Overview
A global digital transformation consultancy is seeking a Commercial Attorney to join their lean, high-performing legal team supporting the Americas. This role involves managing a high volume of complex digital services contracts and partnering closely with the General Counsel on commercial contracting, legal operations, and process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end drafting, review, and negotiation of Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and vendor agreements related to digital transformation, cloud, data, and AI engagements.
- Collaborate with Commercial Finance and business stakeholders to analyze contract terms, identify risks, and deliver pragmatic, revenue-aligned solutions.
- Develop and scale the operational infrastructure of the legal function, including playbooks, templates, clause libraries, and negotiation frameworks.
- Design and continuously improve legal workflows, intake processes, and reporting to support a high-throughput, global contracting environment.
- Support implementation and optimization of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems and AI-enabled legal tools such as smart redlining, document analytics, obligation management, and Salesforce integration.
- Identify and execute opportunities to automate manual work and increase efficiency across contracting and legal operations.
- Work directly with the General Counsel on day-to-day legal matters, operating with high ownership in a fast-paced environment.
- Coordinate with a distributed global legal team to ensure alignment on standards, workflows, and delivery.
- Provide broader commercial legal support across intellectual property, privacy, employment, and vendor-related matters.
- Support management of active litigation matters, contribute to the privacy program, and collaborate with compliance on U.S. regulatory issues.
Information Security Responsibilities
- Promote and enforce awareness of key information security practices, including acceptable use of information assets, malware protection, and password security protocols.
- Identify, assess, and report security risks impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy and protection standards such as GDPR and CCPA.
- Integrate data protection measures throughout the information lifecycle to safeguard sensitive information.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school with active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 4–8 years of commercial contracting experience, preferably including in-house experience within technology services, consulting, or digital agency environments.
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills for technology services agreements including MSAs, SOWs, and vendor contracts.
- Ability to manage a high volume of contracts while maintaining attention to detail and driving deals to closure.
- Process-oriented mindset focused on building scalable systems, improving workflows, and increasing operational efficiency.
- Experience with or strong interest in legal operations, including CLM systems, contract automation, and process design.
- Enthusiasm for AI and legal technology, with active interest in advancing contract review, redlining, automation, and legal research capabilities.
- Self-starter and problem solver capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight.
- Effective collaborator across distributed global teams and multiple stakeholders.
- Familiarity with digital, cloud, data, or AI-related agreements, and exposure to data privacy, litigation management, and intellectual property considerations.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $175,000 - $215,000 per year.
- Individual pay is determined by experience, education, and organizational needs, with higher salaries generally reserved for highly experienced candidates.
Location
- This is a remote position supporting the Americas region.
The organization is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other protected status. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
Note: Artificial intelligence tools may be used to assist in parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.