Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join BigID, a leading innovative tech startup in data security and AI, as their Corporate/Commercial Counsel. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be responsible for drafting and negotiating various commercial agreements, providing legal counsel, managing complex issues related to commercial deals, and streamlining the company’s contracting process. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in global enterprise software transactions, a J.D. with strong academic credentials, and outstanding communication skills. This role requires strong organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple projects, and a dedication to superior customer service. BigID offers a competitive salary, remote work options, flexible PTO, equity participation, comprehensive health benefits, and various other perks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience, transactional expertise, but intellectual curiosity and desire to expand areas of knowledge and participation as the business might require
• J.D., with strong academic credentials and membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach
• Highly organized, reliable, detail-oriented, and diligent
• Ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously, to set appropriate priorities with clients, and to deliver results efficiently
• Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, pragmatic, business-oriented advice, with a dedication to superior customer service
• Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the job
• A passion to get deals done with ownership, urgency, and optimism
• Must be able to exercise independent judgment with little or no oversight

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and advise cross-functional teams on a wide variety of commercial agreements, including software/ SAAS licenses, NDAs, evaluation agreements, partnership agreements, and vendor contracts
• Provide thoughtful and practical product, business, and legal counseling on various legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to product features, commercial transactions, and general operations
• Manage and resolve complicated issues related to commercial deals and drive alignment with various cross-functional teams
• Be ready to own the entire contracting cycle--from initial draft to execution--and collaborate with business and product teams to drive contract negotiations to timely and successful completion
• Help build, streamline, and operationalize the company’s contracting process to help us scale as a Legal team and as a company
• Support HR, Marketing, Product Development, and other groups as needed in contracts, research, deal structuring, and risk counseling
• Get tagged in by the GC where needed as a utility player/problem solver.  This is an “everyone does everything” team, where we learn from each other

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in, or good instincts and desire to learn/participate in, other operational areas such as labor/HR, equity management, IP, Board matters, pre-litigation dispute resolution and investigations, policy creation, entity management
• Experience and knowledge of Privacy Laws, AI, and Data Security concepts
• Foreign language skills (especially Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, French)
• Government contracts experience
• Technical savvy
• Experience in "zero leverage" sell-side negotiation with large enterprise-class customers

Benefits

• ���� Work from home with a global remote-first community
• Global Culture Corner
• Flexible PTO and Quarterly Volunteer Days
• ����  Equity Participation
• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you
• ���� Additional insurance benefits like pet insurance and legal assistance
• ���� Learning & Development Opportunities
• Fidelity Employer Sponsored 401K
• Paid Parental Leave