Confluent is hiring a Commercial Counsel to join our legal team. In this role, you will provide primary legal support to our Americas Sales organization, structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements with a focus on our SaaS offerings.
What You'll Do
- Provide primary support to Confluent’s Sales organization.
- Structure, draft, and negotiate complex commercial agreements.
- Negotiate various privacy addendum agreements and security terms.
- Work on projects to help our department scale, grow, and become more efficient.
- Train and interact with Sales, third-party partners, and customers.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to solve issues related to complex commercial transactions.
- Be an independent worker and thought leader.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in technology transactions.
- Specific experience negotiating SaaS subscription agreements, license and support agreements, and professional services agreements with large enterprise customers.
- Experience with open source licensing and business models.
- Experience negotiating privacy terms, including Data Processing Addendums (DPAs).
- Experience working cross-functionally with internal organizations to resolve questions and concerns.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to use sound judgment to address complex issues while balancing legal and business requirements.
- Ability to maintain strong working relationships with demanding requests, work independently with minimal supervision, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.
- A true team player.
- Familiarity with technical concepts in web applications and a willingness to learn new ones.
- License to practice law in one or more states.
- An undergraduate degree and law degree.
Nice to Have
- Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) certification.
- DPA and Business Associate Agreement (BAA) negotiation experience.
- Experience negotiating with regulated industries, including healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications.
- A highly responsive and service-oriented attitude.
- A growth mindset.
Team & Environment
We are One Confluent. One Team. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. We make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.
