Description:
Yext is seeking a dedicated and business-oriented Commercial Counsel to join its Legal team! In this position, you will partner with our Enterprise, Mid-Market and Partner (indirect) sales teams in handling, negotiating and implementing customer deals and work with various business lines in reviewing and negotiating vendor/procurement transactions. This position can be based in the New York (preferred) or Washington D.C. areas with a flexible/hybrid work arrangement.What You'll Do:
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements – primarily SaaS subscription agreements – across our Enterprise, Mid-Market and Partner (indirect) businesses
- Improving and maintaining our standard commercial agreements, contract negotiation playbooks and legal processes to help us scale globally
- Proactively working with internal clients to improve and scale all aspects of the sales contract negotiation process
- Conducting periodic employee trainings on all of the above
What You Have:
- 3-5 years corporate and/or commercial experience at a leading law firm, in-house, or a combination of the two
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills; prior experience with commercial agreements required, experience with SaaS, content distribution and general commercial agreements within the technology industry strongly preferred
- Experience working through data privacy (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, etc.) and security issues in SaaS/commercial transactions
- Flexibility and eagerness to work hard in fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines
- Highly organized, process-driven and client-focused teammate
- Law degree from an accredited U.S. law school and license to practice law
- Foreign language skills (French, German, Italian, Spanish) a plus (but not required)
