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Corporate Counsel The candidate will be responsible for various legal-related matters involved in selling our products, partnering with others to make Slack better and used by more teams, and ensuring own people have the best information and tools when doing their jobs. Work closely with our Accounts, Marketing, Business Operations, and Go-To-Market teams, leading legal negotiations and giving advice at all levels of the organization. Draft, review and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements to support customer sales with both startups and public companies. Primary focus will be on SaaS subscription agreements, software licenses, data processing agreements and order forms. Use experience gained from supporting hundreds or thousands of commercial transactions to help define business terms and structure deals in the most optimal way. Provide input on processes and policies to help drive our growth and capture new learnings. Then, iterate again. Provide practical, decisive guidance to Accounts, Marketing, Business Operations, and Business Development teams that balances business objectives and legal risk, taking into account companies policies and positions. Stay up-to-date on relevant industry, commercial, open source, IP, privacy, employment, and other laws, regulations, and developments to be able to give the most effective advice. Provide input on contract processes to optimize interactions with our Accounts team. 7+ years experience working on different kinds of commercial transactions (e.g., SaaS, IP licensing, software licensing, product resale and distribution, working with contractors, outsourcing, facilities, etc.) matched with deep experience on the types of transactions you ll see most often (see above) required. Experience working with regulated industries (e.g. federal/state government, education, financial services, healthcare, etc.) is highly preferred. Comfortable negotiating data processing agreements, and related privacy documents including a working knowledge of GDPR as it relates to commercial contracts required. Ability to draft documents, policies, emails and anything else in a very precise manner, while still being concise and digestible for non-lawyers. It's a clich, but attention to detail really is a must. Experience supporting a high volume Sales organization with commercial contracting matters required. Substantial understanding of intellectual property, licensing, privacy, data security and commercial laws. Ability to develop a nuanced understanding of Slack and our industry, with an eye towards aligning decisions with the bigger picture goals required. Ability to work cross-functionality with different departments to reach consensus on whether to accept non-standard contract terms. Ability to contribute to, and iterate on, contract playbook of fallback terms required. JD required. Bar admission and in good standing in at least one state required.
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