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 agreements, improving processes, and developing training resources. This role requires 5+ years of commercial transaction experience, including technology licensing and cloud agreements, and a proven track record at a top law firm. The position is based in our Toronto office or remotely in Canada. MongoDB offers a supportive and enriching culture with various benefits, including parental leave, fertility assistance, and a retirement savings plan.

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
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer match
• Mental health counseling
• Backup child and elder care
• Health, dental, and vision benefits offerings