Commercial Counsel

Navan • Austin, TX

3d

About The Position

Navan Legal is expanding, and we’re on the hunt for an exceptional, driven, and collaborative Commercial Counsel or Senior Commercial Counsel to join our high-impact team.
This is more than just a legal role — it’s a chance to help shape the future of a category-defining company that is growing like crazy and bringing on the largest global customers in the world. If you’re passionate about cutting-edge technology, energized by fast-paced environments, and ready to make your mark at a company that’s redefining travel and expense, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in your practice jurisdiction
• 5+ years of experience as a practicing attorney
• Significant experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with Fortune 500 companies, preferably at a SaaS or other technology company
• Experience negotiating global commercial contracts, especially for customers in Australia
• Understanding of GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other privacy laws relevant to SaaS strongly preferred
• Provide pragmatic, business-minded guidance on customer and contract-related issues.
• Familiarity with financial regulations and fintech contracting strongly preferred
• Excellent communication skills are absolutely essential; you should be comfortable, confident, friendly, and capable of explaining complicated issues at the right level of detail for the audience
• Strong understanding of software, cloud services and generative AI, associated business models, and technology industry trends.
• Commitment to client service, with high emotional intelligence and the ability to perform well under pressure

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate complex commercial contracts (sales and services agreements, data processing agreements, and ancillary documents) with enterprise customers
• Lead customer-facing legal negotiations in partnership with the Sales, Privacy, Finance and Product teams
• Develop and contribute to templates, forms, and playbooks to improve collaboration, and support enablement of the Sales team
• Provide legal advice and guidance on procurement contracts to internal stakeholders
• Take on additional matters as needed, including supply and channel partnerships, feature licensing, and inbound license agreements
• Work collaboratively and develop positive relationships with business stakeholders to strengthen the connection between our team and the business - under tight deadlines, and while managing multiple priorities.
• Contribute positively to the culture of the Navan Legal team and the company as a whole

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees