Corporate Counsel

We saw a problem within the life insurance industry: getting covered took too long, involved too much paperwork, and required too many in-person meetings with sales agents. Having lost his father at a young age, our CEO, Jamie, was determined to make it easier for people to get the coverage they needed to provide for their families. So, we got to work. We developed a method of real-time underwriting leveraging AI and, in doing so, reduced the months-long process of applying for life insurance to minutes. Our digital experience is quick (instant decisions!), loved by users (check out our Trustpilot or Google reviews) and prolific ($74 billion+ in coverage provided).

This is a remote-first role. You'll work from home the majority of the time and join the team for regular in-person collaboration — these gatherings are purposeful: team strategy, relationship-building, and cross-functional alignment. Bay Area candidates are strongly preferred to make those connections easy and meaningful.

Ladder is hiring Corporate Counsel who is passionate about commercial contracting (both inbound and outbound), enjoys the thrill of the deal and working towards a common goal, and is a people-person who thrives off of collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders to solve problems and appropriately assess risk. The successful candidate is a clear communicator with sound judgment, great people skills, and proven experience effectively providing legal advice and negotiating with sophisticated counterparties in a fast-paced environment.  The ideal candidate will also be eager and curious to support other functions within our lean but mighty legal team,  including assisting our product and engineering teams, privacy, IP, and regulatory matters. Ladder was born in Palo Alto, California. We prefer the Corporate Counsel to be based in the Bay Area.

• Support Ladder’s commercial legal function by negotiating contracts (both inbound and outbound) with our commercial partners to accelerate the growth of our business.
• Advise on a broad range of legal issues including product, CX, regulatory, IP, and data privacy and security.
• Support scaling projects that directly impact the growth of the commercial legal function.
• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, templates, nondisclosure agreements, terms of use, and other key legal documents.
• Collaborate with partnerships, marketing, product, finance and other stakeholders on key initiatives.
• Support and/or manage other legal matters as they arise.

• JD and membership in at least one state bar
• 3+ years of relevant firm and/or in-house legal experience
• Demonstrated sound judgment, negotiation and analytical skills
• Ability to find creative solutions and balance legal risk with business objectives
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience learning new areas of law
• Team-player who is willing to take on any project that comes up
• Experience interpreting and complying with regulations in a variety of jurisdictions a plus
• Prior experience in or knowledge of insurance regulatory law a plus