Lead Counsel, Product & Commercial

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 260000 - 300000

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Company:

Outschools mission is to inspire kids to love our fast-changing world the traditional educational system struggles to meet the diverse and evolving needs of young learners. Outschool reimagines this system offering flexible and engaging learning experiences as a supplement and alternative to traditional education. By connecting learners with a global community of teachers and peers through our online platform we make learning personal dynamic and deeply human.

Weve made significant strides since launching our marketplace of live online classes in 2017. Finding initial success with secular homeschoolers we then expanded to enrichment learning to meet the needs of a wider audience growing our business 16x since 2019. Post-pandemic we have evolved our platform to power academic learning incorporated AI and have begun to grow our international community. Were proud to have served over 1M passionate learners with more than $100M in annual bookings.

Driving disruptive positive change in education is rewarding and hard. Outschool team members are encouraged to challenge themselves take risks and grow in their careers. We look for talented people whose sense of urgency innate curiosity and determination to drive impact will help Outschool achieve outsized results in pursuit of our mission. We invite you to be part of an ambitious team dedicated to ensuring every learner can navigate the future with curiosity resilience and a love of learning.

The Role

Outschool is looking for a strategic impact-seeking Lead Counsel Product & Commercial to join our Legal team. This is a highly visible role for a business-minded lawyer who thrives at the intersection of product development commercialization and regulatory risk.

You will serve as the primary legal partner to Product teams supporting all stages of product development launches and monetization while also leading Outschools commercial legal function. Youll be a trusted advisor to cross-functional leaders known for delivering practical creative and timely guidance that enables the business to move forward thoughtfully and compliantly.

You are a jack-of-all-trades who thrives in a dynamic environment balancing multiple high-impact initiatives with strong execution sound judgment and timely delivery. While titled Lead Counsel at Outschool this role is equivalent in scope and responsibility to a Director-level role at many companies. You are energized by complexity enjoy being hands-on and are excited to help scale a mission-driven kid-focused platform.

Core Responsibilities:

Product & Regulatory Counsel

Serve as the primary legal advisor to Product Engineering Marketing Trust & Safety and Operations teams partnering across the product lifecycle to embed legal and compliance considerations into product decision-making.
Spot and analyze legal issues across consumer protection privacy and data protection employment and independent contractor considerations trust & safety litigation risk and other regulatory requirements.
Review global products features platforms and initiatives to provide practical risk-based guidance across multiple jurisdictions.
Advise senior leadership on complex high-impact matters and drive cross-functional alignment on strategic initiatives.
Ability to work across the organization and with all levels of different internal stakeholders.

Commercial & Operational Legal Leadership

Lead Outschools commercial legal work including reviewing and negotiating vendor agreements advising on legal terms for marketing and growth initiatives and managing outside counsel.
Develop and maintain scalable templates playbooks and processes to support operational efficiency.
Knowledge and ability to assist with other legal projects on an as-needed basis.

Desired Experience & Skills:

7 years of combined law firm and in-house experience (including at least 4 years in-house) with significant responsibility advising on product and commercial matters.
Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (or eligibility to register as authorized in-house counsel).
Proven ability to distill complex legal issues into clear actionable guidance that business partners can operationalize.
Strong analytical skills and sound commercial judgment with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives and exercise impeccable judgment in identifying when to escalate issues or engage internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
Excellent communication writing and influence skills with experience working cross-functionally and leading complex matters end-to-end.
SF or NYC candidates preferred for hybrid work with flexibility for remote

Other Considerations:

Experience advising on both B2C and B2B products.
Background in high-growth technology companies marketplaces or platforms including familiarity with independent contractor or gig-economy issues.
Experience with kid-focused or education-related consumer products and COPPA.
Interest in or experience advising on generative AI or other emerging technologies.

Outschool recruits across the US and Canada and sets employee salaries to reflect local compensation and cost of living. For New York and California candidates as well as candidates based in Seattle WA the salary range for this role would be $260000 - $300000 USD.

For Washington candidates outside of Seattle as well as Colorado candidates the salary range for this role would be $234000 - $270000 USD.

#LI-Remote

Benefits & Culture:

At Outschool we believe that taking care of one another enables us to do our best work. To us that means:

Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries stock options retirement plans.
Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical dental vision disability and life insurance plus fertility/family planning coverage and access to ModernHealth coaching & therapy.
PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies.
Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and a new office in San Francisco. Bay Areabased employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote with support for expensable home office setup internet and weekly meals to stay connected no matter where you are.
Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes.
Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports nonprofit programs.

Outschool is an equal opportunity employer. We view diversity as a moral imperative and competitive advantage. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and experience.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process please contact .

Benefits packages are included for full-time employees only. Please note benefits and perks may vary for employees based outside of the US and Canada.

Full-time employees must be a citizen or legal residents of the U.S. or Canada and reside in U.S. or Canada unless specifically indicated otherwise.

Once you submit your application Outschool will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy for employment. Unless specifically indicated otherwise we hire employees only in the U.S. and Canada. Applicants else where should be aware that we may discard your application upon submissionor we may ask if you would like us to retain it later should there be consideration (this is not typical at all). If you are selected for interviewing your data will be shared with interviewers and personnel involved in that process. If not hired your application will be retained for one year in case there is another suitable role. You may opt out of this at any time. Please see our Employee/Applicant Privacy Noticefor more detailed information. If applicable as you progress through the process we will be clear about what information is being asked for and what happens with that information.

The Company:Outschools mission is to inspire kids to love our fast-changing world the traditional educational system struggles to meet the diverse and evolving needs of young learners. Outschool reimagines this system offering flexible and engaging learning experiences as a supplement and alternati...

The Company:

The Role

Core Responsibilities:

Product & Regulatory Counsel

Serve as the primary legal advisor to Product Engineering Marketing Trust & Safety and Operations teams partnering across the product lifecycle to embed legal and compliance considerations into product decision-making.
Spot and analyze legal issues across consumer protection privacy and data protection employment and independent contractor considerations trust & safety litigation risk and other regulatory requirements.
Review global products features platforms and initiatives to provide practical risk-based guidance across multiple jurisdictions.
Advise senior leadership on complex high-impact matters and drive cross-functional alignment on strategic initiatives.
Ability to work across the organization and with all levels of different internal stakeholders.

Commercial & Operational Legal Leadership

Lead Outschools commercial legal work including reviewing and negotiating vendor agreements advising on legal terms for marketing and growth initiatives and managing outside counsel.
Develop and maintain scalable templates playbooks and processes to support operational efficiency.
Knowledge and ability to assist with other legal projects on an as-needed basis.

Desired Experience & Skills:

7 years of combined law firm and in-house experience (including at least 4 years in-house) with significant responsibility advising on product and commercial matters.
Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (or eligibility to register as authorized in-house counsel).
Proven ability to distill complex legal issues into clear actionable guidance that business partners can operationalize.
Strong analytical skills and sound commercial judgment with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives and exercise impeccable judgment in identifying when to escalate issues or engage internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
Excellent communication writing and influence skills with experience working cross-functionally and leading complex matters end-to-end.
SF or NYC candidates preferred for hybrid work with flexibility for remote

Other Considerations:

Experience advising on both B2C and B2B products.
Background in high-growth technology companies marketplaces or platforms including familiarity with independent contractor or gig-economy issues.
Experience with kid-focused or education-related consumer products and COPPA.
Interest in or experience advising on generative AI or other emerging technologies.

For Washington candidates outside of Seattle as well as Colorado candidates the salary range for this role would be $234000 - $270000 USD.

#LI-Remote

Benefits & Culture:

At Outschool we believe that taking care of one another enables us to do our best work. To us that means:

Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries stock options retirement plans.
Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical dental vision disability and life insurance plus fertility/family planning coverage and access to ModernHealth coaching & therapy.
PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies.
Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and a new office in San Francisco. Bay Areabased employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote with support for expensable home office setup internet and weekly meals to stay connected no matter where you are.
Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes.
Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports nonprofit programs.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process please contact .

Benefits packages are included for full-time employees only. Please note benefits and perks may vary for employees based outside of the US and Canada.

Full-time employees must be a citizen or legal residents of the U.S. or Canada and reside in U.S. or Canada unless specifically indicated otherwise.

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