Corporate - Contract Law Attorney in San Francisco, CA

In-House

San Francisco, CA

Corporate - Contract Law Attorney in San Francisco, CA

Attorney

Min 2 yrs required

No

Job Title: Counsel, Commercial Legal

Job Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership & Teamwork: Lead deals by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across the business, including revenue recognition, sales operations, and pricing, to support processes for contracting and order processing.
- Commercial Contracting Expertise: Lead, negotiate, and close customer contracts across all industries and sectors, excluding the Public Sector.
- Lead & Deliver at Speed: Provide rapid, business-savvy legal advice while effectively managing legal risk and ensuring compliance across private sector transactions.
- Contract Execution Under Pressure: Review, negotiate, draft, and drive fast turnaround times on high-value agreements, including cloud, SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, data processing addenda, and AI transactions.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with sales, privacy, and security teams to ensure smooth and efficient deal execution, ensuring that agreements are consistent with internal corporate policies and processes.
- Process Efficiency & Innovation: Identify and implement legal process improvements to support rapid deal closure. Assist in developing training materials and provide training to the business on relevant legal topics and best practices.
- Have Fun While Doing It: Work hard, move fast, and bring a positive, solutions-driven approach to challenging situations. Look after yourself, your colleagues, and the company’s interests. Act with kindness and good humor.

Education and Experience Information:
- Undergraduate degree and law degree from accredited schools.
- Admission to the bar in one or more states.
- Minimum 2 years of legal experience, with a strong focus on commercial contracting.
- Strong negotiation and drafting skills, particularly in technology transactions, including SaaS, cloud, AI, and professional services.
- Excellent verbal and written English language communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and demanding industry.
- Team-oriented and collaborative mindset.
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining strong working relationships with demanding internal clients.
- Familiarity with and interest in technical concepts (Web applications, cloud computing, digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence).
- Highly adaptable and service-oriented attitude. Ability to handle pressure and provide thoughtful recommendations.
- A can-do attitude—proactive, autonomous, resilient, adaptable, eager to continually learn and develop professionally, and a team-first mindset.

Salary Information:
- For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $172,000 to $236,500.
- Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. More details about company benefits can be found at the provided company benefits link.

Legal and Equal Opportunity Information:
- Company is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination for all employees and applicants. This includes equality regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law.
- The policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, and termination.
- In compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.