[Hiring] Contracts Counsel @One Identity

Role Description

The Contracts Counsel will be an integral part of the One Identity Legal team, primarily supporting sales and partnerships. The ideal candidate is an exceptional, detail-oriented commercial attorney who thrives in fast-paced, demanding environments with a high volume of complex, enterprise deals. He or she must intuitively understand how to balance legal risk with business objectives and can communicate guidance in a highly practical way. This role offers the right candidate genuine room to grow. As One Identity expands, so does the scope of this position.

Responsibilities

• Utilize balanced lawyering to efficiently and effectively draft, negotiate and close a wide variety and high volume of complex customer, partner and vendor contracts with limited supervision.
• Work pragmatically and effectively with stakeholders across multiple functions and business units to achieve successful outcomes in contract negotiations.
• Anticipate potential contractual, legal or operational issues and take proactive steps to address them efficiently and reduce the risk of disputes or delays.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of contract templates, negotiation playbooks and contracting processes/workflows, and develop and deliver training and awareness programs to promote best practices and understanding of legal risks, contracting principles and company processes.
• Support the implementation and optimization of contract lifecycle management and redline review workflows utilizing tools such as Ironclad and related systems.
• Develop and maintain relationships and collaborative partnerships within the legal team as well as with senior leadership and business partners throughout the organization.
• Anything else that gets thrown your way to support a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• You have a JD from an accredited law school and are licensed to practice in at least 1 state.
• You have 3-5 years' of tech transactions experience in a B2B SaaS/tech environment. In-house legal experience required.
• You are comfortable negotiating a range of commercial contracts including SaaS/software agreements, DPAs, partner/reseller agreements, and vendor agreements.
• You have a track record of running commercial deals independently and getting signatures without handholding.
• You have strong legal operations instincts. You think about process, templates, and automation, not just the contract in front of you, and you've built or improved a contracting process before.
• You are comfortable using tools to accelerate research and drafting, especially in areas outside your primary expertise. Strong business orientation with the ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Bonus: you have experience using or implementing Ironclad.

Company Description

One Identity enables organizations of all sizes to better secure, manage, monitor, protect, and analyze information and infrastructure to help fuel innovation and drive their businesses forward. With team members around the globe, we intend to continue to grow revenues and add value to customers.

• When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to build and develop products at a scale few others can provide.
• Our product portfolio serves a large base of customers, and we are addressing the strategic imperatives for enterprise businesses.
• Working with some of the most talented employees the industry has to offer, we provide enhanced career opportunities for team members to learn and grow in a rapidly changing environment.