This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, or citizenship status (when otherwise legally authorized to work and access export-controlled data) and will not be discriminated against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage applicants of all ages.
Skills Required
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar, ability to practice or register as in-house counsel in California
- 6+ years of legal experience, including substantial time at a law firm and/or in-house role supporting government contracting
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of legal documents, including complex commercial and government contracts
- Experience advising on FAR/DFARS requirements and other federal contracting compliance issues
- Bachelor's degree
- US person status (required due to ITAR/EAR access)
- Ability to operate effectively in a lean, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and handle strategic matters and hands-on execution
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to present complex legal concepts to non-lawyers
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods, use a computer, communicate in person/by phone/telepresence, and lift up to 12 lbs
- Prior in-house experience at a growth-stage or mid-size aerospace, defense, space, or other regulated company
- Experience negotiating cloud, SaaS, IT, and licensing agreements
- Experience drafting flow-down templates, playbooks, and negotiating supply chain flow-downs
- Familiarity with U.S. export control laws and regulations (ITAR/EAR)
- Experience implementing and maintaining a government contracts compliance program
- Working knowledge of data privacy, cybersecurity, and information protection requirements relevant to U.S. government contractors
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The Company
What We Do
Long Wall is an American aerospace company based in Long Beach, California, that specializes in developing and manufacturing deployable launch vehicles and infrastructure for missile defense. Formerly known as ABL Space Systems, the company focuses on creating containerized, mass-producible missile defense systems and providing rapid, low-cost flight testing to enhance global security and stability through advanced defensive technology.
