[Hiring] Commercial Counsel @Bloomreach

Role Description

We are seeking a smart, well-organized and highly motivated Commercial Counsel to join our Legal Team in connection with contract negotiation, contact management and data privacy initiatives as well as assisting with and offering legal counsel and advice on a variety of other legal and governance matters.

The candidate will report to the Head of Commercial and, with our existing commercial attorneys, be responsible for supporting the Company’s commercial legal requirements in the US, including:

• Managing and negotiating sales and sales-related agreements consisting of SaaS Master Services Agreements, software license agreements, and other standard commercial and technology-related contracts such as non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, and vendor/service provider agreements.
• Having an interest in and a working knowledge of privacy rights and obligations (both domestically and abroad).
• Being a strong contributor to the company’s privacy and compliance initiatives.

What challenge awaits you?

The candidate must be capable of working in a fast-paced environment and must also be willing to handle routine administrative and legal tasks, in addition to the more complex tasks, and special projects as assigned.

Your job will be to:

• Be a legal point of contact for the company’s customer and vendor contract needs.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate a wide range of complex technology agreements including master services agreements, SaaS software subscription agreements, inbound software license agreements, and non-disclosure agreements, and coordinate involvement of all necessary cross-functional business and technology constituents.
• Advise on contract status, legal risks, and the legal liabilities associated with different deals.
• Review, revise, and negotiate a variety of other commercial and vendor agreements.
• Contribute to the development of, and assist in the revision of, standard form agreements.
• Participate in our standard contract administration policies and practices that support the entire contracts process including: intake, negotiating, processing, signing, filing, and real-time tracking.
• Participate in and contribute to the company’s privacy initiatives.
• Work with and advise executives within the Company on a variety of legal and compliance issues.
• Provide legal support to Bloomreach’s internal stakeholders including sales, marketing, engineering, facilities, finance, and people teams.
• Research and anticipate unique legal issues that could impact the Company.
• Provide training to Company personnel on legal topics.
• Work with and manage outside counsel on a variety of legal matters.

Your success story will be:

• In 30 days, you will be familiar with the Legal team's forms and processes.
• In 90 days, you will independently manage commercial contracts for your assigned region.
• In 180 days, you will begin to manage additional legal tasks as assigned by the Head of Commercial.

Qualifications

• J.D. and excellent academic credentials.
• Member in good standing of state bar association.
• 4-8 years of commercial transactional legal experience with emerging growth technology companies, with an in-house legal department structuring, drafting and negotiating complex software licensing and other commercial agreements including channel partner, distribution, reseller, procurement, facilities, real estate lease and marketing and sponsorship agreements.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• Strong negotiating skills with both legal and financial/commercial issues.
• Ability to be a self-starter.
• Ability to be flexible and to efficiently and confidently balance legal risks and business concerns.
• Excellent business judgement and ability to think strategically.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; sense of humor required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High integrity, good organizational skills and ability to analyze, plan, prioritize and execute resourcefully on multiple, simultaneous projects.
• Ability to collaborate and execute in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to work on complex tasks independently or collaboratively, as needed.
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize multiple tasks in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Leader and team player and comfortable working with a globally distributed team with a positive and engaged personality, proactive, hand-on approach. Ability to work well with a high level of autonomy and trust.
• Experience with global privacy regulations including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), cybersecurity, data protection, data retention, data security and data breach best practices a plus.

Benefits

• Health care including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401k Plan with employer contribution.
• Base salary range for this position is $130,000-$195,000, plus bonus & RSUs.
• Everyone gets to participate in the company's success through the company performance bonus.
• We offer an employee referral bonus of up to $3,000 paid out immediately after the new hire starts.
• Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options are granted depending on a team member’s role, seniority, and location.
• Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers.
• We organize ‘DisConnect’ days where Bloomreachers globally enjoy one additional day off each quarter.