Commercial Legal Counsel

monday.com • New York, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a smart, motivated, self-starter attorney to join our growing global legal team in the US where you’ll have an awesome opportunity to use your legal expertise to have a big impact on a rapidly growing SaaS company. If you have a keen interest in learning about new technologies and areas of the law and a strong drive to understand and support the business needs of an innovative company, read on! This is a hybrid position of 3 days/week in our NYC office.

About The Role
Advise, support and be a business partner to the company’s different departments such as sales, partners and procurement. Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, NDAs, vendor contracts, data processing addendums, business associate addendums, technology agreements, AI addendums, and partnership agreements, and ensure that all commercial agreements adequately protect the company’s interests, improve processes, and increase scalability. Manage agreements and business activities to comply with company policies and risk tolerance. Manage multiple deals and support colleagues in Israel and internationally, with sound business and legal judgment and a clear sense of company priorities. Provide general legal support to our global business on an as-needed basis. Collaborate with international legal counterparts and business teams to ensure consistent legal support across jurisdictions.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of commercial legal experience in a law firm or in-house company, with a particular focus on the technology sector and with privacy experience
• Strong experience in drafting, negotiating and managing professional services agreements, software as a service agreements, business agreements, and intellectual property agreements
• Ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure
• Team player with exceptional written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent negotiating skills, keen analytical abilities, a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, as well as a track record of success in handling complex business and legal issues in a fast-paced, agile and evolving technology-driven business environment
• Collaborative, positive, business-friendly and service-minded
• Self-reliant and able to prioritize workload
• JD degree (or foreign equivalent), licensed to practice in New York or eligible for in house registration in New York

Responsibilities

• Advise, support and be a business partner to the company’s different departments such as sales, partners and procurement
• Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, NDAs, vendor contracts, data processing addendums, business associate addendums, technology agreements, AI addendums, and partnership agreements, and ensure that all commercial agreements adequately protect the company’s interests, improve processes, and increase scalability
• Manage agreements and business activities to comply with company policies and risk tolerance
• Manage multiple deals and support colleagues in Israel and internationally, with sound business and legal judgment and a clear sense of company priorities
• Provide general legal support to our global business on an as-needed basis
• Collaborate with international legal counterparts and business teams to ensure consistent legal support across jurisdictions

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefit package
• Bonus potential
• Eligibility to take part in the company equity incentive program
• Monthly stipends for food, wellness, and commuter work
• Fully dedicated learning and development team that provides opportunities for our employees to hone and gain new skills

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree