Corporate Counsel

Snyk•Boston, MA

21d•$172,000 - $215,000

About The Position

Snyk is hiring a Corporate Counsel to support its Sales, Partnerships, Procurement, and Product teams. The role negotiates a broad range of SaaS and partner deals, advises on product launches, and helps shape governance of AI at an AI security company. The position reports directly to the Associate General Counsel managing Snyk’s AI governance, strategy, and new product releases. The Corporate Counsel collaborates with cross-functional colleagues around the globe, including teams in Finance, GTM, Sales Operations, Product, Marketing, and Procurement. The approach is pragmatic, customer-focused, and collaborative, aiming to reduce friction and enable the business and its customers while maintaining appropriate risk governance. Snyk welcomes candidates with commercial skills and technology fluency from private practice, in-house roles, or both.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in commercial and product counseling in the technology sector, with an emphasis on B2B SaaS companies.
Experience drafting and advising clients on technology-related commercial agreements, including software licensing, strategic partnerships, reseller arrangements, and data processing agreements.
Hands-on experience with, or demonstrated fluency in, AI models and agentic tools.
Curiosity about how the company’s products work and a conviction that understanding them makes for better commercial counsel.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain legal concepts clearly and concisely to non-lawyers.
Strong problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
A proactive, driven, adaptable, team-oriented approach, with the ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects, path-find, and calibrate advice in light of shifting priorities, legal developments, and risk tolerance.
Appreciation for a varied day-to-day workload, ranging from fast NDAs to novel AI partnerships.

Nice To Haves

Experience with global privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA.
Experience with open source software licensing and compliance.
Experience with AI regulation, such as the EU AI Act and emerging U.S. state laws.
Experience with cybersecurity and/or developer tools.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, structure, and close commercial and strategic agreements, including SaaS agreements, license agreements, DPAs, NDAs, complex enterprise customer agreements, and partner agreements.
Partner with Product and Engineering on new launches, advising on contract revisions, product disclosures, data flows, and customer-facing commitments.
Support AI governance by assessing models from direct providers or cloud marketplaces, third-party AI applications and tools, and internally developed solutions.
Assist with legal efficiency initiatives, including developing, implementing, and enhancing processes and playbooks that improve transaction velocity without materially increasing risk.
Provide day-to-day legal advice to Sales, Partnerships, and Procurement teams.
Assist with data privacy matters.