Legal Counsel (Remote, US)

Who We Are

Renew Home is on a mission to change how we power the world by making it easier for customers to save energy and money at home as part of the largest residential virtual power plant in North America.

We partner with industry-leading brands to better manage residential energy for users by prioritizing efficiency, savings, and comfort — and cleaner energy for everyone.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer striving to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels that they have a voice that is heard.

We strongly encourage candidates to check out our website at www.renewhome.com to learn more about the world-changing work we are doing.

Role Summary

Renew Home is seeking a Legal Counsel to join our growing legal team! We're looking for a dynamic and business-minded lawyer with commercial and product counseling experience to provide sound, practical and actionable legal advice in support of our mission.

What You Will Do

- Serve as counsel in preparing, reviewing, negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial agreements, with a focus on SaaS, services, and procurement agreements.

- Support commercial contracts, partnerships including with regulated electric utilities, and transactions that support consumer energy solutions.

- Advise cross-functional teams on legal, regulatory, and compliance aspects of product development, launch, licensing, distribution, and marketing.

- Provide guidance on intellectual property, data privacy, open source, and technology licensing issues.

- Identify potential legal and business risks in contracts and develop approaches to mitigate them.

- Support corporate housekeeping and manage outside counsel.

- Work dynamically across the traditional in-house portfolio with minimal supervision.

- Provide legal review and business-focused legal advice across all departments and functions.

- Address broader strategic issues and matters of first impression.

Reporting & Collaboration

- Act as a key member of the company’s legal team and report to CLO.

- Work closely with department leaders to achieve business objectives, mitigate risks and ensure legal and regulatory compliance.

- Support commercial, transactional, and compliance.

Location & Travel

- Remote position.

- Some domestic travel required.

Requirements

- JD and Bar Admission: JD from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in good standing.

- Experience: 5+ years of legal practice, including in-house experience.

- Ideal Candidate Profile:

- - Business-forward in-house lawyer with leadership skills and a proven record of successfully handling complex legal issues, both commercial and product counsel experience preferred.

- Experience negotiating custom commercial deals with regulated electric utilities, retail energy providers, or other load serving entities.

- A legal- and thought-partner for our business development leadership, with direct impact on helping them accelerate deals and win new business.

- Skills and Attributes:

- - Solution-oriented, business-minded, and pragmatic.

- Strategic, results-driven, proactive, and resourceful.

- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

- Exceptional judgment and ability to balance risk with corporate objectives.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills.

- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

- Superior interpersonal skills.

- Intellectual curiosity and willingness to take on new challenges.

Benefits

What You'll Get

- A full-time position, with a competitive salary based on experience. The base salary for this role is: $165k - $205k. We use market data and consider your job family, background, skills, experience, and U.S. work location to determine compensation within our established pay range.

- Fully remote work environment with home office set-up allowance.

- Real and lived work-life balance - Company perks include no pre-set vacation limits (with a top-down culture of taking meaningful PTO every year!), parental leave benefits, and a corporate value of working sustainably and putting families first.

- Competitive benefits package that includes numerous health and wellness benefits.

- 401(k) plan, with employer contributions to the same.

- Opportunity to work with amazing people who are passionate about their mission, thriving in a fully-remote work environment, and learning and growing every day.

At this time, Renew Home is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future immigration from the company, including training plans for foreign students.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Individuals seeking employment at Renew Home are considered without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identification, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.