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Notion · 10 hours ago

Commercial Counsel

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$280K/yr - $340K/yr

10+ years exp

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work, and they are seeking a Commercial Counsel to support their rapidly emerging Enterprise customer motions. The role involves providing legal support for sales and marketing teams, negotiating complex agreements, and collaborating on product legal matters.

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Responsibilities

Have broad responsibility for providing practical day-to-day commercial legal support in AMER region for the sales, marketing, and customer success teams with a focus on supporting the Enterprise segment

Collaborate with Product Legal team on product and operational items that impact customer agreements and go-to-market initiatives

Negotiate and independently identify creative legal solutions for in-bound commercial transactions, including customer subscription agreements and data processing agreements

Identify and independently pursue process improvements for buy-side supporting motions

Develop and revise contract templates and playbooks as necessary, based on changes in our product offerings, organization, and law

Qualification

Commercial attorney experienceSaaSAI expertiseNegotiation skillsPrivacy regulations knowledgeContract drafting skillsResilienceResourcefulnessInterest in AI solutionsCertified Information Privacy ProfessionalCommunication skillsRelationship buildingStrategic thinkingTeam player qualities

Required

Admitted to the California State Bar, New York State Bar, or Registered In-House Counsel and in good standing

10+ years of combined experience practicing as a commercial attorney within a law firm or software technology company

2+ years in-house experience at a SaaS and/or AI technology company

Privacy and artificial intelligence subject matter expertise, including privacy regulations (GDPR, e-Privacy Directive, CCPA, etc.) and AI regulations (EU AI Act) with the ability to incorporate evolving requirements into the customer facing agreements

Experience driving commercial transactions, SaaS, and enterprise B2B transactions

Strong negotiation skills, including ability to explain nuanced legal concepts to internal and external parties and tailor approach to the audience

Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills and ability to adapt legal requirements in balanced, creative and pragmatic ways to facilitate communication at all levels of the organization

Ability to directly interact and build meaningful relationships and trust with internal and external clients and leaders

Demonstrated interest in artificial intelligence solutions in a work setting

Resilience, resourcefulness, and the ability to make recommendations and decisions with imperfect facts

Independent and strategic thought combined with excellent team player qualities and a willingness to take on additional responsibilities