Transcend · 9 hours ago
Senior Counsel
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expTranscend is a fast-growing AI and data infrastructure company seeking a Senior Counsel to join their legal team. The role focuses on commercial transactions, negotiating SaaS and enterprise agreements, and providing guidance on privacy and compliance matters while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Cloud InfrastructureCompliancePrivacy
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead drafting, negotiation, and management of a wide range of commercial agreements (enterprise SaaS contracts, data processing agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor contracts, and more)
Negotiate directly with large enterprise customers and strategic partners, balancing speed-to-close with thoughtful risk mitigation
Collaborate closely with our Head of Legal Operations to create scalable commercial processes, templates, and systems
Provide practical and actionable guidance on privacy, product, employment, and compliance matters as they arise
Partner with product and engineering teams to shape the roadmap with privacy and regulatory considerations in mind
Enable sales, customer success, and other go-to-market functions through playbooks, trainings, and templates
Collaborate directly with the General Counsel on strategic initiatives, Board matters, and scaling the legal function
Qualification
Required
5–7 years of legal experience, with meaningful in-house experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS, AI or data infra company
Extensive experience successfully negotiating complex enterprise SaaS agreements with Fortune 500 or other large global companies
Demonstrated ability to get deals done while mitigating legal and business risk in a meaningful, scalable way
Track record of partnering with legal operations and cross-functional teams to scale a commercial contracting function
Admission to practice law in at least one US state
Familiarity with global data privacy and AI regulations, including comprehensive (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and sectoral (HIPAA, GLBA, WA My Health My Data, etc.) frameworks
CIPP/US and/or CIPP/E
Ability to make quick, pragmatic decisions and clearly distinguish between business-critical and lower-priority issues
A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys working remotely, and is excited to roll up their sleeves and build from scratch
Intellectual curiosity, willingness to learn across disciplines, and a sense of humor
Benefits
Flexible PTO
Parental leave
A 401(k) match
Employee equity
Company
Transcend
Transcend is the privacy infrastructure company that unleashes growth for the world’s greatest brands.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$68.95MKey Investors
StepStone GroupAccel
2024-05-28Series B· $40M
2020-06-10Series A· $25M
2019-04-04Seed· $3.95M
Leadership Team
Ben Brook
Co-Founder, CEO @ Transcend
Michael Farrell
Co-Founder and CTO
Recent News
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