Commercial Counsel (Remote US East Coast)

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Requirements:

• NY State Bar Membership or the equivalent.
• At least four years of in-house legal experience (preferably) including experience negotiating complex SaaS agreements.
• Experience scaling legal commercial processes and policies.
• Knowledge of worldwide data privacy laws and practices within the SaaS industry.
• Business acumen and ability to build relationships across the business, while collaborating cross-functionally to solve problems.
• Able to work independently while collaborating in an evolving environment and escalate issues/seek guidance appropriately.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the business to negotiate, draft, and review a broad range of agreements including master services, partnership, nondisclosure, referral, licensing, and other commercial agreements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive company revenue goals and support vendor engagements.
• Manage risk and ensure business and compliance requirements are accurately reflected within agreements.
• Support continuous improvements of forms, policies, and processes to help streamline, simplify, and automate the contracting process.
• Advise on the development of new areas as needed.