Senior Commercial Counsel
Senior Counsel, Commercial Transactions – Denver, Colorado
The Opportunity
Marketo is seeking a Senior Commercial Counsel to join the company's growing and dynamic legal team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-branded, highly successful organization with a world-class legal department. This role will provide an opportunity to work on diverse legal matters. The successful candidate will also work closely with senior decision-makers and others across the organization. So superb verbal and written communication are a must. In addition, the legal department is highly valued and partners closely with its business colleagues to help scale the company's growing business.
The ideal candidate will possess 8+ years of experience drafting and negotiating technology transactions including SaaS agreements. S/he will also have a solid understanding of intellectual property, data protection, privacy and revenue recognition issues. Experience with reseller and partner/alliance agreements is preferred. This attorney will possess "business acumen" with ability to understand the company's business and anticipate legal issues that could arise in various settings. In addition, s/he will provide innovative and pragmatic advice to internal and external partners. Our client's culture is fast-paced so the executives value team members who enjoy and thrive in such environments.
Excellent academic credentials are required. In house experience at a high growth company is preferred, but we will consider stellar law firm candidates.
Responsibilities include:
- Drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements with advisory responsibilities for sales, customer success, professional services, and channel partners.
- Providing legal and strategic business advice and support across a broad spectrum of internal functions, including sales operations, finance, IT, and product support.
- Helping to drive legal departmental initiatives, including the redesign of legal support processes, contract programs, and templates, and the use of technologies to increase efficiencies.
Personality fit with our legal department is paramount. This lawyer must possess a positive attitude and strong work ethic, be friendly, energetic, collaborative and flexible. S/he must also be dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of business and professional conduct.
This is a phenomenal opportunity to join a high-quality company and legal department in an attractive and important role. We offer a competitive compensation package for the qualified candidate.
Marketo is an equal opportunity employer