СШАCorporate Counsel
1 нед. назад
СШАMiddleRemote
contract negotiationmsasdpalegal review
In-house attorney role handling contract negotiation and legal questions for a growing SaaS company.
Обязанности
- is hiring its first in-house attorney. This is a generalist commercial counsel role built around a clear, immediate need: the volume and complexity of our contract work, including MSAs, DPAs, renewals, and redlines with colleges and universities, has outgrown what outside counsel and non-legal staff can handle alone.
- You will own contract negotiation end to end and serve as the first point of contact for the full range of legal questions that come up in a growing SaaS company, from data privacy to insurance to employment matters. You will bring in outside counsel only where specialized or higher-stakes expertise is truly needed. This is not a General Counsel role: corporate structuring, M&A, and financing transactions stay with outside deal counsel, with this role supporting and coordinating rather than owning them.
- You will report to the CFO within Finance & Strategy and work closely with the Chief of Staff, IT, People Operations, Sales, and Accounting.
Требования
- J.D. and an active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state
- 5 to 10 years of commercial or contracts law experience, ideally in-house at a B2B SaaS company or in a law firm commercial practice serving SaaS clients
- Demonstrated experience negotiating MSAs, DPAs, and enterprise SaaS agreements, including with public-sector or higher-ed customers
- Working knowledge of FERPA, state privacy laws, and GDPR
- Comfort operating as a generalist and prioritizing a high volume of concurrent matters with limited legal-team support
- Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to turn legal risk into plain-language guidance for non-lawyers
Будет плюсом
- Experience in higher-ed technology, EdTech, or another regulated SaaS vertical
- Familiarity with insurance and cyber-coverage review and renewal processes
- Exposure to PE-backed company governance and reporting
Другое
- Draft, review, and negotiate customer MSAs, order forms, DPAs, and amendments, including redlines with public and private higher-ed institutions and their counsel
- Manage a queue of concurrent negotiations, prioritizing by deal size, urgency, and risk
- Review and negotiate terms with resellers, integration partners, and data and technology vendors
- Build and maintain standard templates, fallback positions, and an approval playbook so recurring issues like liability caps, indemnification, data-breach cost allocation, and insurance requirements are resolved consistently and without a legal bottleneck
- Flag and resolve terms in state and public-institution paper, including systemwide or state-mandated terms
- Support FERPA, state student-data-privacy law, and GDPR compliance in customer contracts and internal data handling
- Advise on digital accessibility obligations for the platform and customer-facing content, including ADA Title II, Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, WCAG 2.1 AA, and state-specific standards
- Track subprocessor agreements and make sure DPAs are executed and current everywhere a signed MSA references them
- Monitor and advise on emerging state AI regulations relevant to our product
- Own the review of cyber and other insurance renewal applications with Finance and the CTO, making sure representations are accurate and complete
- Help size and document risk exposure on large or unusual deals for leadership sign-off
- Manage potential customer disputes in their early stages, including responses to customer counsel, and escalate to outside litigation counsel when needed
- Own responses to public-records and FOIA requests from state-institution customers, including trade-secret and proprietary exceptions where appropriate
- Advise on employment matters alongside People Operations
- Own the Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement program so every employee and contractor signs at onboarding and agreements stay current with the law
- Support board resolutions, corporate-secretary filings, and Economic Disclosure Statements, coordinating with outside counsel on structuring, M&A, and financing
- We are the leading AI Workforce Platform built specifically for higher education, helping colleges and universities build stronger relationships with prospective and current students. This is a remote-first role with a home office allowance, 20 days PTO, 10 company holidays, a 4% 401(k) match, and competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.