Skylo Technologies - Senior Commercial Counsel

• Own commercial agreements end-to-end — from initial structuring through negotiation and execution — with full autonomy and minimal escalation. • Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of complex commercial contracts: MNO and satellite operator partnerships, SaaS agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, vendor agreements, and OEM/hardware deals. • Use AI to research and synthesize regulatory developments affecting NTN/satellite operations across relevant jurisdictions. • Serve as the primary legal partner for business development, product, and procurement teams — providing pragmatic, business-forward guidance that unblocks deals rather than stalls them. • Navigate the legal and regulatory landscape unique to non-terrestrial networks (NTN), direct-to-device connectivity, and cross-border telco partnerships. • Build and maintain scalable legal infrastructure: contract templates, playbooks, and a contract management system that the whole company can use. • Contribute to compliance initiatives and internal training as Skylo's commercial footprint expands across new markets and jurisdictions. • Partner with the VP of Legal to develop and refine the legal team's operational practices as the company scales. • What We Look For • 5–7+ years of legal experience with a strong focus on commercial transactions — this is not a generalist role. • Meaningful in-house experience is required; candidates coming exclusively from Big Law without in-house time will not be considered. • Demonstrated experience in a lean legal environment — ideally as one of the first few lawyers at a growth-stage company — where you've had to build process, not just follow it. • Can describe a contract review or legal research workflow they built with AI, including what changed and what they measured. • Deep expertise drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements; you should be able to lead a negotiation entirely on your own. • Experience with telco, satellite, connectivity, or adjacent technology industries strongly preferred; enterprise SaaS or hardware experience considered. • JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or equivalent qualification for UK-based candidates). • A business-forward mindset: you understand that your job is to help the company move, not just to manage risk. • Excellent communication and executive presence — comfortable advising senior leadership and holding your own in complex deal negotiations. • Has connected AI tooling to a contract management or matter tracking system to reduce manual triage and status updates (strong plus).