About the Position

We are looking for an experienced legal professional to join our team as Senior Legal Counsel to help tackle exciting legal challenges of operating in the fast-paced, cutting-edge world of cybersecurity.  This role will report directly to the General Counsel.

This is a critical hire for our Legal Team to focus primarily on handling commercial transactions.  If you love working with Sales teams and have a background as a transactional lawyer with contract experience, read on!  Day-to-day responsibilities will include drafting and negotiating agreements, establishing and maintain a contract management system, and handling a wide variety of other matters as needed by the Legal Team.  

In this role, you will:

• Act as a strategic business partner to review, draft, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of domestic and international commercial agreements, such as SaaS agreements, master services agreements, licensing agreements, channel partner contracts, reseller agreements, professional services agreements, marketing agreements,  vendor agreements, and non-disclosure agreements; partner with relevant business stakeholders as necessary 
• Be a business enabler who can provide proactive and practical advice to Sales team
• Support, coach, and train Sales teams on deal structure, contract negotiations, commercial best practices and maintain playbook of business terms
• Continuously improve standard form agreements and legal processes to help scale the legal function
• Provide sound legal and business advice to Sales team members around the world, and members of senior management regarding strategic business relationships.
• Be a true cross-functional team player by working closely with Sales, People Operations, Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and other departments at SecurityScorecard.
• Work with General Counsel and Legal Team on additional legal responsibilities including HR/employment, privacy, real estate, corporate, intellectual property, litigation, international, and additional other legal and ad hoc projects as may be required.

What you need to succeed: 

• Strong academic background and JD degree from a highly-regarded school.  Must be a member of good standing of a U.S. state bar.  
• In-house commercial counsel experience OR top law firm experience are required.
• A passion for closing deals
• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial contracts, licensing agreements, and other agreements.
• Experience working with technology companies and/or in tech; SaaS experience not required, but a huge plus
• Strong business acumen, with ability to understand the company’s business objectives and anticipate the nature and magnitude of issues that could arise in various settings
• Contracts management experience is a huge plus

Traits:

• Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad range of legal matters
• Highly organized with strong project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) across all levels of an organization 
• Conscientious, detail-orientated self-starter who can take ownership of projects and drive them to conclusion, but also comfortable working well in a team environment 
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects/assignments with minimal supervision
• Ability to effectively establish working relationships
• Ability to pay close attention to detail 
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality 

What to Expect in Our Interview Process

• Phone conversation with talent acquisition to learn more about your experience and career objectives
• Video interview with General Counsel
• In Person interviews with General Counsel and members of senior leadership and cross functional partners/stakeholders

SecurityScorecard embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skillsets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based upon merit and do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual  orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

Why SecurityScorecard

SecurityScorecard is revolutionizing the cybersecurity industry with our platform, data, and insights. We’ve built a new category of enterprise software which enables companies to rate and understand the security risk of any company. Our customers span a variety of sectors and use cases, including compliance, cyber insurance, and vendor risk management. We are proud to be backed by Sequoia, Google Ventures, and Moody's.

SecurityScorecard is growing tremendously and targeting talent who can contribute to the next phase in our company's development. A successful Scorecarder exemplifies our S(CORE) values: Solutions Focused, Customer Centric, operate as One Team, Resilience and Embody #SecurityDNA.  Your interest in making an impact in our organization and alignment with these values is as important as your skills.