Commercial Counsel

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a business-minded Commercial Counsel, with experience drafting and negotiating customer, partner and vendor agreements with leading global and domestic organizations. This legal team member will report directly to the VP & Deputy General Counsel, and will be a key partner and liaison to other impacted Fivetran departments and stakeholders. 

This is a full-time position based out of our Denver office, or Remote in the US.

Technologies You’ll Use

Ironclad, Coupa, SFDC

What You’ll Do

• Review, revise and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, including customer, data protection, partner and vendor agreements 
• Partner with the procurement and finance teams to optimize coordination and processes across the vendor lifecycle, including renewals
• Support the marketing team on events, sponsorship and other demand generation agreements
• Draft and negotiate partner contracts, including reseller and referral agreements
• Provide overflow support for the commercial legal team supporting GTM, negotiating and drafting Fivetran MSA’s and related revenue-bearing agreements
• Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices for commercial contract lifecycle management, ensuring efficient review, negotiation, and approval processes
• Complete other special projects given your interest areas and the needs of a rapidly scaling company and team

Skills We’re Looking For

• 3-5 years’ experience negotiating and drafting vendor, partner and sales agreements with domestic and international parties
• Experience providing contracts and legal support to finance, marketing and procurement teams  
• A process-oriented lawyer with a passion for building and optimizing processes and procedures in partnership with legal operations 
• A proven track record of achieving high-volume, quick turn on execution of agreements constructed to mitigate risk and support revenue growth
• A strong communicator with exceptional written and verbal skills, you can clearly articulate complex legal concepts to both technical and non-technical audience
• High attention to detail, with demonstrated self-initiative that drives a desire for impact and achievement 
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