Commercial and Product Counsel

Givebutter is the most-loved nonprofit fundraising and CRM platform, empowering millions of changemakers to raise more, pay less, and give better. Nonprofits use Givebutter to replace multiple tools so they can launch fundraisers and events, use donation forms and donor management (CRM), send emails and text blasts—all in one place. Use of the Givebutter platform is completely free with a 100% transparent tip-or-fee model.

Givebutter has been certified as a Great Place to Work® every year since 2021, and is the #1 rated nonprofit software company on G2 across multiple categories.

Our mission is to empower the changemaker in all of us. We believe giving should be fun, so you’ll want to do it again, and we also believe that work should be fun, so that you’ll have the greatest impact. We are excited to hear from talented people who want to work with other talented people in making the world a butter place—and have fun along the way. 

Givebutter is hiring a Commercial & Product Counsel to own Givebutter's commercial contracting function and serve as a trusted legal partner to teams across the company. You will be the first lawyer our cross-functional teams turn to on a daily basis, and you will have the autonomy to run the contracting motion end-to-end. Your work directly enables the General Counsel to shift from day-to-day tactical execution to strategic leadership, so your ability to operate independently and at speed is the single most important quality we're looking for.

The Legal team at Givebutter manages a steady flow of vendor agreements, customer contracts, partnership deals, and product questions that need sharp legal judgment, fast.

This is a high-ownership role. You will build and refine the playbooks, templates, and workflows that define how Givebutter contracts. You will counsel product teams on legal risk before features ship. You will negotiate deals that protect our reputation with the nonprofits who trust us. And you will do all of it using modern tools, including AI-powered contract review and agentic workflows, because we believe legal teams should build leverage through technology, not headcount.

If you want to be a business partner who happens to have a law degree (not the other way around), and you thrive when you own problems end-to-end, this role is for you.

• Have deep commercial contracting experience: you've negotiated hundreds of agreements across SaaS, vendor, customer, and data processing contexts, and you can do it quickly without sacrificing quality

• Have built contracting processes from scratch: templates, playbooks, fallback language, approval workflows, self-serve tools. You've done it before, and you can stand it up overnight if needed

• Have hands-on experience with AI tools for legal work: you've used AI-powered contract review, AI agents, or agentic workflows in practice (not just read about them), and you have opinions about what works

• Have strong product counseling skills: you can spot the legal issue in a product spec, explain the risk in plain language, and propose a path forward that doesn't kill the feature

• Can operate independently at high speed: you don't need to be told what to do next, you manage your own queue, and you exercise sound judgment about when to escalate

• A J.D. and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction

• 5–7 years of legal experience, with meaningful time spent in-house at a growth-stage fintech company (experience at a payments company or fundraising platform strongly preferred)

• High-volume commercial contracting execution

• Contracting systems & infrastructure buildout

• Product counseling in a high growth, tech environment

• Applied use of legal technology and AI tools

Benefits

Below is a high-level outline of our standard interview process

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   Recruiter Screen: A 30-minute conversation to learn more about your background, walk through the role, and ensure mutual alignment on expectations, values, and logistics.

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   Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper dive into your relevant experience, skillset, and working style. This is your first opportunity to connect directly with the person who may be your future manager.

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   Assessment (technical or non-technical): This stage will vary based on the role. It could involve a live coding session, case study, or take-home project. Some roles may include two parts to this stage to evaluate both practical skills and problem-solving approaches

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   Values Interview: A conversation with team members focused on how you align with our core values and leadership principles.

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   References: We connect with a few folks you’ve worked closely with to get a better picture of your working style and impact.

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   Offer: If all goes well, we’ll move to the offer stage!

Please note, we will have an AI note-taking tool join most of our interviews.

Hi potential new butterslice! A recent study from LinkedIn showed that most women apply to jobs only when they meet 100% of the requirements, whereas men will hit the apply button if they hit 60%. Givebutter is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. So to the women and nonbinary folks out there feeling unsure if you're a perfect fit, we strongly encourage you to apply!