Commercial Counsel

Lifted is the first talent, country, and contract-agnostic contingent workforce management solution, giving enterprises a unified way to source, contract, manage, and pay any type of contingent talent, anywhere in the world. Today, contingent work runs through fragmented systems and providers, creating inefficiency, compliance risks, and limited visibility. We're here to change that. By combining technology and global services into one seamless solution, we help enterprises hire faster, operate with confidence, and gain live visibility across all external talent. One solution. Global. Compliant. Seamless. Learn more at go-lifted.com and follow us on LinkedIn . This is a high-impact opportunity for a seasoned commercial attorney with deep expertise in staffing and contingent workforce matters who thrives in a high-autonomy environment. As Commercial Counsel at Lifted, you'll serve as the first line of legal support for the business, owning contract execution, driving operational improvements, and ensuring deals close efficiently and compliantly. You'll bring a pragmatic, business-minded approach to a broad range of commercial agreements while partnering closely with sales, operations, and cross-functional leadership to move the business forward. Responsibilities: Lead the review, negotiation, and strategic management of staffing and contingent workforce agreements, including those related to Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), staff augmentation, and other workforce solutions. Manage a wide range of complex, high-impact commercial agreements with clients, vendors, and partners, including MSAs, amendments, NDAs, statements of work, DPAs, pilot agreements, partnership agreements, channel sales agreements, and terms of service. Provide counsel on employment law considerations as they intersect with commercial contracting, including worker classification, co-employment, benefits, and compliance with federal, state, and international labor and employment laws. Serve as a key advisor to senior leaders across business units, delivering strategic, solutions-oriented legal guidance that aligns business goals with risk posture and drives stakeholder alignment. Identify and lead operational improvements, including the design and implementation of scalable contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, escalation policies, and workflows. Collaborate cross-functionally with RevOps, Sourcing, InfoSec, and other partners to address challenges, align on processes, and support forecasting and enablement efforts. Support ad hoc legal analysis, corporate transactions as needed, and other projects that arise as Lifted scales. What It Takes to Catch Our Eye: JD from an accredited U.S. law school and active license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, with 3 or more years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm and 2 or more years of in-house experience at a high-growth startup or public tech company. Meaningful experience advising on staffing models, contingent workforce arrangements, and employment law issues in a commercial contracting context, including familiarity with EOR, AOR, and staff augmentation structures. Demonstrated ability to draft, negotiate, and manage a high volume of customer and vendor agreements while balancing risk mitigation with business enablement. Strong communicator who can translate complex legal concepts into plain language for cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders, with a track record of influencing outcomes in challenging conversations. Comfort using AI tools to draft, review, and refine legal communications and contract materials, with an openness to exploring how AI can improve the efficiency and consistency of legal workflows. Lift Your Career. Shape the Future of Work. Our Mission: Unify contingent work. Elevate how it gets done. This isn't just a promise to clients, it's how we work at Lifted. Every feature we build, every client interaction we have, and every team decision we make is a chance to reduce fragmentation and set a new standard for efficiency, quality, and impact. We're not just building technology, we're building the new standard for how enterprise companies engage talent. This is the right place for you if you are motivated by ambitious goals, ready to do what it takes to win, boldly curious in asking questions and exploring better ways forward, and dedicated to following through on your commitments. You'll thrive here if you raise the bar for yourself and others, collaborate across teams, and help others succeed so we can achieve our shared mission. This may not be the right place for you if you're uncomfortable with constructive feedback, prefer rigid structure, shy away from high expectations and accountability, or find it difficult to adapt in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. We operate with the agility of a startup and the impact of a global enterprise. Our values, trust, innovation, curiosity, excellence, and ownership, guide how we work and fuel the culture we're building together. And while our mission is big, growth here is both company-wide and personal, creating opportunities to learn fast, take ownership, and build a career that helps shape the future of work. We're proud to offer benefits that go beyond the basics, including comprehensive medical coverage for you and your family, unlimited PTO, a 401(k) plan with matching, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Lifted is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law. Please note that a criminal background check may be required once a conditional job offer is made. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable law, including the California Fair Chance Act and local Fair Chance ordinances. We use BrightHire, an AI-enabled tool, to record interviews and summarize interview transcripts. The tool allows the interviewer to focus on the discussion and does not score or evaluate talent or make recommendations. The interview transcripts are reviewed, and decisions are only made by humans. Any individual who prefers not to have their interview recorded through BrightHire can opt out when the interview is scheduled. The annual base salary range for this position is displayed below. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Additionally, this position is eligible for the annual bonus plan or sales incentive plan and eligibility to participate in our long term equity incentive program. Annual Base Compensation $163,500 — $215,000 USD Please note that a criminal background check may be required once a conditional job offer is made. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable law, including the California Fair Chance Act and local Fair Chance ordinances. The Company is committed to conducting an individualized assessment and giving all individuals a fair opportunity to provide relevant information or context before making any final employment decision.