Senior Corporate Counsel

The role

The Senior Corporate Counsel will own commercial contracting, manage legal risk, and advise on student data protection and AI governance. This role involves negotiating SaaS and services agreements and serving as an employment law advisor to business leaders.

What you will do

• Negotiate SaaS, software licensing, customer, vendor, and services agreements from first draft through signature.
• Build and sharpen templates, playbooks, and approval standards.
• Counsel teams on federal, state, and international privacy requirements.
• Partner with Product, Technology, and Security to evaluate AI use cases and shape responsible AI governance.
• Serve as the day-to-day employment law advisor to People and Culture and business leaders.
• Spot material legal risks early and provide options to the General Counsel.
• Manage outside counsel and support strategic transactions.

Required qualifications

• 10 or more years of post-admission experience across law firm and in-house settings.
• First-chair experience negotiating sophisticated SaaS, licensing, services, and data protection agreements with enterprise counterparties.
• Knowledge of U.S. data privacy and security law.
• Ability to counsel People and Culture and business leaders on employment matters.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
• Willingness to travel occasionally, generally less than 10 percent of the time.
• Willingness to take on evolving responsibilities based on business needs.

Nice to have

• Worked in education technology, software, digital learning, or another data-intensive regulated industry.
• Understand the education sector's privacy landscape, including student data requirements.
• Hands-on experience with responsible AI governance and AI contracting issues.
• Based in or near the Minneapolis–St. Paul area.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with various plan options.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Time away program.
• Volunteer time away.
• Winter office closure at the end of December.
• Wellness resources.

About the company

Edmentum is a dynamic educator and student-focused company dedicated to tech-enabled learning solutions. It is a Remote First organization.