VP, Legal - Commercial Transactions

Barkley • Kansas City, MO

7h

About The Position

As VP, Legal – Commercial Transactions, you will join our growing legal team with a primary focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating technology and commercial agreements in support of our evolving and growing advertising agency. The ideal candidate will bring strong commercial contracting experience, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to support business teams in complex, fast-paced transactions.
In this role, you will:
· Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of technology and commercial contracts, including subscription agreements, master service agreements, professional services agreements, reseller/distribution arrangements, and confidentiality agreements and data protection agreement.
· Partner with internal stakeholders to facilitate transactions while managing legal risk.
· Provide advice on contract interpretation and dispute resolution, ensuring compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
· Develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation guidelines to streamline the contracting process.
What We’re Looking For:
· Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and admitted in MO or IL.
· Minimum of 10+ years relevant experience, including at least 3 years directly focused on drafting and negotiating technology and commercial agreements.
· Strong knowledge and familiarity with contract law and commercial transactions, intellectual property issues in technology licensing and services agreements.
· Experience supporting enterprise technology or digital transformation initiatives.
· Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, privacy and data protection.
· Excellent drafting, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to balance legal and business considerations.
· Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
Who you are:
· You have a genuine interest in learning about the ever-evolving world of advertising.
· You thrive in a fast-paced environment, are a self-starter, able to prioritize effectively and work both independently and as part of a growing team.
· You possess a willingness to be flexible and proactive in solving complex challenges, with a proven track record of understanding business needs and finding creative solutions.
· Contribute to the legal team’s ongoing efforts to build, improve and operationalize internal processes, workflows, best practices, and commercial templates.
BarkleyOKRP’s Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe being radically diverse and inclusive is the key to becoming one of the world’s great creative idea companies. By embracing everything that makes our partners who they are and what makes them unique to the world around them, we create the conditions and capacity to help creative, original thinking thrive.
BarkleyOKRP is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging as part of our corporate strategic goals, supported by a formal DEI+B program, Employee Resource Groups, Director of Diversity leadership and agency commitment to The Brand Lab, Creative Accelerator, Fellowship, MAIP, and BLAC.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and admitted in MO or IL.
• Minimum of 10+ years relevant experience, including at least 3 years directly focused on drafting and negotiating technology and commercial agreements.
• Strong knowledge and familiarity with contract law and commercial transactions, intellectual property issues in technology licensing and services agreements.
• Experience supporting enterprise technology or digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, privacy and data protection.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to balance legal and business considerations.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple projects with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of technology and commercial contracts, including subscription agreements, master service agreements, professional services agreements, reseller/distribution arrangements, and confidentiality agreements and data protection agreement.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to facilitate transactions while managing legal risk.
• Provide advice on contract interpretation and dispute resolution, ensuring compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation guidelines to streamline the contracting process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees