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About Us
At Nuna, we believe every family deserves thoughtfully designed products that combine safety, innovation, and style. As a global premium baby gear brand, our core values of Community, Generosity, Teamwork, and Excellence guide everything we do, from creating high-quality products to fostering a collaborative and supportive workplace.
We are committed to continuous growth, meaningful impact, and making a difference for families around the world.
Currently we are looking for a Corporate Counsel of Compliance & Legal Affairs to provide practical, business-focused legal guidance across a broad range of compliance, commercial, contractual, and risk management matters.
About The Role
This position serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders by supporting strategic initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance, mitigating legal risks, and helping the Company achieve its business objectives through sound legal counsel. The role will lead and support compliance programs, contract negotiations, policy development, and general legal matters while partnering with internal stakeholders across multiple functions. The position will also assist with litigation and dispute resolution matters as they arise, including management of outside counsel and support of investigations, claims, and legal proceedings.
What You’ll Be Doing
Compliance & Risk Management
- Support the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the Company's compliance and ethics programs.
- Advise business leaders on applicable legal and regulatory requirements and assist in developing practical compliance solutions.
- Draft, review, and update company policies, procedures, and governance practices.
- Conduct legal and compliance training for employees and management.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate legal, regulatory, and operational risks.
- Assist with internal investigations, compliance reviews, and corrective action initiatives as needed.
Commercial Contracts & Business Counseling
- Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including vendor, supplier, service, consulting, marketing, confidentiality, licensing, and distribution agreements.
- Provide practical legal guidance regarding contract interpretation, risk allocation, and commercial negotiations.
- Advise stakeholders regarding contractual obligations, rights, and business risks.
- Support contract lifecycle management processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with business leaders to structure commercial relationships that appropriately balance risk and business objectives.
General Legal Support
- Provide day-to-day legal counsel to internal clients on a wide variety of business, operational, and strategic matters.
- Conduct legal research and prepare analyses, recommendations, and guidance for management.
- Support corporate governance, legal operations, and enterprise risk management initiatives.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and advise stakeholders on emerging risks and required actions.
- Manage outside counsel relationships and legal spend as appropriate.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Support
- Assist in the management of litigation, claims, disputes, and investigations involving the Company.
- Experience in, or interest in learning, various areas of litigation, including product liability, employment and intellectual property.
- Partner with internal and outside counsel regarding litigation strategy, discovery, document preservation, and case management activities.
- Support pre-litigation assessments, demand responses, settlement discussions, and dispute resolution efforts.
- Analyze legal risks associated with claims and disputes and provide practical recommendations to business leaders.
- Develop familiarity with litigation management and dispute resolution processes as part of ongoing professional development.
Strategic Partnership
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor and cross-functional business partner.
- Build strong relationships across departments to proactively identify legal risks and support business objectives.
- Provide timely, practical, and solution-oriented legal advice that balances legal requirements with commercial goals.
- Perform additional legal projects and responsibilities as assigned.
This position description is intended to provide a summary of the essential duties, tasks, and responsibilities of this position and shall not be considered an exhaustive listing of all work requirements.
What You Bring
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school required.
- Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- Six (6) to ten (10) years of legal experience gained in a nationally recognized law firm, corporate legal department, government agency or combination thereof.
- Strong experience supporting compliance, commercial contracting, corporate governance, and general business legal matters.
- Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- Experience supporting compliance programs, risk management initiatives, or regulatory matters.
- Exposure to litigation, dispute resolution, investigations, claims management, or outside counsel coordination preferred but not required.
- Interest in developing expertise in litigation management and dispute resolution strongly desired.
- Experience supporting consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, retail, or multinational organizations is preferred.
- Prior in-house legal experience is preferred.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance legal risk, regulatory requirements, and commercial objectives.
- Demonstrated expertise in contract drafting, review, negotiation, interpretation, and risk assessment.
- Strong understanding of corporate compliance, ethics, governance, and risk management principles.
- Ability to identify legal issues proactively and provide practical, solution-oriented recommendations.
- Excellent judgment and decision-making skills with the ability to assess risk and recommend appropriate courses of action.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to business leaders and non-legal stakeholders.
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional and international teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
- Familiarity with litigation, dispute resolution, investigations, and claims management processes, or a strong interest in developing expertise in these areas.
- Experience managing outside counsel and legal service providers preferred.
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining a practical and business-oriented approach to legal support.
- Adaptable and resourceful with the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Commitment to integrity, accountability, professionalism, and high ethical standards.
- Customer-service mindset with a focus on responsiveness, partnership, and enabling business success.
- Continuous learner who remains current on legal, regulatory, and industry developments affecting the Company.
Technology
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to quickly and proficiently learn new software and technologies.
- Experience with litigation management, eDiscovery, contract management, and matter-management systems preferred.
Other
- Language: Proficiency in English required; additional languages are a plus.
- Travel: Open to domestic and international business travel.
- Ability to work extended hours as business needs warrant.
Pennsylvania Pay Transparency Act:
- The range for this role is between $149,410.66 to $186,763.32 a year.
- Target compensation range and subsequent actual salary is/will be determined by a number of factors including but not limited to specific skills, competencies, years of experience, geographic location and education as aligned to the job description.
- Full-time employees are eligible for company benefits to include medical, prescription, dental, mental health benefits, 401(k) and paid time off (vacation, sick days and paid holidays).
Benefits & Perks
- Medical & Prescription Plan Design: $0 Copay / $0 Deductible
- Dental, Life Insurance
- 401(k) with a 6% Employer Match.
- PTO: Holidays, vacation & sick time
- Gym facilities (PA & WA only)
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon28

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- CRUSOE2

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- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
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- Trucking
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in corporate legal counsel jobs.
- Juris Doctor degree and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state
- Three or more years of experience in corporate, commercial, or transactional legal practice
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts independently
- Familiarity with corporate governance, entity management, and board reporting obligations
- Experience advising on employment law, data privacy, or regulatory compliance matters
- Proficiency with contract lifecycle management tools or legal operations software
Tips for Your Corporate Legal Counsel Job Search
Tailor your resume to the industry
Corporate legal counsel roles in fintech carry different expectations than those in healthcare or energy. Highlight the specific regulatory frameworks you've worked in, whether that's HIPAA, SEC reporting, or FERC, so hiring teams see relevant expertise immediately.
Quantify your contract review volume
Hiring managers want to know the scale you've operated at. Mention how many contracts you reviewed or negotiated per quarter, the deal sizes you touched, or the litigation matters you managed to close, rather than listing responsibilities in general terms.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists corporate legal counsel openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target job postings by practice area
General counsel teams hire specialists. Search for openings that name your strongest area, such as M&A, data privacy, or intellectual property, rather than applying broadly to every corporate legal counsel listing and hoping your background translates.
Prepare for a business-judgment interview round
Many in-house interviews include a scenario where you advise a fictional business unit on a legal risk. Practice giving structured recommendations that weigh legal exposure against commercial priorities, not just identifying what the law says.
Negotiate scope, not just compensation
Once you have an offer, ask about reporting structure, whether you'll have outside counsel budget authority, and what the escalation path looks like for bet-the-company matters. These details define the actual role more than the title does.
Corporate Legal Counsel Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most corporate legal counsels?
The most active employers for corporate legal counsels right now are Amazon, Rosendin Electric, and CRUSOE, and the most openings are in California, Washington, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is particularly strong in technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
How many corporate legal counsel jobs are remote?
About 60% of corporate legal counsel openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making it one of the more flexible legal roles available in-house. Contract review, employment advisory, and data privacy work tend to be the sub-specializations most frequently offered on a remote or hybrid basis.
How do you become a corporate legal counsel?
You typically start by earning a Juris Doctor, passing the bar in your target state, and spending several years at a law firm building transactional or litigation experience before moving in-house. Most companies prefer candidates who have handled the type of work their business generates, so aligning your practice area with a specific industry early makes the transition faster.
How do you get hired as a corporate legal counsel with little experience?
Target companies that run formal in-house clerkship or junior counsel programs, which are more common in large technology and financial services firms. Emphasize any client-facing contract work, secondments to in-house teams, or pro bono corporate matters you handled at a firm. Roles titled assistant counsel or associate counsel often have lower experience thresholds and serve as the realistic entry point.
What does the corporate legal counsel interview process look like?
Most in-house hiring processes include an initial screen with HR or a recruiter, followed by a substantive interview with the general counsel or deputy general counsel focused on your practice area and judgment calls you've made. A final round typically involves meeting business stakeholders or completing a practical exercise, such as reviewing a contract or drafting a short memo on a hypothetical legal issue the company actually faces.
Where can I find and apply to corporate legal counsel jobs?
You can find and apply to corporate legal counsel jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience level and practice area, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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