Senior Legal Counsel - Remote

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join the Confluent Legal Team! In this role you will be primarily supporting the Professional Services and Education Organizations.

In Short

• Primary support of Confluent’s Professional Services and Education organizations
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements and SOWs
• Negotiating various privacy agreements and security terms for professional services
• Work on a variety of cutting-edge projects to help our department scale, grow and be more efficient
• Training and interacting with Engagement Managers, sales executives, third party partners and customers
• Create templates, playbooks and fall back provisions.
• Partner with cross-functional teams
• Solve issues related to complex commercial transactions
• Be an independent worker and thought leader

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in technology transactions
• Specific experience negotiating professional services agreements, SOWs, subcontractor agreements, master consulting agreements, SaaS subscription agreements, license and support agreements
• Experience with open source licensing and business models
• Experience negotiating privacy terms
• Experience working cross-functionally with internal organizations to resolve questions and concerns
• Excellent written/verbal communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to use sound judgment to address complex issues while maintaining an appropriate balance between legal and business requirements
• Ability to maintain strong working relationships with demanding requests, work independently with minimal supervision, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced startup environment
• True team player
• Familiarity with technical concepts in Web applications and a willingness to learn new technical applications
• License to practice in one or more states
• Undergraduate degree and law degree

Benefits

• Standing up professional services processes
• Drafting professional services templates
• Ironclad experience
• Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude
• Growth Mindset