Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements across North America, advise sales and business development partners, interpret legal and regulatory developments, and manage a team of lawyers and contract managers. You will also develop localized templates, playbooks, and policies.
Requirements
- J.D.
- Active membership in at least one U.S. State Bar
- 8+ years of relevant post qualification legal experience
- In house technology or SaaS experience preferred
- Previous team management experience
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and technology agreements
- Knowledge of enterprise software licensing SaaS data protection and intellectual property
- Experience advising on privacy cybersecurity and cross border data transfers
- Excellent communication stakeholder management and problem solving skills
- Comfort working in fast paced environments with shifting priorities
Responsibilities
- Draft review and negotiate commercial agreements
- Advise sales business development and operations teams on go to market strategies
- Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments
- Manage a team of US lawyers and contract managers
- Develop and maintain regional contract templates playbooks and policies
- Provide practical legal advice to cross functional teams
- Support the scaling of the commercial legal function
Benefits
- Annual discretionary professional development stipend
- Annual discretionary social travel stipend
- Annual company offsite
- Monthly co-working stipend