Commercial Counsel, Technology & Procurement
About The Position
This role serves as iManage’s dedicated legal resource for technology and procurement transactions. The Commercial Counsel will own the legal workstream for agreements related to software, cloud infrastructure, AI tooling, data, professional services, and other technology acquisitions. This is a broad, high-impact buy-side role that requires strong commercial judgment, practical execution, and the ability to independently manage a diverse contracting pipeline. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, the individual will collaborate with procurement, finance, engineering, security, product, and privacy teams to negotiate vendor agreements, apply iManage’s established risk positions, and develop scalable legal playbooks and self-service resources. The objective is to establish a disciplined legal framework that enables efficient technology procurement while effectively managing material legal, privacy, security, and data risks.
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.
- An 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.
Nice To Haves
- In-house experience in a SaaS or technology company is strongly preferred.
- Law firm experience with technology transactions or vendor contracting focus will also be considered.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Owning the full lifecycle of vendor and technology agreements, from initial engagement through master agreement, statements of work, and renewals, across AI, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, professional services, consulting, and data 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.
- Building trusted relationships 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.
Benefits
- Flexible working policy
- Flexible work hours
- Market competitive salary
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Comprehensive Health/Vision/Dental/Life Insurance
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan with a company match up to 4%
- HealthJoy, a healthcare concierge service
- Enhanced leave for expecting parents (20 weeks 100% paid for primary leave, and 10 weeks 100% paid for secondary leave)
- Flexible time off policy
- Company wellness days
- Free access to the Healthy Minds app
- Access to unlimited courses in LinkedIn Learning
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
