Commercial Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Draft, review, and negotiate a large volume of standard commercial agreements, including SaaS subscription contracts, order forms, NDAs, Data Processing Agreements, Business Associate Agreements, and vendor, reseller, and partner agreements.

• Evaluate customer purchase orders and vendor documentation, including event, venue, and service agreements, providing guidance to the business on their signability as presented.

• Act as SwiftConnect's primary liaison with customer procurement and legal teams regarding routine terms, escalating any non-standard risks and unusual deal structures to the VP, Legal.

• Convert legal positions into actionable, business-centric advice that balances deal momentum with risk management.

• Collaborate with contracts operations and business stakeholders on intake, approvals, and execution tracking, with a strong emphasis on legal review, drafting, and negotiation of ongoing deals.

• Enable Sales to handle initial commercial redlines and streamline the redline routing process between business stakeholders and Legal.

• Develop and sustain a scalable contracting infrastructure, including templates, clause libraries, fallback positions, and negotiation playbooks.

• Enhance internal legal workflows, such as intake, approvals, document management, and contract lifecycle management.

• Assist with data privacy, HIPAA, and related regulatory and contractual compliance in accordance with domestic and international standards.

• Support post-acquisition contract integration, encompassing assignment and change-of-control reviews and the consolidation of overlapping agreements under the direction of the VP, Legal.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an accredited U.S. law school.

• Active license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• 2 to 5 years of experience in commercial contracts, including in-house experience at a SaaS or technology company.

• Practical experience negotiating SaaS and technology agreements, covering subscription terms, data processing, and intellectual property and licensing provisions.

• Familiarity with HIPAA and Business Associate Agreements.

• Understanding of U.S. and global privacy frameworks.

• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.

• Pragmatic, collaborative, and problem-solving mindset.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Experience with contract lifecycle management platforms and building templates and playbooks (strong asset).

• Knowledge of intellectual property and open-source licensing frameworks (strong asset).

• Comfort with technical product concepts such as software platforms, integrations, and hardware (strong asset).

🏝️ Benefits

• Take ownership of the commercial contracting function on a day-to-day basis and contribute to the development of processes, templates, and playbooks that scale with the organization.

• Collaborate directly with an experienced VP, Legal and across all business functions, gaining direct insight into the deal-making process.

• Become part of a pioneering connected access company at a critical growth phase, with real opportunities to expand your role as the legal team grows.