Senior Counsel will support global operations and procurement by drafting and negotiating vendor, technology, SaaS, software licensing, professional services, facilities, marketing, and AI agreements. The role advises on privacy, information security, regulatory, insurance, data protection, vendor governance, disputes, and risk mitigation. It will also develop procurement processes, standard terms, templates, and playbooks while providing practical commercial advice to cross-functional stakeholders in a high-volume, global SaaS environment.
Our client, a mission-driven, fast-growing cloud company has exclusively engaged Solutus Legal Search to assist its executives in hiring an attorney to serve as Senior Counsel in their growing legal department.
Reporting to a Deputy General Counsel, this attorney will be an early member of the company’s legal team. This attorney will support the company’s global operations and procurement functions, which include negotiating vendor and technology agreements, master purchase agreements, SaaS, software licenses, and other commercial, technology, and operational contracts. This attorney will have at least seven years of experience negotiating and drafting commercial contracts.
Responsibilities Include:
- Drafting and negotiating various vendor and procurement agreements including technology agreements, software licenses, SaaS and other business tooling agreements, enterprise system and platforms, marketing and event agreements, facilities-related agreements, professional services agreements, and AI tools.
- Working closely with internal teams on vendor governance and policies, risk mitigation, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Negotiating privacy, information security, regulatory, insurance, and data protection aspects of procurement agreements, and working closely with other legal and non-legal functional teams on such issues.
- Advising on contract disputes and other issues arising from vendor agreements.
- Developing and refining procurement processes, standard terms, templates, and playbooks to support a high-volume contracting environment.
- Providing legal and strategic business advice and ensuring agreements are consistent with internal corporate policies and processes.
The Ideal Candidate
- JD with at least one state bar membership and eligible to practice in your state of residence.
- Have at least seven (7) years of experience with drafting and negotiating commercial transactions. Experience supporting procurement agreements is preferred.
- Strong work ethic and self-starter, with a growth mindset.
- Flexibility in working hours in a global enterprise.
- Detail-oriented, ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, strong project management and organizational skills, work well under pressure and deadlines.
- Strong personal communication skills, both written and oral.
- Excellent judgment, strong business orientation and ability to translate legal risk into practical commercial advice within the context of business objectives.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and management skills; ability to build trust and strong relationships with the company’s procurement team and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience supporting high growth infrastructure SaaS company.
- Track record of performing with a sense of urgency and excelling in a fast-paced environment.
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