Director, Legal And Business Affairs

Summary

Join Platform Science as the Director of Legal and Business Affairs, a key role supporting revenue-generating activities. This heavily transactional position requires expertise in commercial law, software licensing, and intellectual property. You will negotiate and document contracts, collaborate across various teams and functions globally, and manage a high volume of legal matters. The ideal candidate possesses extensive in-house legal experience at technology companies, particularly in SaaS, and strong business acumen. This individual contributor role demands a 'doer' mentality and a commitment to collaboration. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Possess a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and admission to the Bar in the relevant jurisdiction
• Have 7-10+ years of overall legal experience in-house preferably at a SaaS business or technology business with global operations and high growth
• Demonstrate experience in enterprise sales contracts, professional service contracts, marketing and distribution arrangements, software licensing, intellectual property licensing and data privacy
• Possess successful communication skills and collaboration with senior management, internal teams, and external partners
• Reside in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Diego counties, as travel to the office (in San Diego, CA (UTC area) is required at times including at times on relatively short notice

Responsibilities

• Have a demonstrated successful track record gained at both law firms and in-house at technology companies (hopefully including some SaaS) supporting business development, sales, marketing, go-to-market and similar functions on important commercial contracts, preferably on a global basis
• Demonstrate experience negotiating and documenting professional services, technology outsourcing, SaaS enterprise sales, and various distribution and marketing relationships
• Possess good business acumen, excellent legal drafting skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and good and mature judgement
• Have experience with formal contract processes from quote to signed definitive agreement
• Work closely with sales and business development, as well as with the advanced technology group, product operations, engineering, finance and other members of the legal team
• Be willing to work on and even be responsible for large matters where the candidate will grow through significant real-world experience, as well as executing on a high volume of relatively smaller matters
• Demonstrate heavy collaboration skills with people across various functions, time zones, countries, languages and companies
• Be committed to being a “doer” and not an “overseer”

Preferred Qualifications

Be a local candidate (San Diego)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurances
• AD&D and life insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• Six weeks of paid parental leave