Legal Counsel

Summary

Join MongoDB as a Commercial Lawyer and thrive in a fast-paced environment, handling contract negotiations and providing commercial advice. You will work independently and efficiently, drafting and negotiating various technology agreements. This role involves process improvement, developing training resources, and contributing to other legal projects. The position requires 5+ years of commercial transaction experience, preferably in technology licensing and cloud agreements. This role can be based in New York City, Austin, or remotely within the United States. MongoDB offers a supportive and enriching culture with various benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of commercial transaction experience, preferably including technology licensing and cloud agreements
• Proven record of success at a top law firm, in-house experience is a plus
• Knowledge of intellectual property, data privacy and security, software licensing, cloud computing, and contract issues
• Smart, passionate and driven with strong attention to detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to understand complex contractual issues, assess risk while exercising strong business judgment, and provide clear legal advice
• Curious and enthusiastic about technology
• Enjoy working hard and overcoming challenges
• Great leadership and teamwork skills, and willingness to take on new responsibility
• Experience advancing projects in a multi-stakeholder environment and handling and prioritizing multiple projects
• Licensed in an appropriate jurisdiction

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate cloud and licensing agreements, professional services agreements, OEM agreements, data processing agreements, and other technology contracts
• Provide strategic legal and business advice to a rapidly-growing and high-performing sales organization and other teams within the sales ecosystem
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline negotiations and scale legal resources
• Develop training resources to enable our sales team to navigate the contracting process effectively
• Tackle other interesting legal projects and assist team members on others as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Spanish and/or Portuguese language skills

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) plan
• Mental health counseling
• Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
• Health benefits offerings