Commercial Counsel, Technology & Procurement

About the role

We offer a flexible working policy that supports a healthy balance between personal and professional well-being. This role requires in-office presence on Tuesdays & Thursdays to collaborate, connect, and learn from peers - while also maintaining the flexibility for meaningful work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for technology and vendor contracting, owning the full lifecycle of vendor and technology agreements.
• Reviewing, negotiating, and closing technology vendor agreements, applying iManage's established risk positions and playbooks while exercising sound judgment on deviations that require escalation.
• Partnering with the procurement team on vendor governance and contract administration, with legal owning substantive positions and Procurement handling workflow and tracking.
• Managing a diverse pipeline of vendor agreements concurrently, prioritizing based on business urgency, risk profile, and strategic importance.
• Building and maintaining iManage's procurement legal playbook, including standard positions, approved templates, fallback language, and escalation triggers for all major vendor and technology contract categories.
• Developing self-service resources for procurement and finance that enable routine vendor agreements to be handled efficiently without requiring legal involvement on every transaction.
• Identifying recurring vendor-contract risk themes and opportunities to improve iManage’s procurement legal framework.
• Cross-functionally partnering with finance, procurement, engineering, security, product, and people ops as a practical, business-enabling legal partner on all technology and procurement matters.
• Advising internal stakeholders on vendor contract risk in clear, business-accessible language, enabling informed decision-making rather than simply flagging issues.
• Coordinating with the privacy and security teams on vendor contracts with data protection or security implications, ensuring appropriate review and approvals before execution.

Requirements

• A Juris Doctor (J.D.) and active membership in at least one state bar.
• 3-5 years of commercial legal experience with a meaningful focus on technology procurement, vendor contracting, or buy-side commercial transactions.
• Solid experience negotiating AI and SaaS agreements, cloud and infrastructure contracts, professional services agreements, and data agreements from the buyer's perspective.
• Ability to manage a diverse and concurrent vendor contract pipeline independently, prioritizing effectively and maintaining quality across a high volume of agreements.
• Working knowledge of data protection and privacy provisions in vendor contracts, including DPAs, security schedules, and AI data provisions, sufficient to coordinate effectively with the privacy and security teams.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills; able to partner effectively with finance, procurement, engineering, and security stakeholders and translate legal requirements into practical business guidance.
• A self-starter attitude with the ability to build reusable legal positions and playbooks where they do not yet exist, and to improve workflows continuously as the function scales.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI-related vendor contracts, including AI tooling agreements, data licensing, model API terms, and AI governance provisions.
• Familiarity with privacy-related vendor requirements under GDPR, UK GDPR, or CCPA, including DPA negotiation and vendor privacy assessments.
• Experience building or scaling a procurement legal playbook or vendor contract program.
• Prior experience using contract lifecycle management tools (Ironclad, Coupa, or similar) and comfortable designing legal workflows within procurement systems.

Skills

• Commercial judgment and practical execution.
• Strong negotiation skills, both from the buyer and seller perspectives.
• Ability to manage a diverse and concurrent vendor contract pipeline independently.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration with finance, procurement, engineering, security, product, and people ops.
• Clear and concise communication skills, especially in advising internal stakeholders on vendor contract risk.
• Ability to build and maintain legal playbooks and self-service resources.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours that allow for a balanced work-life commitment.
• A supportive, experienced team with an inclusive, encouraging, and vibrant culture.
• Collaborative in a modern open-plan workspace with amenities like a gaming area, free snacks, drinks, and regular social events.
• Opportunities to own your career path with our internal development framework.
• Access to unlimited courses in LinkedIn Learning for continuous skill development.
• Opportunities to join an innovative, industry-leading SaaS company that is growing and scaling.

Pay

The overall US annual base salary range for this position is $120,000–$145,000. Individual compensation for each candidate depends on factors such as qualifications, experience, and candidate location. This range does not include additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses, commission, or benefits.

Schedule

Flexible work hours that allow for a balanced work-life commitment.