-
Commercial Contracting: Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements, MSAs, order forms, statements of work, amendments, renewals, data processing agreements, BAAs where applicable, vendor agreements, NDAs, and other commercial contracts. - Sales Partnership: Serve as a primary legal partner to Sales, Revenue, Client Services teams, providing practical guidance that helps move deals forward while appropriately managing risk. - Customer Negotiations: Lead or support negotiations with customer legal, procurement, privacy, security, and business stakeholders, particularly for enterprise and strategic SaaS transactions. - Deal Support & Risk Management: Advise internal teams on contract terms related to liability, indemnity, warranties, service levels, termination rights, payment terms, data usage, confidentiality, privacy, security, AI, and intellectual property. - Privacy, Security & AI Contract Review: Partner with internal stakeholders to assess privacy, cybersecurity, data protection, AI-related, and IP provisions as they appear in customer, partner, and vendor contracts. - Template & Process Improvement: Help maintain and improve contract templates, fallback positions, negotiation playbooks, approval workflows, and other legal processes that support scalable deal velocity. - Contract Lifecycle Support: Support contract intake, review, negotiation, execution, renewal, and post-signature interpretation in partnership with sales and business stakeholders. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Sales, Legal, Finance, and other stakeholders to ensure commercial agreements reflect business requirements and operational realities. Qualifications:
-
Legal Experience: J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar. - SaaS Contracting Background: Proven experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, software licensing, technology services, enterprise customer, vendor, and partnership agreements. - Go-to-Market Partnership: Experience working closely with Sales, Revenue, Customer Success, Deal Desk, Finance, and Security teams to support commercial transactions. - Commercial Judgment: Strong understanding of key SaaS contract issues, including limitation of liability, indemnification, warranties, service levels, data protection, confidentiality, audit rights, termination, payment, and renewal terms. - Privacy & Security Contract Fluency: Ability to review and negotiate privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, AI, and IP provisions as part of broader commercial agreements. - Business-Oriented Approach: Practical, solutions-oriented style with the ability to balance legal risk, customer demands, sales priorities, and company standards. - Communication Mastery: Exceptional ability to explain contract risks and negotiation tradeoffs clearly to non-legal stakeholders. - Operational Mindset: Interest in improving contracting processes, templates, playbooks, and workflows to help a fast-growing SaaS company scale. - A Modern Legal Partner: Can leverage AI and agentic tools responsibly to improve contract review, drafting, negotiation preparation, and legal operations while maintaining strong judgment and confidentiality. Work-life, Culture & Perks:
-
Compensation: The base salary range is $260-285K, with flexibility depending on a candidate’s background and experience. An annual bonus plan and company equity plan (RSUs) are also included in our compensation package. - Well-Being: Medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D, and 401k matching. Additional family, wellness, and pet benefits. - Home & Family: Paid time off and sick leave, 100% paid parental leave: 16 weeks for primary caregivers and 12 weeks for secondary caregivers. We offer a flexible schedule for new parents returning to work. - Office Life: Catered lunches, happy hours, pet-friendly spaces, and monthly technology stipend. - Growth & Training: $1,000/year for each employee for professional development, as well as opportunities for tuition reimbursement. *EvolutionIQ appreciates your interest in our company as a place of employment.
