Hiring: Employment and Commercial Counsel Company: Rent The Runway Location: Brooklyn, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 19:48:09 Target Skills & Keywords : Chef, Compliance, Kind, SaaS About the job Required Skills: •As Employment & Commercial Counsel, you will play a key role in advising our business partners and driving RTR’s growth. You will work primarily advising and counseling our People Team and executives on employment law matters as well as drafting and negotiating commercial agreements. At the same time, you will be a generalist who is excited and interested to jump into the wide range of questions the Legal team handles every day, including brand relationships, transportation, safety, environmental compliance, and international trade. You’ll be a strategic, hands-on, and creative partner to the business - as well as a practical problem solver. •You will report to the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and work collaboratively with the other members of RTR’s lean Legal team. We are an “office centric” company and you will work from Rent the Runway’s Brooklyn headquarters Monday - Thursday. •What You’ll Do •Serve as the lead attorney and strategic advisor for all employment matters across the business, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence and accommodations, labor matters, wage and hour matters, internal investigations, worker’s compensation, and immigration. •In partnership with the People team, develop and maintain effective HR policies, procedures and other documentation, including drafting, implementing, and maintaining form documents and ensuring clear and effective procedures for employment matters. •Draft and review commercial contracts, including agreements with designer partners, sponsorships, advertisers/influencers/ambassadors, technology partners including but not limited to, SaaS and software licensing partners, and consultants, and more. •Partner with your colleagues on the Legal team to continue to scale RTR’s legal function, including building templates, policies, procedures, and the legal tech stack that enable us to provide top tier legal services as efficiently as possible. •Pitch in and advise various teams on everything from key business initiatives to one-off “what if…” questions. •Develop training materials and other resources for your business partners. •Collaborate with other business functions and develop pragmatic solutions that support the growth of the Company while appropriately managing the legal risk. •Work independently on matters you own, and collaborate on key legal and business deliverables with RTR’s Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Deputy General Counsel, Sr. Manager of Legal, and leaders across the business. Qualifications: •JD and NY bar membership or eligibility to register as an in-house attorney in NY. •4+ total years of practicing law, incl Compensation: •$2 Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!