Senior Corporate Counsel

Fivetran · Other US Location

Company

Fivetran

Location

Other US Location

Type

Full Time

Job Description

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role
 
We’re looking for a business-minded commercial legal lead with deep experience drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements with leading global and domestic organizations. The core focus of this role will be split between Procurement and Partners/Alliances deal support but he or she will also be a business builder, and will help operationalize our corporate processes relating to Procurement and Partners/Alliances. 
This legal team member will report directly to the VP of Commercial Legal, and will be a key partner and liaison to other impacted Fivetran departments and stakeholders.  The ideal candidate will be a critical individual contributor first and foremost, but shall have the ability to coach and lead junior legal team members.  This role will be based on the US West Coast.
 
Technologies You'll Use
 
Ironclad, Coupa, SFDC, Simple Legal
 
What You'll Do
  • Drafting and negotiation of domestic and international Partner agreements including reseller, referral, professional services, tech partners, marketplace and other partner/alliance agreements.  
  • Drafting and negotiation of inbound vendor/procurement agreements including:  master subscription agreements, NDAs, DPAs, BAAs, professional services agreements, amendments, exhibits, and other types of commercial agreements.
  • Oversight of real estate agreements and legal matters, including management of external real estate counsel.
  • Legal support for the marketing team including drafting and negotiation of sponsorship agreements, event agreements, SPIFF programs, sweepstakes/contests.
  • Overflow support for the direct GTM Legal team, negotiating and drafting Fivetran MSA’s and related revenue-bearing agreements.
  • Partner with cross-functional team members to identify and address contract matters/provisions impacting various departments including Security, Privacy, Revenue, Support, Professional Services, and other relevant departments to ensure contracts meet Fivetran policies and processes.
  • Partner with Procurement and Finance to optimize coordination and processes across the vendor lifecycle, including renewals.
  • Advising on and implementing best practices across the Procurement and Partner  Legal function, including fallback positions on heavily negotiated topics and organizational and procedural efficiencies.
Skills We're Looking For
  • 10+ years experience as a legal lead negotiating and drafting vendor/procurement agreements with domestic and international vendors required.
  • Experience and familiarity with SaaS and on-premise software subscription and licensing structures as well as general familiarity with related data privacy and security matters.
  • Deep experience (8+ years) with supporting enterprise level B2B partner programs, including software distribution and referral programs required.  Global experience a plus.
  • Experience providing contracts and legal support to marketing teams.
  • Prior relevant in-house experience required at both private and publicly traded companies, preferably in hyper-growth stage company(s).
  • Experience supporting international procurement and finance teams.   
  • Player/coach ability and mentality.  This role will be an individual contributor with potential to build and manage a regional team.  
  • Team orientation first and foremost, with leadership skills that contribute to maintaining a positive (and fun!) team and company culture 
  • Excellent judgment and integrity; ability to advise with nuance and a north star
  • Business judgment to apply right-sized and risk-adjusted approaches
  • Ability to work independently and closely manage multiple outside counsel across various time zones and deadlines, with the judgment to know when to outsource to outside counsel vs. make a call internally
  • Curiosity that drives a desire to learn new contexts and communication styles; being self-motivated and creative. 
  • Comfortable with fast-paced environments and openness to change 
  • CIPP (US or EU) certification is a plus.
  • JD and admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction, with eligibility to become a registered in-house counsel in either California or Colorado  preferred
 

Perks and Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
  • Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
  • RSU stock grants
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team building activities
  • Monthly cell phone stipend

*may vary by country - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

To learn more about Fivetran's benefits by region - click here.

We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.

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Date Posted

02/08/2023

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