200+ applicants

Company

Kong Inc. · 1 day ago

Corporate Counsel, (Commercial)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$143K/yr - $190K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor and business partner to Kong’s Americas sales team

Support our ANZ sales team as needed

Lead complex cross-border commercial transactions with sophisticated counterparties located across the Americas and ANZ

Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of other commercial agreements

Help ensure compliance with a variety of laws and regulations impacting our enterprise software and SaaS oﬀerings, including intellectual property, privacy, security and government contracting

Partner with Finance, Sales Ops and Deal Ops to support the end-to-end contract negotiation and close process

Advise internal teams on legal matters and provide general commercial legal advice, as well as providing training and enablement to our growing go-to-market organization

And any additional challenges and tasks to help support Kong’s growth

Qualification

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Law degreeState bar membershipTechnology transactions experienceDrafting contractsNegotiating contractsSaaS contracts experienceIntellectual property knowledgeData governance knowledgePrivacy law knowledgeProfessional relationshipsProblem-solving approachCustomer success focus

Required

Law degree, and member in good standing of the California state bar or, if remote, a major U.S. state legal jurisdiction

Minimum 4-5 years of technology transactions experience, either practicing law at a major US law firm and/or in-house (preferably with experience supporting technology companies)

Demonstrated experience in drafting, negotiating and closing complex software and SaaS contracts with large, sophisticated customers

Great judgment, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others

Working knowledge of intellectual property, data governance and privacy matters

High professional and personal standards, and a commitment to inclusiveness

Attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectives

Practical yet creative problem–solving approach to address Kong’s business needs while protecting Kong’s interest

A passion for teamwork and customer success - at Kong we win together and work as One Team

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Short and long term disability benefits

Basic life and AD&D insurance

Company

Kong Inc.

Glassdoor

3.8

Powering the API World. Kong enables any company to become an API-first company.

Founded in 2009

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

https://konghq.com

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