Senior Counsel - Commercial Contracts

Summary

Join Velocity Global as Senior Counsel – Commercial Contracts and support the company's Go-to-Market team and other departments. You will draft, negotiate, and advise on commercial contracts with customers, partners, and vendors. The role requires a Juris Doctor degree, 8+ years of transactional law experience (including SaaS company experience and in-house legal department experience), and strong communication and analytical skills. The position offers a remote work option (hybrid in Denver or Palo Alto), flexible time off, parental leave, health and dental insurance, retirement savings, and an employee incentive plan. You will partner with the Revenue department to improve deal velocity and manage a remote team. The ideal candidate possesses a solid business understanding and can balance legal risk with business objectives.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school, licensed to practice law in any US state, and good standing with the relevant bar association(s) in the US state(s) where licensed to practice law
• 8+ years of experience practicing transactional law, including experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts for a SaaS company
• Experience practicing with an in-house legal department
• Location – this job may be performed remotely from any location in the United States. However, candidates located in the Denver or Palo Alto will work on a hybrid remote/in-office model
• Adaptable/flexible – able to multitask, prioritize and escalate effectively, and embrace organizational change
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical skills – capable of identifying and anticipating potential issues and developing workable solutions
• High level of personal integrity and professional ethics

Responsibilities

• Manage a remote team to draft, review, negotiate, manage, and advise on all types of commercial contracts (including customer MSAs, DPAs, SOWs and terms of service, partnership and referral agreements, NDAs, inbound vendor agreements, etc.) and related documents (including amendments, customer RFPs, supplier forms, notice letters, etc.)
• Partner with the Revenue department to improve deal velocity and achieve our sales goals by contributing to legal-related sales, strategic partnerships, and marketing matters. These efforts may include streamlining contracting processes, developing internal policies, managing intellectual property matters, responding to general inquiries from prospective customers, reviewing and/or developing legal and compliance-related marketing assets, etc
• Coordinate with outside counsel on pre-litigation matters and for jurisdiction-specific or specialized legal advice
• Perform other critical legal and compliance-related duties that may be required occasionally

Preferred Qualifications

Experience integrating AI tools in the legal review process

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to recharge
• Parental Leave – Support for growing families
• Health and Dental Insurance – Where applicable, to cover you and your loved ones
• Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan – Plan for the future while sharing our success