Description:
We are looking for a creative and pragmatic problem solver to serve as Corporate Counsel 2 - Commercial in a growing, world-class legal team. This Corporate Counsel 2 - Commercial role will focus on supporting the Professional Services and Training Team (PS&T) and the Solution Innovation Team (SI Team) that provide specialized services and training around A Cloud-Based Data-Warehousing Company to our customer base. This an in-person role based in Menlo Park, California or Atlanta, Georgia and will report to a Director, Assistant General Counsel. This is not a remote position.As Corporate Counsel 2 - Commercial You Will:
- Work closely and partner with the Sales teams on transactions that drive the company's revenue.
- Structure, negotiate, and close transactional agreements.
- Work closely with internal subject-matter experts on various topics that affect your area of business.
- Provide sound advice and guidance on legal and business-related issues to senior business leaders.
- Manage risk and ensure business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreements.
- Work well in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
- Respond promptly to the demands of an active technology sales team and their management.
- Develop and deliver training on legal issues and contract processes.
- Support continuous improvements of forms, policies and processes to help streamline, simplify and automate the contracting processes.
A Successful Corporate Counsel 2 - Commercial Will:
- Be able to forge strong relationships with Snowflake's customers and cross-functional groups within Snowflake, including Sales, PS&T, SI Team and Alliances.
- Be flexible, fun, hard-working and have the desire to be impactful, as your contributions will be a key driver to Snowflake's continued growth and success.
- A minimum of 5 years of legal experience including in-house experience, preferably with a successful, high-growth enterprise SaaS company.
- Law degree from an accredited U.S. law school and licensed to practice law in the U.S for a minimum of 5 years.
- Outstanding analytical, drafting, negotiation, collaboration, written and communication skills.
- Strong background dealing with SaaS-centric issues (i.e. revenue recognition, tax, privacy, security, data privacy, intellectual property), professional services and various go to market programs.
- Experience with supporting Statements of Work for professional services, such as drafting the terms, negotiating the terms and supporting a professional services sales team.
- Exceptional and pragmatic organizational, project management, problem-solving and prioritization skills.
- Flexibility and eagerness to work hard in fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines (especially at quarter end).
- The ability to think and execute both strategically and tactically.
- Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of people, at all levels inside and outside the organization, in a fast-paced environment.
- Service-oriented, responsive, professional, and strong integrity.