Counsel, Legal Compliance

Company Overview:  

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America’s leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team:  

Relativity Space’s legal team is small, nimble, and entrepreneurial: a startup within a startup. Our team is responsible for identifying and managing risks across the organization to ensure Relativity is adequately protected through its rapid growth. Our legal team manages intellectual property, contracts, and compliance, among other responsibilities. Unique to Relativity’s fast-paced startup environment, our team has broad exposure to the business has frequent opportunities to work cross functionally to support Relativity’s ambitious goals.

Relativity is looking for an entrepreneurial counsel or compliance professional to take primary responsibility for the enhancement and implementation of Relativity Space’s Compliance Program & policies. The Senior Manager, Legal of Compliance will play a critical role in developing and implementing company-wide compliance programs tailored to Relativity’s operations, conducting risk assessments of current activities, and ensuring adherence to legal standards and ethical practices. The position will work cross functionally business consistently with the Company’s values and preserve its reputation for business integrity and ethics. 

Lawyers and non-lawyers are encouraged to apply to this position. Alternate titles may be considered depending on an applicant’s experience.

About the Role: 

• Report to the Director, Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory and Transactions, and work cross functionally with the Company’s Trade Compliance, Security, Employee Relations, and Communications functions to provide oversight and development of programmatic compliance programs and procedures to ensure adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Work closely with Relativity’s Senior Program Manager for Trade Compliance to manage risk and ensure compliance with U.S. export laws and regulations.
• Support policy development and contract compliance for Relativity’s federal programs and develop and deliver training on various regulatory and compliance topics for Company employees, with special emphasis on global trade compliance, customer and vendor due diligence and government contracting obligations. 
• Closely partner with the People and Employee Relations functions on investigations and ethics matters, including supporting the development of an Ethics program that complements the overall programmatic development of compliance programs and procedures
• Plan and implement the policies and processes used to manage enterprise risk across the Company.
• Represent the Legal Team within the company to expand the team’s ability to provide in-person guidance and support across a variety of compliance issues.

About You:  

• The successful candidate will have a J.D., a license to practice law, and at least 6+ years of relevant experience gained at a law firm or in-house legal office.
• Comprehensive knowledge of U.S. export laws and regulations.
• Experience working with FARS/DFARS and other government procurement regulations.
• Proven ability to provide practical, flexible, risk-adjusted advice to business stakeholders and senior leadership.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience managing approval of export authorizations.
• Experience as an Empowered Official as part of a company’s trade compliance program.
• Experience working in or with the aerospace and/or the marine industry. 
• Experience developing Enterprise Risk Management Programs.
• Experience building a Compliance program in a start-up or early-stage company environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.