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- Remote
- Workplace
- Remote
- Department
- G&A
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
Who we are:
Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.
Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.
The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.
With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Project Financing attorney to build the commercial division of our legal department. You will need to be both the strategic architect and the day-to-day executor. This is a highly visible role during a critical inflection point for a high-growth late stage start-up company. This opportunity offers meaningful equity, rapid advancement, and the chance to do some of the most consequential legal work of your career.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Build the legal portion of the Commercial (Projects & Supply Chain) side of our business – develop our preferred structures and strategies and the form agreements to go with them
- Own the structuring, financing, and delivery of our commercial projects, including SPV documents, loan agreements, security packages, IP licensing agreements, EPC agreements, and the like
- Own the legal portion of our global procurement, including master services agreements, POs, warehousing agreements, and similar
- Partner with the sales team in winning new projects, including by drafting responses to RFPs
- Partner with regulatory teams to ensure the commercial portion of the business remains in compliance with applicable laws
- Manage outside counsel as necessary
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Requirements:
- 6+ years of Biglaw and/or in-house legal experience
- Deep expertise in project financing and implementation of complex infrastructure projects
- Familiarity with commercial procurement for complex infrastructure projects
- Desire to independently drive the building of the commercial division of the Legal department
- Willingness to directly handle the substantive legal work to limit outside counsel fees
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
- Active license to practice law and in good standing in the United States
Bonus Points:
- Experience in Chambers ranked Projects / Infrastructure practice
- Experience with projects in the Middle East or APAC regions
- Start-up experience
- FOAK experience
- Experience with IP licensing structures and technology-related legal issues.
Location:
This is a fully-remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States. Team members primarily work on West Coast time.
Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.