Legal Counsel Attorney

Summary

Join Tines' expanding Legal team as a Legal Counsel / Attorney, reporting to the Director of Legal. This remote position, ideally based in Mountain or West Coast time zones, offers a unique opportunity to significantly impact Tines' growth. As an early team member, you will lead negotiations for various commercial contracts, maintain legal playbooks and templates, and collaborate with sales and other teams. You will apply your expertise in contractual areas like indemnification and IP, support global initiatives, and contribute to scalable legal processes. The role requires a U.S. Bar membership, 5+ years of experience in general corporate law with a focus on commercial transactions, and strong negotiation skills. The target annual compensation is $150-175k salary + equity.

Requirements

• Active good standing status membership to a U.S. Bar
• Minimum 5 Years experience with general corporate law (emphasis on commercial transactions)
• Strong negotiator of commercial contracts
• Excellent business judgment - you know when to say no, yes, or it depends
• Customer-focused mentality being mindful that your colleagues are your customers and you are there to serve in that capacity
• Understanding of the value of and embracing cross-functional collaboration in a rapidly scaling environment
• Not afraid to roll up your sleeves and turn your hand to wherever your support is needed
• Embodiment of our core values: speed, soundness and simplicity

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations of all forms of commercial contracts, such as SaaS agreements, self-hosted software licensing terms, data processing agreements, partner agreements (referral, reseller, tech alliance and integration), MSAs and SOWs, MNDAs and vendor agreements
• Own the maintenance and updating of playbooks, commercial templates, sales enablement materials, etc
• Apply your expertise in core contractual areas such as indemnification, liability, IP, security and privacy standards to our fast-paced negotiations
• Work closely with North American GTM sales team to provide world class representation
• Support global initiatives such as streamlining legal processes as we develop our product and enter new international markets, and partnering with geographic leads to ensure alignment
• Collaborate with outside counsel on complex or third party paper deals as needed
• As part of a legal operations and data driven team, help follow, enhance and develop scalable processes for all stages of deal lifecycles

Benefits

Target Annual Compensation: $150-175k salary + equity