Counsel, Commercial Transactions

Overview

This role supports the organization’s commercial contracting function and strategic business initiatives. The Counsel, Commercial Transactions drafts, reviews, negotiates, and advises on customer-facing and strategic commercial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer, procurement, and strategic commercial negotiations and legal work by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating software, SaaS and hybrid, cloud services, AI-related offerings, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Security, IT and Compliance to deliver timely work, clarify expectations, and problem-solve; manage stakeholder and customer communications.
• Serve as a trusted advisor by providing legal advice and business counsel on commercial and operational legal issues, including responding accurately and promptly while managing a challenging volume of contracts.
• Engage with customers to ensure their needs are heard and delivered.
• Suggest and contribute to process improvements (e.g., new standard forms or variations) to enhance efficiency and align with business and product requirements.
• Work effectively with AI legal technology tools, leveraging the efficiencies they provide and remaining flexible about adopting new tools.
• Support strategic pricing initiatives, pricing governance projects, and commercial model optimization efforts with Finance, Global Business Operations, and business stakeholders.
• Participate in internal approval workflows, prioritize contracts, and respond to questions from stakeholders and clients.
• Use skilled knowledge of AI tools (including legal technology tools) and proficiency with Microsoft O365, Salesforce, and Ironclad.

Requirements

• Four (4) to six (6) years of relevant experience in-house and/or at a law firm supporting technology transactions.
• Experience negotiating SaaS, software, cloud services, professional services, data processing, and enterprise commercial agreements.
• Experience supporting complex commercial contracting environments.
• Understanding of technology, including legal technology, cloud services, software licensing models, information security, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory considerations.
• Experience supporting AI-enabled products and emerging technology issues.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, resourcefulness, responsiveness, and strong communication skills.
• JD degree from an accredited law school and license to practice in the United States.
• Ability to research and analyze legal issues.
• Solid proficiency with AI tools, legal technology tools, MS Office and legal research platforms and tools; familiarity with Salesforce, Ironclad and Asana.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of data privacy issues and common practices in a SaaS context involving security and processing of customer data that may include personal information.
• Experience with government technology procurement contracting, including at state, federal and local levels, including GSA, SEWP, and FAR; basic knowledge of FedRAMP and application to SaaS offerings and operations.
• Understanding of software development, computer technology, SaaS infrastructure and services, open-source communities, and intellectual property concepts and laws.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in good standing.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, responsiveness, and strong communications skills.
• Reasonable exposure to computer and software technology concepts.
• Solid proficiency with MS Office, Salesforce, and Contract Management Software.

Compensation & Benefits

• This position is eligible for total compensation including a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.
• Expected salary range: $158,000 to $236,000.
• Final offered salary will be based on factors including depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.

Location

Remote/Hybrid