Senior Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join Salsify, a leading commerce infrastructure company, as a Senior Commercial Counsel. You will provide comprehensive legal support across various company initiatives, including commercial transactions, product development, and data privacy. This role demands hands-on collaboration with internal teams and requires experience in contract negotiations. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of relevant experience, a J.D. from an accredited law school, and a strong understanding of privacy laws. Salsify offers competitive compensation, including a base salary, potential bonuses, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 7+ years of meaningful relevant experience, including in-house experience (SaaS preferred), with a focus on driving to closure a broad range of commercial transactions and advising on related privacy and data security issues
• A J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one state bar
• At least some knowledge of global and domestic privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR and CCPA
• A desire to improve processes, rather than to shy away from such opportunities, to enable business growth at scale
• A proven track record of working collaboratively, proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes, and managing multiple priorities effectively

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, such as SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, consulting agreements, data processing addendums, vendor agreements, and partner agreements
• Serve on cross-functional working groups crafting go-to-market strategy, including drafting contractual language for new products, features, and functionality; advising on packaging and pricing, and ensuring order forms are enabled in advance of launch
• Design and implement tools to enhance processes for scalability, such as developing and delivering training sessions and materials to empower various company stakeholders
• Play a key role in advising on and implementing controls, policies, and processes to scale the business
• Partner with InfoSec and engineering teams to implement data protection controls, and to support privacy standard practices for customer, employee, partner, and vendor personal information

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates living in the Eastern or Central time zones of the U.S

Benefits

• Health & medical benefits
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible PTO
• Equity in the form of stock options
• In addition to base salary, some eligible roles may also have a commission plan or a bonus incentive