Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial
Core
Trusted deal partner for the sales team, negotiating commercial agreements with enterprise and public sector customers while advising on liability, IP, privacy, and security terms.
Role type
Senior IC legal counsel (commercial)
Builds
SaaS, self-hosted, subscription, reseller, and partner agreements; privacy addenda; security addenda
Domain
Technology / SaaS / Commercial Law
Required skills
Commercial contract negotiation, SaaS agreement drafting, risk allocation, cross-border project management, privacy law expertise, public sector compliance, security addenda negotiation, template creation
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Negotiate directly with enterprise and public sector customers; Draft, review and negotiate SaaS, self-hosted and subscription agreements, order forms, reseller and partner agreements, and NDAs; Advise sales leadership on limitations of liability, indemnities, IP and AI-related terms; Respond to customer privacy demands and negotiate DPAs; Advise sales on obligations under CCPA/CPRA and other US state privacy laws; Respond to customer security, resilience and incident requirements; Negotiate information security addenda, DORA addenda, NIS2 flow-down terms, audit rights, and breach notification terms; Support government and state customer deals including FedRAMP, CMMC and secure software development attestation obligations; Turn recurring customer requests into better templates, playbooks, approved fallback positions and self-service resources
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC