Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel, Americas

About us

At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.

This hybrid position requires two days per week in our Austin office.

About you 

You’re a connector who puts people first and values the lasting ​partnerships you’ll build. You’re an active listener who cares about the stories people share and are energized by communication and collaboration. You love learning new things and are known for bringing innovative perspectives and questions to the table. You’re deadline and results-driven, passionate about creating new processes, systems, and best practices that help your internal partners do their best work.

About this role 

As Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel, you would be a member of Udemy’s small but mighty Legal team.  You will be responsible for negotiating a wide variety of commercial and privacy contracts and advising the business on a variety of novel legal issues. This position provides a unique opportunity to make an immediate impact and interact directly with amazingly friendly co-workers in a fast-paced dynamic environment. 

We’re looking for someone who can help us maintain our earnestly authentic culture while we expand our global reach. We emphasize an environment of learning and collaboration to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their role and to help our colleagues to succeed. If you’re looking for the opportunity to make a significant impact, Udemy’s legal team provides an action-oriented environment to take both your career and our mission (to improve lives through learning) to the next level.

What you'll be doing

• Support Sales for Udemy Business and Procurement by negotiating commercial agreements, including SAAS subscription agreements, master services agreements, data processing agreements, NDAs, and various other agreements
• Support the partnerships team and negotiate channel, reseller and distribution agreements. 
• Solve for privacy and security considerations with our vendors and customer base
• Effectively coordinate with internal stakeholders from nearly every department of the company, including Finance, Sales Operations, Deal Desk, Customer Success, and GRC,  to negotiate a variety of different agreements in accordance with relevant policies and procedures to ensure Udemy’s interests are adequately protected
• Support the continuous improvement of standard forms of agreement and legal processes.
• Monitor and analyze changes in the law and legal risks to ensure we comply with applicable laws and regulations
• Counsel internal teams regarding company policies, legal issues, and risk tolerance.
• Develop training and other informational materials to educate the team and business on key contract issues, legal processes, compliance, and data privacy topics
• Support on other relevant tasks and projects as requested
• Help maintain our team’s excellent sense of humor and enjoyment of work

What you’ll have

• 7+ years experience working on commercial contracts either at a law firm or in-house legal department, including experience negotiating and drafting SaaS agreements
• In-house commercial contracting experience dealing with SaaS or software licensing transactions and supporting a sales organization
• Strong knowledge of CPPA and GDPR as it relates to commercial contracts
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, and a talent for non-confrontational, win-win negotiations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to distill complex issues clearly and communicate in a succinct, clear and concise manner.
• Attention to detail, a sense of passion to support Udemy’s business and the versatility and confidence to take on challenges that are presented to you
• Excellent critical thinking abilities, a strong business acumen and the ability to work autonomously and prioritize a workload in a fast-paced work environment.
• Desire for close collaboration with sales and sales support to close deals efficiently, with a practical approach
• Proficient drafting and legal technical skills, with keen attention to detail