Director, Legal And Business Affairs

Summary

Join Platform Science as the Director of Legal and Business Affairs, a highly transactional role supporting global revenue activities. You will leverage your expertise in commercial law, software licensing, and intellectual property to negotiate and document contracts. Experience in a technology company with global operations and high growth is essential. This key role requires strong collaboration skills and a commitment to hands-on work. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k, paid time off, and parental leave. The successful candidate should reside in Southern California due to occasional office visits.

Requirements

• Possess a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and admission to the Bar in the relevant jurisdiction
• Have 6-10+ years of overall legal experience in-house preferably at a 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 due to required travel to the San Diego office

Responsibilities

• Support the Company’s revenue activities, including global sales, a marketplace of third-party products, suppliers, and similar and other matters as directed by or on behalf of the General Counsel
• Negotiate and document professional services, technology outsourcing, SaaS enterprise sales, and various distribution and marketing relationships
• Demonstrate good business acumen, excellent legal drafting skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and good and mature judgment
• Work with formal contract processes from quote to signed definitive agreement
• Work cross-functionally
• Collaborate with people across various functions, time zones, countries, languages and companies
• Be a “doer” and not an “overseer”

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in substantive areas such as commercial law, software licensing, professional service arrangements, intellectual property, hardware development and supply, and various business development, distribution and marketing arrangements
• Experience with some combination of: (i) contract and related business processes for a larger company, (ii) international operations, (iii) employment law, (iv) litigation management, (v) procurement, (vi) patents and (vii) corporate finance and governance
• Experience with other relevant areas is desired

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