Legal Counsel SaaS

New York Permanent $180,000 - $190,000 per year
  • Hybrid role with 2-3 days in brand new office
  • Growing legal team seeking attorney to handle high volume SaaS contracts

About Our Client

Publicly traded B2B SaaS client.

Job Description

The Legal Counsel will report to the US Head of Legal and will join a growing legal team.

As a Legal Counsel, you will serve as a legal point of contact and provide legal support to our teams in the US. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Primary responsibility supports our sales team and reviews, drafts and negotiates a wide variety of SaaS agreements (license agreements, NDAs, vendor contracts, DPAs, change orders and partnership agreements), and ensure that all commercial agreements adequately protect the company's interests, improve processes, and increase company growth
  • Advise and support the company's different departments such as sales, business development, customer success, human resources, finance, operations etc
  • Work closely with the Head of Legal and other attorneys on the legal team to meet deadlines and collaborate on projects
  • Manage a high volume of deals and support colleagues in the US, with sound business and legal judgment and a clear sense of company priorities
  • Keep up to date on legal developments that affect our industry and support future initiatives accordingly
  • Provide general legal support to our US operations on an as-needed basis

Please apply today to have your resume considered within 24 hours. This role is exclusive to Page Executive.

The Successful Applicant

  • JD from a US ABA-accredited law school
  • Admission to NY State Bar
  • 3-6 years of experience dealing with SaaS, SLAs, DPAs, change orders, licensing agreements in-house, ideally at a B2B SaaS company
  • Experience must include transactional expertise in SaaS, software, data, complex licensing, vendor contracts, commercial agreements, etc.
  • Must have experience partnering directly with clients on a daily basis
  • Ability to provide clear and pragmatic legal advice to business people
  • Ability to handle a high volume of contracts, managing tight deadlines
  • Team player with excellent communication skills
  • Must be able to work autonomously

What's on Offer

  • Brand new office space
  • Hybrid 2-3 days in office
  • Competitive base salary
  • Bonus
  • Great benefits
  • Catered breakfasts
  • FSA
  • Ability to grow with a legal team
  • Mentorship opportunities
Contact
Jennifer Pettigrew
Quote job ref
JN-112022-5838608

Job summary

Function
Legal
Subsector
Legal Subsector
Industry
Technology Media & Telecoms
Location
New York
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Jennifer Pettigrew
Job reference
JN-112022-5838608

About Page Executive

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