Commercial Counsel

Freshworks is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Commercial Counsel to join our growing legal this high-impact role you will lead key commercial legal initiatives across our North America business focusing on complex SaaS transactions strategic partnerships and scalable contracting processes. Youll report to the VP of Legal and work closely with cross-functional teams to support revenue growth while managing legal risk. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on solution-oriented attorney who thrives in fast-paced high-growth SaaS environments and is passionate about enabling the business with practical customer-friendly legal support. 

What Youll Do: 

• Lead Strategic Transactions: Draft review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts including enterprise SaaS channel and reseller managed services marketplace and data privacy agreements. 
• Partner with the Business: Act as a trusted legal advisor to Sales Channels Customer Success Sourcing and other teams on deal structuring risk mitigation and contract strategy. 
• Drive Efficiency and Scale: Improve and maintain commercial templates playbooks and legal processes that reduce friction and increase consistency across North America. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders in Finance Deals Desk Professional Services and Procurement to align legal support with business operations and timelines. 
• Support Global Legal Alignment: Coordinate with legal colleagues in other regions to ensure global consistency and knowledge sharing around commercial contracts and regulatory developments. 
• Legal Compliance & Insight: Stay informed of relevant legal developments and ensure compliance with regulations related to intellectual property data privacy security and other laws across multiple jurisdictions. 

Please note this is a hybrid role with onsite expectations of 3x/ week (Tues - Thurs) from our San Mateo CA headquarters. 

Qualifications :

• 8-12 years of experience as a transactional attorney preferably within an in-house legal department at a multinational company or at a leading law firm 
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating SaaS agreements partner and channel agreements vendor contracts data processing agreements and professional service agreements
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts intellectual property law data privacy and data protection regulations with a proven ability to offer practical business-oriented legal solutions
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across all levels and time zones 
• Ability to navigate complex cross-jurisdictional legal issues and collaborate with teams across cultures
• A proactive service-oriented approach with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities meet tight deadlines and deliver high-quality work with meticulous attention to detail 
• Proven success in building strong working relationships with internal teams (e.g Finance Operations Professional Services) and external partners fostering a cooperative solution-oriented environment
• Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school and licensed to practice law in California

Additional Information :

Please note this is a hybrid role with onsite expectations of 3x/ week (Tues - Thurs) from our San Mateo CA headquarters. 

The annual base salary range for this position is $150000 - $200000 USD. This role is also eligible for a target bonus.

Compensation is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to location experience job-related skills and level. Bonus/equity may be available. Freshworks offers multiple options for dental medical vision disability and life insurances. Equity ESPP flexible PTO flexible spending commuter benefits and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits.

At Freshworks we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential purpose and passion welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds genders sexual orientations religions and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees communities and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time