Terabase Energy

Terabase Energy

Commercial Counsel

United States

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$185kDetected 42 days ago
Project ManagementSalesNegotiationSupply ChainProcess ImprovementProcurementRoboticsCommunicationRenewable Energy

About the role

  • The ideal candidate brings strong commercial contracting judgment, comfort with both technology and construction-related risk, and a practical legal operations mindset.
  • This person should be able to switch fluidly between legal analysis, deal execution, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement without losing sight of business objectives.
  • This role is remote, with infrequent travel (<10%).

Responsibilities

  • Support Sales, Supply Chain/Procurement, Operations, Product, Project Management, and other business teams with practical, business-oriented contracting guidance.
  • Provide construction-aware legal support for EPC-adjacent, subcontractor, field services, robotics deployment, equipment, and project-based commercial arrangements.
  • Help distinguish legal risk from business risk and support appropriate internal decision-making and approvals.
  • Coordinate with external counsel for overflow support, specialized subject matter areas, or high-volume periods.
  • Deal Execution and Contract Lifecycle Management Project manage contracts and deals to closure by driving timelines, coordinating approvals, tracking open issues, and helping unblock negotiations.
  • Support contract intake, triage, routing, signature coordination, and post-signature handoff activities.
  • Help maintain organized contract records, contract status tracking, and key contract metadata.
  • Support contract repository hygiene, reporting, and data integrity to improve visibility into contract obligations, renewal dates, approval status, and deal risk.
  • Partner with Legal, Sales Ops, Supply Chain/Procurement, Finance, and other stakeholders to improve contracting workflows and reduce unnecessary friction.
  • Develop and maintain contracting playbooks, fallback positions, escalation procedures, clause libraries, template repositories, and training materials.

Requirements

  • Support implementation and continuous improvement of contracting policies, including when legal review is required, who approves deviations, and how exceptions are documented.
  • Strong business judgment and ability to distinguish legal issues from commercial issues.

Skills

  • Strong drafting, redlining, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills across a variety of commercial contracts.

Compensation

  • Remote flexibility
  • Career progression
  • And much more!
  • We recruit, hire, employ, train, promote, and compensate individuals based on job-related qualifications and abilities.
  • We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
  • We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, the diverse consumers we represent, and the communities we call home.

Benefits

  • Generous time off and holiday policy
  • Flexible time off
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Home office set up allowance

Company info

  • At Terabase Energy, we believe that digitalization and automation will drive the next wave of innovation and cost reduction in large scale solar.
  • To fully unlock the potential of this opportunity, Terabase is developing an interconnected software and construction automation platform.
  • We work alongside project developers, owners, and engineering & construction firms to support the design, optimization, and construction of huge solar projects around the world.
  • Our team is a blend of solar-industry veterans and newbies, thought-leaders, dreamers, software, electrical and mechanical engineers, coders, product managers, project managers, and sales and marketing professionals.
  • We are based in Northern California, with several other offices in the United States and around the world.
  • If all of this piques your interest, we'd love to hear from you!
  • This is primarily a commercial legal role, but we are looking for someone who can also help build and maintain the contracting infrastructure that allows a lean legal team to scale.

Equal opportunity

  • Terabase is an equal opportunity employer.

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