Sr. Commercial Counsel

Come join a company who is a key leader in the industry scaling the next core commerce infrastructure and on the path from $100M to $500M! Founded in 2012, Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in over 80 countries collaborate to win on the digital shelf. As the market leader globally, our products are shopper-centric, frictionless, and create memorable commerce experiences. Our products provide a competitive edge through experiences that improve brand trust, amplify product differentiation and assortments, increase conversion rate, improve profit margins, and speed time to market.

Learn how the world’s largest brands, including Mars, L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, Bosch, and GSK, as well as retailers and distributors such as E.Leclerc, Carrefour, Metro, and Intermarché use Salsify everyday to stand out on the digital shelf.

At Salsify, we strive to embody an equitable, diverse, and inclusive company culture. We are united across countries, levels, tenures, and a host of other dimensions of diversity. We understand that while work is just one aspect of who we are, a truly inclusive culture accounts for the full authenticity of every single human being that works here. 

 

About the Opportunity

 

We are looking for a motivated Senior Commercial Counsel to join Salsify’s legal team to continue to grow our outstanding legal, security, and compliance program. As the Company enters into its next stage of hyper-growth, this person will provide end-to-end legal advice and support on a broad range of company initiatives, including commercial transactions, product development, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. This person will report directly to our Chief Legal Officer. This role requires a hands-on approach to cross-functional collaboration with internal teams to engage proactively the appropriate key stakeholders and will support the development, operation, sales, and marketing of our solutions and services. 

The ideal candidate will have experience with rapidly identifying and quantifying risks to the business and allocating time accordingly.

**Preference will be given to candidates living in the Eastern or Central time zones of the U.S. 

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, such as SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, consulting agreements, data processing addendums, vendor agreements, and partner agreements
• Serve on cross-functional working groups crafting go-to-market strategy, including drafting contractual language for new products, features, and functionality; advising on packaging and pricing, and ensuring order forms are enabled in advance of launch
• Design and implement tools to enhance processes for scalability, such as developing and delivering training sessions and materials to empower various company stakeholders
• Play a key role in advising on and implementing controls, policies, and processes to scale the business
• Partner with InfoSec and engineering teams to implement data protection controls, and to support privacy standard practices for customer, employee, partner, and vendor personal information
• In M&A transactions, lead the legal due diligence process to gain in-depth knowledge of the target’s business to enable the design and implementation of effective post-close integration workstreams

You'll Enjoy This Role If You Have:

• 7+ years of meaningful relevant experience, including in-house experience (SaaS preferred), with a focus on driving to closure a broad range of commercial transactions and advising on related privacy and data security issues
• At least some knowledge of global and domestic privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR and CCPA
• A desire to improve processes, rather than to shy away from such opportunities, to enable business growth at scale
• A proven track record of working collaboratively, proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes, and managing multiple priorities effectively

What We Have for You:

• Competitive Salary
• Equity
• 401 (k)
• Unlimited Vacation
• Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company provided Life Insurance and Short Term Disability as well as additional voluntary insurance elections
• FSA: Medical, Commuter, and Dependent Care
• HSA: Tax-advantaged Medical Savings Account
• 16 Week Paid Maternity & 10 Week Paid Parental Leave Program
• Referral Bonuses

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