Commercial Counsel

Overview

A partner organization is seeking a Commercial Counsel based in the United States to join a fast-growing legal team supporting a global technology company operating at the intersection of data security, privacy, compliance, and artificial intelligence. This role focuses on managing complex enterprise software transactions and providing practical legal guidance across various business functions.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, software licenses, NDAs, evaluation agreements, partnership agreements, data processing agreements, and vendor contracts.
• Own the full contract lifecycle from initial review and negotiation through execution, ensuring timely and effective deal completion.
• Collaborate with sales, product, privacy, security, HR, marketing, and business teams to provide practical legal guidance and support strategic initiatives.
• Advise stakeholders on legal risks, commercial strategies, product-related matters, and operational challenges.
• Facilitate alignment across teams to resolve complex transaction issues and support successful negotiations with customers and partners.
• Help build, streamline, and operationalize scalable contracting processes to support business growth.
• Support additional legal initiatives including research, deal structuring, policy development, intellectual property matters, employment-related topics, and corporate operations as needed.
• Act as a trusted problem solver within a collaborative legal team, contributing across multiple areas and supporting evolving business needs.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree with strong academic credentials and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• Minimum of 6 years transactional legal experience, ideally with enterprise software, SaaS, technology transactions, or high-growth companies.
• Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and managing high-touch enterprise transactions.
• Strong understanding of software licensing, SaaS agreements, privacy considerations, and data security concepts.
• Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice balancing risk and commercial priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and negotiate effectively.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing positively as part of a collaborative legal team.
• Strong ownership mentality, curiosity, and enthusiasm for solving challenging business problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with privacy laws, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, or data governance.
• Familiarity with employment matters, equity management, intellectual property, board matters, investigations, or entity management.
• Government contracts experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise-level technology negotiations with limited negotiation leverage.
• Technical aptitude and comfort working with complex technology products.
• Foreign language skills, especially Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, or French.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive annual base salary range of $150,000–$185,000, with additional variable compensation and equity incentives based on performance.
• Fully remote work environment with a global remote-first community.
• Flexible paid time off policy and quarterly volunteer days.
• Equity participation opportunities.
• Employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid parental leave.

Location

• United States (remote)