About this role
As part of Impulse’s legal team, the Contracts Counsel will support a fast-growing and dynamic company across a broad range of contracts, including customer-facing commercial agreements, launch-related agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, leases and other business arrangements. This role reports to the Assistant General Counsel and is intended to add experienced execution capacity to the legal team: independently handling day-to-day drafting, review and negotiation of assigned matters after alignment on strategy, while coordinating on material deviations, non-standard risk positions, novel issues and complex or high-stakes matters. The Contracts Counsel will work directly with internal stakeholders on assigned matters and may support additional practice areas as the company grows. NOTE: This position is on-site in Redondo Beach Support the team in drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of agreements, including customer-facing launch and mission services agreements, other commercial customer agreements, launch provider agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, leases, confidentiality agreements and other business arrangements Prepare initial drafts, reviews and redlines for assigned matters; identify key legal and business issues; and propose practical paths forward as appropriate Handle routine negotiations within established legal positions and agreed deal strategy, with appropriate escalation of material deviations, non-standard risk positions, novel issues, and complex or high-stakes matters Support customer contract work in coordination with the Assistant General Counsel, including working with Business Development, Finance, Mission Management and other stakeholders on deal structuring, negotiation preparation, contract execution and follow-up matters Support internal stakeholders on contract interpretation and performance issues, including amendments, change requests, claims, disputes, renewals and terminations Help create, maintain and improve contract templates, standard positions and playbooks, subject to alignment with legal leadership, and assist with key contract lifecycle tracking for assigned matters Contribute to scalable legal processes, training and other projects, and assist the legal team with additional practice areas as needed