Senior Corporate Counsel
Senior Corporate Counsel
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Who we are
Were a leading global security authority thats disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands the worlds largest companies the major cloud providers entire country financial systems entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust an abstract idea to work. Thats digital trust for the real world.
Job summary
As Senior Corporate Counsel (Commercial Contracts) you will report directly to another senior member of the customer contracts team and be responsible as an individual contributor to structure draft and negotiate complicated technology distribution licensing and other commercial agreements provide legal support to the Sales team and lead special projects including strategic customer transactions. Some travel domestic and international may be required.
What you will do
- Independently draft and negotiate technology agreements including software as a service (SaaS) agreements and software license agreements
- Work with partnership teams to negotiate and document partner/distribution relationships
- Negotiate ancillary agreements such as NDAs privacy agreements and security agreements
- Review and revise various form agreements
- Ensure contractual compliance with industry standards and technical product requirements
- Support build positive relationships with and provide authoritative legal guidance to internal business teams
- Work collaboratively to identify and implement process improvements and support updates to internal playbooks and templates
- Manage and meet internal SLAs and help juggle priorities in a fastmoving environment
- Own specific legal projects and develop subject matter expertise regarding legal issues faced by the customer contracts team and internal business partners
What you will have
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree or similar
- Licensed to practice (and in good standing) in at least one state in the United States
- 8 years of relevant postlaw school experience preferably with a highgrowth enterprise SaaS company
- Extensive experience with contract drafting negotiation interpretation and administration
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive and selfstarter on highimpact negotiations and projects
- Solutionoriented mentality and the ability to make independent riskbased judgments
- Team player that works well with others
- Continuous learning and professional development mindset
- Strong work ethic an ownership mentality accountability and the ability to work in a fastpaced everevolving business environment while juggling and prioritizing multiple projects at the same time
- Adaptable flexible and comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity
- Keen diplomatic instincts and customer service mentality
Nice to have
- Experience at a top regional national or international law firm
- Experience working inhouse for a tech company
- Knowledge or experience in data security and privacy
- Knowledge of or experience with digital certificate industry
Benefits
DigiCert offers a competitive benefits package for all of our fulltime employees.
DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity religion color national origin sex age sexual orientation gender identity/expression veterans status status as a qualified person with a disability or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups such as minorities women qualified person with disabilities and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
