Senior Director, Legal Advisory

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Serve as a trusted advisor to General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, and leaders in Legal Operations regarding contract transformation, legal innovation, and AI-enhanced contract intelligence.

• Facilitate executive-level discussions, workshops, and briefings focused on legal transformation, contract intelligence, governance, compliance, and risk management.

• Represent Icertis as a thought leader in the legal field through participation in industry events, webinars, customer interactions, and market-facing initiatives.

• Collaborate with Sales and Solution Engineering teams to support strategic enterprise opportunities, drive successful deals, and enhance revenue growth.

• Create persuasive business cases that illustrate the value, return on investment, and business impact of Icertis Contract Intelligence and AI solutions.

• Offer legal domain expertise throughout the sales process, addressing customer needs, solution design, best practices, and responses to RFPs.

• Work alongside Product Management and Engineering to shape product strategy, advance AI innovation, and prioritize the roadmap based on customer and market insights.

• Build and maintain cross-functional relationships across Sales, Marketing, Services, Customer Success, and external industry stakeholders to enhance Icertis' market leadership and customer engagement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree; active or prior experience in legal practice is highly preferred.

• Background in legal technology, legal operations, enterprise software, consulting, or corporate legal environments.

• Extensive knowledge of contract lifecycle management (CLM), commercial contracting, governance, compliance, risk management, and best practices in legal operations.

• Demonstrated ability to engage and provide counsel to General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, Legal Operations leaders, and other senior legal stakeholders on intricate legal and business issues.

• Strong grasp of legal transformation, process enhancement, and the utilization of technology and AI within legal organizations.

• Outstanding communication, presentation, and storytelling abilities, with a track record of influencing executive and C-suite audiences.

• Solid business acumen with the capability to develop value propositions, ROI models, and strategic roadmaps that link legal initiatives to business results.

• Enthusiasm for AI and innovation, along with the capacity to collaborate with global teams and travel as needed for customer interactions and industry events.

• Willingness to travel up to 30% for customer engagements, industry events, and internal collaboration.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous holidays, including paid time off during the week of the 4th of July.

• Complimentary professional and leadership coaching.

• Annual personal development allowance.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Equity (RSUs) and shared ownership in the company.

• Generous 401(k) matching.

• Flexible work environment.

• Paid maternity and paternity leave.

• Generous holiday and PTO policy.

• CaaS (Coaching as a Service).

• 7 Days for Humanity – seven paid volunteer days each year.

• Global and regional DEIB steering committees and employee resource groups (ERGs).

• Global DEIB training programs and guest speakers throughout the year.