Senior Commercial Counsel

Summary

Join Synthesia as a Commercial Counsel and work closely with various teams, including Sales, Marketing, Finance, Business Operations, and Go-To-Market. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements; advise on intellectual property, data privacy, and data security; provide input on processes and policies; stay updated on relevant laws and regulations; and develop the company's knowledge in areas of special interest. The role requires a law degree, 6+ years of post-qualification experience in commercial transactions, experience in an in-house legal department (ideally in tech), and strong negotiation skills. You will operate independently, providing practical guidance to business teams. Synthesia offers a competitive salary, stock options, 25 days of annual leave, company socials, a generous referral scheme, and a significant career growth opportunity.

Requirements

• Completion of a law degree from an accredited institution, and qualified to practice law as an in-house attorney
• 6+ years of post-qualification experience working on different kinds of commercial transactions (e.g., strategic alliance, SaaS, IP licensing, software licensing, product resale, and distribution, working with contractors, outsourcing, facilities, etc.), including with large enterprise companies, companies in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare, etc.), government, and edu companies
• Experience working in an in-house legal department, ideally in the tech sector
• Comfortable negotiating data processing agreements, including a working knowledge of GDPR and CCPA as they relate to commercial contracts
• Clean and concise drafting of documents, policies, Slack messages, emails, and other communications in a manner that is digestible for non-lawyers
• Understanding of cloud services, technology, and professional services contracts
• Knowledge of non-legal business processes gained in-house relating to sales operations and revenue recognition
• Experience managing workload on tight timelines with multiple competing demands

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements to support sales, partnerships, and our purchase of software and services from vendors
• Your primary focus will be on our service agreements, software licenses, data processing agreements, and NDAs
• Advising on a variety of areas ranging from intellectual property, data privacy, data security, software licensing agreements, and go-to-market strategy
• Providing input on processes, policies, and playbooks to help scale the organization and make our team more effective and efficient
• Providing effective advice by staying up-to-date on relevant industry, commercial, open source, IP, privacy, employment, and other laws, regulations, and developments
• Developing the company’s knowledge in areas of special interest, including intellectual property, data protection, financial services, healthcare, and other regulatory matters
• Operating independently and providing practical, decisive guidance to our business teams that balances business objectives with legal risk, taking into account our company policies and negotiation positions

Preferred Qualifications

Extra points if you have an understanding on the use of training data for building AI models

Benefits

• You will be compensated well with a competitive base salary + stock options
• You get 25 days of annual leave
• You will join an established company culture with regular socials and company retreats
• You can participate in a generous referral scheme
• Huge opportunity for a career defining role as we go from a series D scale-up with strong PMF to the next phase of growth