Steelcase

General Information
Country: USA
State: Michigan
City: Grand Rapids
Office Location: 901 44th Street SE - - - Grand Rapids -Michigan -
Date posted: 31-Jul-2026
Business Function: Legal
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Description
We are hiring a Senior Commercial Counsel to serve as a trusted legal partner to Steelcase's commercial business. In this role, you will provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance that helps enable growth, support customer and dealer relationships, and manage legal and commercial risk.
This is a unique opportunity to work closely with leaders across Sales, Marketing, Dealer Development, Finance, Operations, Product Management, and other business teams while helping shape how legal support enables the business in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
What You Will Be Doing:
• Serve as a primary legal partner to business leaders, providing timely, practical counsel on commercial initiatives, customer relationships, dealer matters, and business risk.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer agreements, dealer and distribution agreements, supplier agreements, master service agreements, NDAs, professional services agreements, and marketing-related agreements.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Dealer Development, Finance, Credit, and Commercial Operations on legal matters that support revenue-generating activities and strong customer/dealer relationships.
• Assist with Merger and Acquisition processes, onboarding of new dealers and negotiation of transactional agreements.
• Advise business partners on contract interpretation, risk allocation, indemnification, warranties, limitation of liability, intellectual property provisions, dispute resolution, credit risk, and commercial transaction strategy.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal processes, contract templates, negotiation playbooks, compliance practices, and ways of working across the business.
Who You Are:
You are a practical, business-minded attorney who can translate complex legal issues into clear guidance that helps leaders make informed decisions. You build trust quickly, balance risk with business objectives, and are comfortable working closely with cross-functional teams in a dynamic commercial environment.
You enjoy being close to the business, understanding how work gets done, and helping leaders move work forward in a way that is thoughtful, compliant, and commercially sound.
Minimum Qualifications
• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and ability to comply with Michigan Bar licensing requirements.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible legal experience.
• Significant experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial contracts.
• Experience serving as legal counsel to business executives or commercial organizations.
• Strong knowledge of commercial contracting principles, contract negotiation, and commercial transaction law.
• Strong legal drafting, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, consumer products, distribution, business-to-business, or similar commercial organizations.
• Experience working with dealer, distributor, or channel partner networks.
• Combination of law firm and in-house corporate legal experience.
• Familiarity with legal issues related to sales, marketing, commercial operations, finance, credit, advertising, data privacy, consumer protection, or antitrust.
• Experience improving contracting processes, templates, playbooks, or contract lifecycle management practices.
Doing better for people and planet
Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.
Why People Choose to Work with Us
At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.
Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.
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