Senior commercial counsel

The role

You will be a legal partner to sales and procurement functions. You will draft and negotiate SaaS agreements and manage contract templates and playbooks.

What you will do

• Review and negotiate inbound and outbound commercial contracts including SaaS licensing, strategic partnerships, and data processing agreements.
• Develop and manage contract templates and negotiation playbooks.
• Improve efficiency of sales contracting processes with sales operations.
• Create processes to support internal stakeholders as the company scales.
• Enable and train go-to-market teammates with advice and guidance.

Required qualifications

• Law degree from an accredited law school.
• Admitted to practice law in the U.S.
• 5+ years of experience negotiating commercial contracts.
• Experience contracting with large enterprise companies and strategic partners.
• Experience using contract management tools.
• Familiarity with legal operations, project management and CLM tools like Asana, Salesforce, Linksquares, etc.
• Strong work ethic.
• Ability to think on your feet.
• Ability to explain complex legal concepts in a non-legal way.
• Efficiency and the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Self-starter.

Nice to have

• Experience at a SaaS company and/or law firm servicing tech industry clients.
• Supported a global sales team with international offices.
• Exposure to privacy, IP, and/or AI-specific legal issues.
• Basic understanding of AI.

Benefits

• Generous PTO, plus company holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks)
• Fertility and family planning support
• Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
• Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
• Health savings account with company contribution
• Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.
• Learning and development stipend
• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
• Competitive compensation
• Company stock options

About the company

WRITER is an AI platform for marketing and revenue teams. It was founded in 2020 and is backed by several investors including Insight Partners and Salesforce Ventures.