Senior Legal Counsel

A growing publishing company is currently seeking a remote experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join their team.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Legal Counsel (Remote) will:

• Structuring, drafting, negotiating, reviewing and providing legal support on a wide range of sophisticated commercial and technology agreements, including licensing and software arrangements (including software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements), master services agreements, professional services agreements, strategic partner agreements and vendor contracts
• Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing electronic collateral control agreements
• Monitoring evolving laws in relation to electronic contracting, secured transactions and data privacy and performing research on such matters as necessary
• Reviewing marketing materials, including websites
• Creating and continuing the improvement of standard form agreements, playbooks, policies and legal processes
• Partnering with management and sales, marketing, product and finance teams and advising on day-to day-legal issues, risks and best practices, intellectual property matters and compliance activities
• Managing disputes, litigation and outside counsel relationships
• Developing an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the business, their people, organization, markets, products, technologies, customers, competitors and regulatory environment in order to identify trends, spot potential issues and provide high-level legal and commercial advice to the businesses
• Performing other assignments and projects as required

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
• Active membership in good standing with the applicable state bar association
• At least 3 to 6 years of legal experience; a combination of law firm and in-house experience and direct experience providing legal services to technology companies preferred
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated commercial contracts, including software license and support agreements, SaaS agreements and consulting/professional services agreements
• Significant experience with data privacy and information security issues
• Excellent communication, organizational and management skills
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines juggle multiple projects with contending priorities, and adapt to change in a dynamic environment