Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel

Infoblox•New Albany, OH

2d•$153,000 - $233,090•Remote

About The Position

Infoblox is seeking a Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel to join its Legal team in North America. This US-remote role reports to the VP of Legal and independently leads complex technology and commercial transactions while providing practical, business-minded legal guidance on privacy, security, product development, and regulatory matters. The position works closely with teams across Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, Security, Procurement, Marketing, Business Development, Human Resources, and Legal Operations. The role covers the full contracting lifecycle, from intake through approval and execution, including drafting and negotiating a broad range of SaaS, cloud, technology licensing, intellectual property, services, vendor, partnership, reseller, alliance, end-user, and data processing agreements. The counsel advises on privacy and security contract terms, data protection requirements, emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning, and laws and regulations affecting cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and digital infrastructure. The position also contributes to scalable legal operations by improving templates, playbooks, clause libraries, intake and triage, contract lifecycle management workflows, and use of AI-enabled legal tools. Success includes building trusted stakeholder relationships, managing a portfolio of commercial matters independently, improving deal velocity and legal workflow efficiency, and serving as a subject-matter expert and mentor.

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 according to 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, limits of liability, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Advise internal 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 Public Policy and Legal teams.
Independently manage a portfolio of commercial matters and focus negotiations on critical company objectives.
Establish practical guidance for responsible use of AI 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.
Mentor colleagues and contribute to a flexible, collaborative Legal team.