Contracts Counsel

Join Impulse, a fast-growing and dynamic company, as a Contracts Counsel. In this role, you will support a wide range of contracts, including commercial agreements, vendor agreements, and leases. You will work directly with internal stakeholders and may support additional practice areas as the company grows. This position offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, company ownership, and a flexible PTO policy.

• Independently handle day-to-day drafting, review, and negotiation of assigned contracts after alignment on strategy.
• Work directly with internal stakeholders on assigned matters and coordinate on material deviations, non-standard risk positions, and complex issues.
• Support the legal team in developing or improving contract templates, playbooks, tracking, and other contract operations processes.

• Sound business judgment and the ability to identify and articulate legal and commercial risk clearly and propose practical, risk-based solutions
• 6+ years of contracts experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, including meaningful experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active U.S. bar membership
• Strong communicator with a highly collaborative working style and comfort working directly with internal stakeholders and external counterparties in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Demonstrated ability to independently handle routine drafting and negotiations within established parameters, together with strong judgment about when to escalate legal or business risk
• In-house experience in a fast-paced startup or growth-stage environment, preferably in aerospace, defense, technology or engineering-driven company\
• Demonstrated experience supporting customer-facing services agreements, launch or satellite contracting, or other complex commercial transactions
• Demonstrated experience helping develop or improve contract templates, playbooks, tracking and other contract operations processes