Senior Commercial Counsel
6 мес. назад
USASeniorOnsite
Legal counsel role supporting software development and code security company.
О компании
- Who is Sonar? Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it — your internal team, genAI, or third parties — resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is trusted by +7M developers worldwide, including teams Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, and T-Mobile. We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and a strong culture. We are highly commi
Обязанности
- Lead critical commercial matters by independently negotiating a diverse range of complex commercial transactions, including sales agreements, vendor contracts, and channel partnership deals.
- Drive strategic alignment across the business by collaborating with legal, sales, procurement, finance, IT security, and executive teams to find creative, compliant, and business-enabling solutions.
- Manage risk by advising internal stakeholders regarding key issues and risks in our contracts and ensure that our agreements reflect the most effective internal negotiating strategies.
- Pioneer efficiency improvements by leading the development and maintenance of a streamlined, efficient, and scalable contracting process, leveraging technology like contract management systems and AI drafting tools to clear blockers and find solutions.
- Embrace new challenges and manage a dynamic workload of emergent legal issues, supporting high-growth company initiatives relating to product development, privacy compliance, and other matters.
Условия
- Flexible comprehensive employee benefit package.
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations. You will receive 23 days of PTO per calendar year (on a pro-rated basis depending on your employment start date), with additional time provided for sickness, life events and holidays.
- We offer an exciting 401(k) plan that has a 4% match, fully vested on day one of participation.
- Fully paid parking in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas.
- Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities.
- We have an annual kick-off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationships and goals for the company.
- Monthly catered events, and team events
Другое
- Strong Legal Foundation: Bar admission with 4+ years of commercial/technology experience, with a particular focus in negotiating customer and vendor agreements. Prior in-house experience with an international technology/software company preferred but private practice will also be considered.
- Exceptional Communication & Influence: Demonstrated ability to develop strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and teams across the business, backed by excellent negotiation and drafting skills.
- Initiative & Domain Leadership: A strong understanding of key issues that impact contract negotiations for software and SaaS, with direct experience being a significant plus. The capacity to lead complex matters from start to finish.
- Adaptability & Ownership: The ability to prioritize, manage multiple work streams, and maintain composure in a fast-paced environment.
- Start-up Mentality: A willingness to roll up your sleeves, clear blockers, think creatively, and consistently find solutions to support the business in driving projects to completion.
- Global Fluency: Excellent English written/verbal communication skills and flexibility with your work schedule to accommodate occasional calls outside of your regular time zone.
- Technological Drive: Demonstrated capacity to quickly master and implement new contract management tools like Salesforce, LinkSquares, Jira Service Management, and generative AI tools.
- Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!).
- Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains.
- We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in-office and 2 days work-from-home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai, India, Japan and Australia operate fully remotely.
- We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.
- As the leader in our field, our products and services are as strong as our internal team members.
- We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization.