Commercial Legal Counsel

Summary

Join 1Password as a Commercial Legal Counsel and provide legal support to various internal teams. This remote UK-based role involves advising on contracts, marketing, and legal/regulatory compliance. You will collaborate with stakeholders, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, and advise on GTM, marketing, advertising, privacy, and intellectual property issues. The ideal candidate has a Juris Doctorate, relevant in-house experience at a SaaS company, and strong negotiation and drafting skills. You will work with a contract manager and legal ops specialist to improve workflows. The position requires managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines.

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

• Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
• Generous PTO policy
• Four company-wide wellness days
• Company equity for all full-time employees
• Retirement matching program
• Free 1Password account
• Paid volunteer days
• Employee-led inclusion and belonging programs and ERGs
• Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly