Senior Counsel, Partners & Channel
Job Details
- Experience
- At least 6 years of relevant legal experience
Requirements
- Maintain active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- Be eligible to practice in-house in the state of residence.
- Have at least 6 years of relevant legal experience.
- Bring substantial hands-on experience supporting technology partnerships and channel transactions, including reseller, referral, OEM, MSP, systems integrator, and strategic alliance agreements.
- Understand commercial models for self-managed software and SaaS, software licensing, professional services, and collaboration or co-marketing arrangements.
- Demonstrate the ability to structure, draft, and negotiate sophisticated commercial agreements while balancing legal protection, commercial objectives, and business priorities.
- Bring strong academic credentials and legal judgment.
- Translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable recommendations for business and technical stakeholders.
- Manage multiple transactions and competing priorities using negotiation, relationship-building, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Operate independently with a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset in a fast-paced, evolving business environment.
- Preferred: Experience with U.S. federal, state, and local public-sector channel arrangements, government contracts, procurement vehicles, or related regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, review, and negotiate global partnership and indirect distribution agreements, including reseller, referral, MSP, OEM, and strategic alliance arrangements.
- Negotiate consulting services agreements, subcontracting arrangements, and other commercial contracts with systems integrators and service provider partners.
- Advise channel, partnerships, and alliances leaders on transaction structures, commercial terms, negotiation strategies, legal exposure, and practical solutions.
- Collaborate with Sales, Product, Privacy, Security, Finance, Tax, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance throughout the transaction lifecycle.
- Develop and refine contract templates, negotiation playbooks, internal policies, training materials, and contracting workflows.
- Identify opportunities to improve contracting efficiency, consistency, and risk management.
- Help establish scalable legal processes and provide practical legal guidance.
- Advise on public-sector channel arrangements, government contracting requirements, procurement frameworks, and related regulatory considerations where applicable.