Senior Product Counsel, Babylist
$172.3-258.5k
+ Equity + Bonus
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
Online universal baby registry
Job no longer available
Online universal baby registry
501-1000 employees
B2CMarketplaceConsumer GoodseCommerce
Job no longer available
$172.3-258.5k
+ Equity + Bonus
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
501-1000 employees
B2CMarketplaceConsumer GoodseCommerce
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of overall professional working experience, with at least 2 years at a reputable law firm and 3+ years house directly advising senior leadership clients on complex commercial, business, and transactional matters
- Bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a U.S. State Bar
- Demonstrated expertise in HIPAA regulations and privacy laws, with a proven track record of advising on compliance issues related to health technology products and ensuring alignment with privacy best practices
- In-depth knowledge of several of the following areas (with proficiency in all): advertising/marketing law, commercial/contract, intellectual property, and data privacy
- Strong business acumen and the ability to provide practical, strategic legal advice aligned with business objectives
- Excellent problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with teams across the company
What the job involves
- Babylist is seeking our second legal hire to help the company navigate the many legal opportunities and challenges as we mature and scale
- Reporting to the Head of Legal, you will serve as a strategic partner, providing counsel and support to the Health, Product, and Supply Chain teams in a dynamic maturing startup environment
- You will develop and build the systems, processes and procedures that will shape our legal team going forward
- You will partner across the business to set and execute the Babylist strategy across legal and regulatory matters which may include commercial/corporate contracts, IP, data privacy, HIPAA, etc
- This role will also interface with outside counsel and further develop and manage those relationships
- Develop and implement the company's overall legal strategy, aligning it with our business objectives and growth plans. Identify potential legal risks and provide proactive guidance to mitigate them effectively
- Provide legal partnership, guidance, and proactive risk reduction strategies to our teams. This includes providing legal guidance to address transformational and day to day business matters such as commercial contracts, privacy, regulatory analysis, etc
- Develop form contracts for use by various business units, and manage the ongoing review, drafting and negotiation of a wide variety of contracts, including client agreements, vendor contracts, and partnerships/influencer agreements. Ensure contracts are aligned with the company's goals and protect its legal and financial interests
Our take
Since its 2011 launch, Babylist has grown into one of the most highly rated baby registries in the US. The difference it offers is that it allows users to include products from any store in their registries. On top of this, the company’s model also focuses heavily on creating informational content, which allows it to generate ad revenue while building customer loyalty.
Originally scaled with fairly low venture funding, Babylist claims half of new parents in the US now use its services. This, given that the baby products industry is worth close to $90 billion, shows the immense growth of the company as well as speaking to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past which fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms, and facilitated the company's expansion further into the market. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision to combine the companies into a larger health and wellness media property, that can help people navigate all parts of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Led by a woman
Top investors
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- HAPPIER WEEKENDS – We work to live, not live to work. That means we generally don’t work nights or weekends, and we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the year, in addition to your paid time off.
- PAID TIME OFF THAT WORKS FOR YOU – Life is unpredictable. Use your time off for what you need, whether that’s a vacation, family event or a day to unplug.
- PARENTAL LEAVE – We offer a flexible, 12-week paid parental leave policy.
- FLEXIBLE BENEFITS – Choose from benefits that support your working style, whether that's remote, in the office or something in between.
- HEALTH & WELLNESS – Wellness benefits include 100% paid coverage for medical, vision and dental for full-time employees.
- BABYLIST STORE DISCOUNT – All full-time employees receive a generous Babylist Store discount.
Company values
- We Love Our Users: This is our superpower. We listen to our users relentlessly to earn their trust and find better and better ways to support them as they tackle this thing called parenthood.
- Eye on the Horizon: We are building a lasting business by focusing on the long term for our users. Day-to-day we focus on what's directly in front of us with an eye on what's ahead. We are prepared to go against what is popular or trendy at the moment in order to serve our longer-term goals. We keep one eye on the horizon with the right mix of data, intuition, and user understanding to validate our decisions.
- Always Be Learning: We approach things with a growth mindset as individuals and as a company. We believe high performance comes from curiosity and an eagerness to find ways to improve. We foster an environment where everyone can feel comfortable asking hard questions in order to learn. We are resilient.
- Intentionally Focused: In order to do hard things, we must work on the most important things first. We see the biggest impact when we simplify problems and solutions and pare back any distractions.
- Be Your Own CEO: As a remote company, we must approach our work with ownership and accountability. To have the impact we want to have, we need to excel at management, execution, and communication. We are excited and engaged with the work we do. We understand the broader context of our work and make decisions that support those efforts. We take responsibility and deliver.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Articles
Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Babylist
- Babylist is committed to anti-racism and inclusivity. It’s their mission to create a supportive and inclusive community for parents of all kinds, and equally important to create a supportive and inclusive environment for Babylist employees.
- We educate employees about and give them the words to challenge microaggressions because language is a powerful indicator of belonging.
- We create a safe place for people to investigate their own blind spots and racism that come from growing up in a racist society.
- We commit to challenging our own biases and those of people around us.
- We construct our company programs and processes to screen and correct for bias and unintended impact on underrepresented groups.
- We use our reach and our resources to support those who are doing anti-racist work that benefits our users and communities.
- We commit to dismantling systemic racism in the ways that it creeps into corporate structures:
- We interview manager candidates for diversity, equity and inclusion aptitude so everyone has a manager who supports their sense of belonging. If the candidate doesn’t pass, they won’t be hired.
- We articulate our anti-racist stance in our onboarding program so it’s clear where we stand.
- We survey the team annually to make sure we understand inclusivity and belongingness at Babylist.
- We measure the efforts of our DEI programs so we know if they’re working and can set objective goals to fix them if they’re not.
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