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Senior Counsel, Commercial

General CounselGeneral CounselFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2007H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

43 days ago

Salary

$197.2K - $271.2K / year

Seniority

Senior

Professional Certificate5 yrs expEnglishCyber Security

Job Description

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to Sales and GTM leadership, providing clear, practical, and business-oriented guidance on complex commercial transactions, often with Fortune 1000 and other sophisticated global customers. • Lead and negotiate sophisticated SaaS, enterprise, and strategic commercial agreements, balancing risk management with revenue objectives. • Develop a deep understanding of Zuora’s products, roadmap, pricing models, and go to-market strategy to deliver context-aware legal advice. • Design and deliver practical training and guidance for Sales, Deal Desk, and other GTM stakeholders to improve contract fluency and deal velocity. • Design, build, and continuously improve commercial contracting frameworks, playbooks, templates, fallback positions, and internal guidance to support efficient deal execution. • Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and operationalize recurring commercial workflows. • Partner with Legal Operations to implement process improvements, automation, and data-driven insights across the commercial lifecycle. • Actively contribute to the development and adoption of AI-enabled legal solutions, including contract review, knowledge management, and workflow optimization. • Collaborate cross-functionally to anticipate and proactively address AI impacts related to our products, contracting, privacy, and regulatory compliance. • Work closely with Privacy, Security, IP, Product Legal, and Corporate Legal colleagues to ensure aligned and consistent legal risk positions across the company.

Job Requirements

  • J.D. (or equivalent) from an accredited law school; active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
  • 5-10 years of relevant in-house legal experience, with significant focus on commercial/SaaS transactions.
  • Deep experience negotiating outbound enterprise SaaS agreements, including MSAs, order forms, SOWs, DPAs, and security addenda.
  • Demonstrated success partnering closely with Sales and GTM teams on complex commercial negotiations.
  • Experience building or scaling commercial legal processes, templates, or playbooks is highly valued.
  • Familiarity with legal tech, contract automation, or AI-enabled legal tools is a meaningful plus.
  • Working knowledge of key data protection and cybersecurity frameworks relevant to enterprise SaaS (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS) and how they show up in customer contracts a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, variable bonus and performance reward opportunities, and retirement programs
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Generous, flexible time off
  • Paid holidays, “wellness” days and company wide end of year break
  • 6 months fully paid parental leave
  • Learning & Development stipend
  • Opportunities to volunteer and give back, including charitable donation match
  • Free resources and support for your mental wellbeing

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