Legal Counsel - Commercial & Integration Attorney (Contract)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage legal workstream for vendor contract integration, including defining fit for purpose approach, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating external-facing product and vendor contracts;
• Supporting the North American sales organization and go-to-market efforts by Advising the sales and partnerships teams on deal structure and contract negotiations, including advising on legal risks and legal liabilities associated with contractual arrangements;
• Representing Nearmap’s interests and interfacing directly with opposing counsel and negotiation teams;
• Attending to legal-related requests and enquiries from internal stakeholders;
• Attending to legal-related external customer support requests and enquiries;
• Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, including those specific to the insurance sector and data privacy;
• Working with the global legal team on projects as needed.

Qualifications

• JD or equivalent degree, admitted to the bar, and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the United States;
• Minimum 5-8 years legal experience, with a combination of in-house experience (ideally within an insurance or SaaS environment) and law firm transactional experience preferred;
• Strong experience in drafting and negotiating complex enterprise contracts, including but not limited to software licensing (SaaS - vendor side), licensing arrangements involving artificial intelligence, machine learning and machine derived attributes, and data privacy;
• Able to operate in a fast-paced work environment and proven ability to address complex problems and business needs while reasonably balancing risk;
• Must be able to, and be comfortable giving, commercially-focused, pragmatic legal advice in simple to understand language.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal communication skills needed to be an effective business partner;
• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills;
• Able to handle matters with minimal supervision;
• Profi cient in MS Office suite of products and experience with systems such as Salesforce, Conga, JIRA, and Slack preferred.

Personal Attributes

• Comfort working across time zones and with distributed teams;
• A self-starter;
• Strong interest in technology;
• Able to communicate and interact effectively at all levels and collaborate across operating locations.