Commercial Legal Counsel

Summary

Join 1Password as a Commercial Legal Counsel and provide legal support to various teams, including sales, product, partnerships, marketing, and advertising. This remote position, available in Canada and the US, requires a Juris Doctorate or equivalent, relevant in-house experience at a SaaS company, and strong negotiation and drafting skills. You will work with a contract manager, advise on legal issues, and implement processes to improve workflows. The role offers competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, generous paid time off, equity grants, and participation in incentive programs. Occasional travel may be required for in-person engagements.

Requirements

• A Juris Doctorate or equivalent degree, with state (or provincial) bar membership
• Relevant in-house experience providing legal support to sales, product, partnership, marketing and advertising teams at a SaaS company
• 2-4 years experience practicing (combination of in-house and at a law firm), negotiating commercial transactions and drafting commercial agreements
• Business acumen and ability to build relationships across the business, while collaborating cross-functionally with a variety of teams
• Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal, and ability to work both in teams and independently
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to effectively and proactively provide sound legal advice and exercise good business judgment
• Knowledge of basic data privacy laws and practices within the SaaS industry
• Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced culture, with a practical, solutions-oriented focus
• Creative thinker who can initiate and develop alternative approaches to complex issues
• Able to handle many projects simultaneously, to manage tight deadlines, and to prioritize effectively
• Love the nitty gritty of contracts, are an effective and confident negotiator, with strong drafting skills and excellent attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Work within and manage workflows of legal documents within the contract lifecycle management (CLM) tool
• Primary initial focus will be to support the Go to Market (GTM) team to help them achieve their monthly and quarterly objectives and meet tight deadlines
• Closely work with a contract manager to draft, negotiate, review, redline and interpret the various commercial documents, such as but not limited to the MSAs, NDAs, data processing agreements or other commercial agreements
• Advise on a variety of legal issues related to GTM, marketing, advertising, privacy and intellectual property, as required from time to time
• Work with the legal ops specialist to implement processes and procedures to improve legal team’s commercial transactions workflows
• Provide support to the legal team to achieve its key performance objectives or objectives and key results

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with quarterly SaaS sales cycles
• More extensive experience with GDPR, CCPA and other privacy regulations

Benefits

• Health, dental, 401k and many others
• Paid time off
• Equity grant
• Participation in our incentive programs
• Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
• Wellness spending allowance
• Generous PTO policy
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
• Wellness Coach membership
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Company equity for all full-time employees
• Retirement matching program
• Training budget, 1Password University access, and learning sessions
• Free 1Password account (and friends and family discount!)
• Paid volunteer days
• Employee-led DEIB programs and ERGs and ECGs
• Fully remote environment
• Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
• Health, dental, RRSP and many others