Description:
A Software Company in South Jordan, Utah is seeking a talented and energetic lawyer with expertise in customer and vendor relationships within the SaaS technology industry. The role involves drafting, negotiating, and advising on customer contracts, procurement arrangements (including software, facilities, professional advisory, and marketing relationships) and supporting A Software Company in South Jordan, Utah's procurement process.The role reports to the Director of Legal, Commercial and can be worked remotely from an approved location in the United States.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze, draft, and negotiate SaaS subscription and other commercial agreements
- Support the needs of our global sales teams to manage the contracting process and drive deals to closure
- Advise stakeholders regarding relevant issues and risks in our commercial contracts, and ensure our agreements reflect our internal corporate policies and processes
- Support business teams in structuring transactions, and drafting and negotiating agreements with vendors, including all forms of procurement, service, and technology agreements
- Proactively manage vendor relationships, software renewals and reduce the time that the business must spend on procurement negotiation and approvals
- Work closely with A Software Company in South Jordan, Utah's legal compliance team to ensure a continuous flow of information regarding vendors with access to personal information
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to shape and improve A Software Company in South Jordan, Utah's commercial team policies and processes to enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively, and develop training materials on relevant topics
Requirements:
- Undergraduate and Juris Doctor from highly regarded schools and member of a state bar
- 7+ years combined legal experience in a software company and/or in a law firm counseling rapid-growth technology companies
- Strong, demonstrated experience negotiating complex enterprise B2B SaaS agreements with customers and vendors
- An up-to-date familiarity and strong understanding of global data privacy laws and regulations, with experience negotiating DPAs with customers and vendors
- Experience reviewing information security programs and requirements
- Experience creating and scaling processes, policies, and systems to help streamline, simplify, and automate commercial legal functions for a rapidly growing company
- Sound and practical legal and business judgment with the ability to assess risks and communicate those risks to business partners in plain English
- Excellent written/verbal communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
- Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude
- Curious and motivated to elevate A Software Company in South Jordan, Utah's legal department to the next level
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Salesforce, Zendesk, Conga, Coupa or other similar technologies
- Experience in supporting SaaS sales departments as an internal client
- Experience negotiating with EDU or government customers
