Managing Senior Counsel

Your Career

This attorney will be independently responsible for complex sales and channel agreements and negotiations involving cyber security products and services as well as certain post-acquisition integration matters involving products and services.  This position will report to a senior member of the North American Commercial Transactions team and will be located in the Santa Clara CA or Reston VA Office .  You will be part of a fast-moving collaborative legal team that impacts all go-to-market aspects of the business daily.  The team is focused on our next generation licensing agreements customer programs and channel partner programs to scale across Palo Alto Networks entire technology portfolio.  

This position will work closely with client stakeholders such as finance business development sales deals desk and technical revenue accounting. You will also be an important resource for Legal colleagues on a global basis..  Strong candidates are proactive solutions-driven and independent with direct and leading experience in drafting and negotiating consulting software cloud services vendor financing data protection information security and hardware agreements.

Your Impact

• Provide comprehensive legal support to facilitate Palo Alto Networks products and services with respect to complex go-to-market activities which may necessitate specialized strategies while consulting and coordinating with sales operations and product counsel       
• Review negotiate and conclude complex commercial contracts involving hardware software SaaS support and cybersecurity consulting services that comply with the companys policies and risk tolerance
• Familiarity with and working knowledge of privacy and information security legal issues to the extent necessary to review draft and negotiate data protection and information security agreements with customers and partners
• Help to build and maintain scalable frameworks and processes
• Draft review and negotiate master agreements with customers outside counsel including Data Protection Agreements - drafting new templates to cover newly created programs as needed and coordinating/collaborating with commercial counsel outside of the Americas; Draft and/or review and negotiate subcontractor and similar agreements to facilitate transition services and consulting arrangements
• Respond promptly and effectively to legal requests from sales business development operations senior management and other internal clients and advise on recommended courses of action and legal risks
• Provide legal advice as may be necessary including identifying processes legal requirements registrations and procedures - Ability to judge when to escalate identified issues
• Collaborate with other teams within legal to ensure consistency and to address issues relating to data privacy intellectual property and compliance
• Support continuous improvement of standard form agreements policies and legal processes related to commercial transactions
• Handle special projects as requested

Seeking individuals who

• Are unrelenting in their pursuit of achievement and are constantly seeking self-improvement
• Can persevere in the face of challenges in implementing new businesses and go to market programs including  specialized product offerings
• Can adjust according to the situation learn new things innovate and try new methods
• Possess self-confidence in their own abilities while understanding that there is always room for improvement and that others experience and knowledge are valuable
• Are diplomatic and assertive
• Can manage time and prioritize tasks
• Demonstrate the highest level of adherence to not only what is legal but also what is right
• Can apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios
• Can function as part of a team placing the success of the whole above the needs of the self
• Have a desire to explore the unknown and question the status quo in pursuit of better more effective and/or efficient solutions
• Have a positive attitude high empathy and control over their emotions especially in unscripted chaotic and stressful situations

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• Must be admitted to the bar in at least one U.S. state and have a law degree or equivalent or equivalent military experience
• Must have 8 years of strong commercial transaction legal practice involving technology
• Extensive experience working in a constructive and professional manner with sales personnel and management as well as experience with product management activities
• Extensive experience as the primary attorney on drafting reviewing and negotiating complex multi-million-dollar software hardware SaaS-based agreements and Master Agreements which includes coordinating all terms with all internal stakeholders across the organization
• Facilitate productive discussions and negotiations with various internal teams including product management and Product Counsel as well as outside counsel in order to answer general questions provide guidance and operationalize certain aspects of the agreement and provide business-oriented advice and guidance to assist in the formulation of strategies for deal execution and operationalization if needed
• Experience drafting and negotiating data processing/data privacy and information security agreements and working with subject matter experts in these areas as well as experience drafting and/or negotiating subcontractor agreements to facilitate transition services and consulting arrangements
• Ability to work efficiently with cross-functional teams and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure
• Familiarity with revenue recognition issues to be able to identify that there may be a revenue recognition impact with certain terms in customer agreements
• Excellent interpersonal skills business judgment strategic thinking superior work ethic flexibility and ability to work independently
• General knowledge of attorney client privilege and attorney work-product concerns and designations
• Superior language written and verbal communication skills required
• May include occasional travel
• Undergrad or work experience in a technical discipline or experience in cybersecurity is a plus
• In-office position located at our headquarters in Santa Clara California or Reston VA

Additional Information :

The Team

We are a Legal Team who is unrelenting in our pursuit of achievement we are constantly seeking improvements and can take on every challenge. We value a positive attitude and high empathy. We adjust according to the situation learn new things innovate and try new methods. We value collaboration function as a team and know that our colleagues experience and knowledge are valuable. We demonstrate the highest level of adherence to not only what is legal but also what is right. We apply our legal knowledge to real-world scenarios have a desire to explore the unknown and question the status quo in pursuit of better more effective solutions.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $186000/YR - $256500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

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