Director, Commercial Legal – Enterprise Sales - Remote

Overview

We’re looking for an experienced commercial counsel to join our Commercial Legal team! This is a great opportunity to join a growing Commercial Legal team and support Atlassian’s most critical enterprise transformations. You will closely partner with our Sales team to get critical deals done with enterprise customers in the U.S. and Canada. This is a great opportunity to join a growing Commercial Legal team and support key customer transactions for Atlassian.

This is a remote position, in which you will liaise directly with Sales teams and customers based in the United States Eastern time zone. To help our teams work together effectively, this role requires you to be located in the United States Eastern or Central time zones.

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

In Short

• Lead special projects to scale the Legal and Sales functions.
• Drive strategic customer deals to execution by partnering with Sales.
• Provide pragmatic, business-minded guidance on customer and contract-related issues.
• Take ownership and manage risk effectively.
• Work collaboratively with business stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively with customers and business teams.
• Navigate a decentralized and complex organization.
• Understand software, cloud services, and technology industry trends.
• Think creatively to generate possible solutions.
• Handle data protection and cybersecurity issues.

Requirements

• Extensive experience negotiating outbound SaaS contracts.
• Ability to handle data protection and cybersecurity issues.
• Passion for understanding customers and products.
• Excellent business judgment and communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills with internal leaders.
• Willingness to take on new responsibilities.
• Qualified to practice law in your local jurisdiction.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing resources.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Competitive compensation programs.
• Equity options.
• Flexible working options.