Commercial Counsel

BigID•Austin, TX

6d•$150,000 - $185,000•Remote

About The Position

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and AI data management. We're leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data. We are building a global team passionate about innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for numerous awards including Forbes America's Best Startup Employers, Global InfoSec Awards, CRN 100 list, and Inc. 5000. At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

Requirements

6+ years of experience, transactional expertise
J.D., with strong academic credentials and membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach.
Highly organized, reliable, detail-oriented, and diligent.
Ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously, to set appropriate priorities with clients, and to deliver results efficiently.
Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, pragmatic, business-oriented advice, with a dedication to superior customer service.
Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the job.
A passion to get deals done with ownership, urgency, and optimism
Must be able to exercise independent judgment with little or no oversight.

Nice To Haves

Intellectual curiosity and desire to expand areas of knowledge and participation as the business might require
Experience in, or good instincts and desire to learn/participate in, other operational areas such as labor/HR, equity management, IP, Board matters, pre-litigation dispute resolution and investigations, policy creation, entity management
Experience and knowledge of Privacy Laws, AI, and Data Security concepts
Foreign language skills (especially Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, French)
Government contracts experience
Technical savvy
Experience in "zero leverage" sell-side negotiation with large enterprise-class customers

Responsibilities

Draft, negotiate, and advise cross-functional teams on various commercial agreements, including software/ SAAS licenses, NDAs, evaluation agreements, ecosystem partnership agreements, DPAs, and vendor contracts.
Provide thoughtful and practical product, business, and legal counseling on various legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to product features, commercial transactions, and general operations.
Manage and resolve complicated issues related to commercial deals, and drive alignment with various cross-functional teams.
Own the entire contracting cycle--from initial draft to execution--and collaborate with business, privacy and product teams to drive contract negotiations to timely and successful completion.
Help build, streamline, and operationalize the company’s contracting process to help us scale as a Legal team and as a company.
Support HR, Marketing, Product Development, and other internal constituencies as needed in contracts, research, deal structuring, and risk counseling.
Act as a utility player/problem solver as needed by the GC.