Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel

Infoblox•Albany, NY

11h•Remote

About The Position

Infoblox is hiring a Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel to join its North American Legal team in a remote U.S. role, reporting to the VP of Legal. The role independently leads complex technology and commercial transactions and provides practical, business-minded guidance on privacy, security, product development, and regulatory matters. It works closely with Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, Security, Procurement, Marketing, Business Development, Human Resources, and Legal Operations. The counsel manages commercial agreements from intake through approval and execution, identifies and addresses material risks, advises on domestic and international data protection requirements, and assesses legal and regulatory issues involving cloud services, network security, data use, AI, machine learning, and emerging technology. The role also improves contracting operations through templates, playbooks, clause libraries, intake and triage processes, CLM workflows, analytics, stakeholder enablement, and responsible use of AI-enabled legal tools. In the first year, the successful candidate is expected to learn Infoblox’s products, business model, contracting standards, and sales cycle; build stakeholder relationships; manage a portfolio of matters; improve contracting processes and AI-enabled productivity; become a trusted subject-matter expert; and help shape Legal team policies and practices.

Requirements

Eight or more years of in-house and/or top-tier law firm experience, with substantial responsibility for technology transactions, SaaS contracting, commercial agreements, or privacy and security matters.
Active bar admission and good standing, or other authorization to practice law, in the state where the candidate resides.
Ability to independently draft and negotiate complex domestic and international commercial transactions from intake through execution.
Experience negotiating SaaS, cloud, technology licensing, services, vendor, partnership, reseller, intellectual property, and data processing agreements.
Strong working knowledge of GDPR and other domestic and international data protection and privacy requirements, including practical experience with DPAs and privacy or security contract terms.
Familiarity with network security, cloud computing, SaaS business models, professional services, business associate agreements, intellectual property, and government contracting or flow-down requirements.
Experience improving contracting processes through templates, playbooks, clause libraries, CLM platforms, workflow automation, legal analytics, or other scalable legal operations practices.
Sound judgment using generative AI, contract review tools, legal research platforms, and other technology while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, privilege, and accountability.
Ability to build trusted relationships, communicate complex legal concepts in plain language, manage competing priorities, and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree.

Nice To Haves

Privacy certification such as CIPP/US or CIPP/E.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, negotiate, and manage SaaS, cloud, subscription, technology licensing, intellectual property, services, statements of work, vendor, partnership, reseller, alliance, end-user, and data processing agreements.
Lead commercial transactions from intake through approval and execution; identify material risks, recommend practical solutions, and escalate issues in line with company policies and risk tolerance.
Negotiate privacy and security provisions, including data-use restrictions, confidentiality, audit rights, subprocessors, hosting, breach obligations, data return and deletion, indemnity, limitations of liability, and regulatory compliance.
Advise business stakeholders on legal risks, intellectual property, privacy, compliance, and business operations.
Counsel stakeholders on GDPR and other domestic and international data protection requirements, including cross-border data transfers, data processing agreements, and privacy-by-design considerations.
Assess legal and regulatory implications of cloud services, network security solutions, data use, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and emerging technology features.
Use approved AI-enabled legal tools for contract intake, clause comparison, issue spotting, legal research, drafting, workflow automation, and matter analytics.
Improve contracting efficiency using templates, playbooks, clause libraries, intake and triage processes, CLM workflows, and stakeholder enablement.
Analyze contracting and matter data to identify trends, improve cycle time, strengthen compliance, and support Legal team decisions.
Analyze proposed legislation, regulations, standards, and government initiatives affecting cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and digital infrastructure, and advise the Public Policy and Legal teams on implications for the company.
Build knowledge of Infoblox’s products, business model, contracting standards, approval processes, and sales cycle.
Independently manage a portfolio of commercial matters and focus negotiations on the most critical aspects of company objectives.
Establish practical guidance for responsible AI use in contract review, drafting, research, analytics, and workflow automation.
Own the end-to-end contracting model for assigned matters and help shape Legal team policies, playbooks, and escalation practices.
Use contract and matter data to recommend improvements supporting business priorities and informed legal decision-making.
Mentor colleagues and contribute to a flexible, collaborative Legal team that cross-trains and responds to changing business needs.