Corporate Counsel

Join Ginkgo Bioworks, a leading biotechnology company, as a Corporate Counsel. In this role, you will provide creative legal solutions to support the growth of the business, oversee business development transactions, and engage with existing collaborators. You will lead and negotiate a wide range of agreements, engage cross-functionally with various teams, and strengthen Ginkgo's legal infrastructure. The position offers growth and development opportunities, unlimited paid time off, comprehensive health and parental leave benefits, flexible work options, and a competitive 401K contribution.

• Lead and negotiate a wide range of agreements with customers, vendors, industry partners, and suppliers, including hardware purchasing agreements, collaboration and licensing agreements, software and SaaS agreements, master service agreements, material transfer agreements, and procurement contracts.
• Engage cross-functionally with business development, commercial operations, finance, human resources, and technical program teams to provide balanced legal advice that manages risk while enabling business opportunity in a compliant manner.
• Strengthen Ginkgo's legal infrastructure by growing our internal repository of agreement templates, models, guidances, and professional development materials.

• 3+ years’ experience practicing law in a law firm and/or a corporation
• Expectation to be on-site 5 days/week
• BA/BS degree
• JD and licensed to practice law in the United States
• Good judgment and a reputation for making balanced decisions that weigh risk against business opportunity, paired with a history of honest, direct, and timely communication of issues as they arise
• Keen project leadership, with ample experience managing programs with company-wide impact that require significant indirect and cross-functional influence, while directing resources efficiently with cost control in mind
• Nimble and adaptable work style, with the ability to discern between low-impact and high-impact efforts and make wise decisions about time management in a dynamic environment
• Grounded expertise with a minimum of 3 years working as a lawyer in a legal environment, with a JD required; years of experience in a high-pressure law firm setting will be considered when determining minimum experience. Law firm and in-house experience preferred
• Ownership mentality with a can-do attitude and humble approach to work allocation—independently identifying matters that need attention, maintaining diligent knowledge management, and ensuring strong communication and collaboration with internal and external counterparts. Dedication to making biology easier to engineer
• In-depth experience with complex transactions, including software and technology agreements, licenses, material transfers, and collaborations, as well as general corporate transactions such as stock purchase agreements, investor agreements, and services agreements