Senior Commercial Counsel

Come join a company who is a key leader in the industry scaling the next core commerce infrastructure and on the path from $100M to $500M! Founded in 2012, Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in over 80 countries collaborate to win on the digital shelf. As the market leader globally, our products are shopper-centric, frictionless, and create memorable commerce experiences. Our products provide a competitive edge through experiences that improve brand trust, amplify product differentiation and assortments, increase conversion rate, improve profit margins, and speed time to market.

Learn how the world’s largest brands, including Mars, L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, Bosch, and GSK, as well as retailers and distributors such as E.Leclerc, Carrefour, Metro, and Intermarché use Salsify everyday to stand out on the digital shelf.

At Salsify, we strive to embody an equitable, diverse, and inclusive company culture. We are united across countries, levels, tenures, and a host of other dimensions of diversity. We understand that while work is just one aspect of who we are, a truly inclusive culture accounts for the full authenticity of every single human being that works here. 

About the Opportunity

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a motivated Senior Commercial Counsel to join Salsify’s legal team to continue to play a key role in our outstanding legal, security, and compliance program. As the Company enters into its next stage of hypergrowth, this person will provide end-to-end legal advice and support on a broad range of company initiatives, including commercial transactions, product development, data privacy, and legal operations. This person will report directly to our Chief Legal Officer.

This role requires a hands-on approach to cross-functional collaboration with internal teams to engage proactively the appropriate key stakeholders and will support the development, operation, sales, and marketing of our solutions and services. 

The ideal candidate will have experience with pragmatically leading customer contract negotiations and balancing competing priorities and demands.

**Preference will be given to candidates living in the Eastern or Central time zones of the U.S. 

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, such as SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, consulting agreements, data processing addendums, vendor agreements, and partner agreements
• Serve on cross-functional working groups crafting go-to-market strategy, including drafting contractual language for new products, features, and functionality; advising on packaging and pricing, and ensuring order forms are enabled in advance of launch
• Design and implement tools to enhance processes for scalability, such as developing and delivering training sessions and materials to empower various company stakeholders
• Play a key role in advising on and implementing controls, policies, and processes to scale the business
• Partner with InfoSec and engineering teams to implement data protection controls, and to support privacy standard practices for customer, employee, partner, and vendor personal information

You'll Enjoy This Role If You Have:

If you’re worried about checking all of the boxes, don’t be! We encourage you to apply or reach out with questions!

• 7+ years of meaningful relevant experience, including in-house experience (SaaS
• preferred), with a focus on driving to closure a broad range of commercial transactions
• and advising on related privacy and data security issues
• A J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one state bar
• At least some knowledge of global and domestic privacy laws and regulations, including
• GDPR and CCPA
• A desire to improve processes, rather than to shy away from such opportunities, to
• enable business growth at scale
• A proven track record of working collaboratively, proactively identifying opportunities to
• improve processes, and managing multiple priorities effectively

 

At Salsify, we maintain 3 core principles as part of our Compensation Philosophy:

• We pay market rates, which are competitive and equitable
• We pay based on performance and proficiency, not tenure
• We adjust proactively; when the market moves, we do too

The posted compensation range reflects the base salary for this position. In addition to base salary, some eligible roles may also have a commission plan or a bonus incentive. All Salsify employees receive equity in the form of stock options. All full-time employees are invited to participate in our Total Rewards plan, which includes health & medical benefits, flexible spending accounts, flexible PTO, and more. Offers to join Salsify are based on a few criteria, including the scope of the role, the candidate’s work experience, targeted skills, internal equity of the team, and external market data.US National Pay Range$182,750—$215,000 USD

Salsify loves a good success story and it would be our privilege to help write yours! We recognize that talent and potential come in all forms and that years of experience does not guarantee on-the-job effectiveness or leadership potential. Our hiring process involves recognizing a person’s achievements, subject matter expertise, and passion, not just check marks next to a job description. If you have an interest in our roles please do not hesitate to apply - we would be happy to speak with you!

A member of Talent 'talent@salsify.com' will be reaching out about next steps if we would like to move forward.

Salsify’s mission is to empower brand manufacturers to win on the digital shelf.

Helping brand manufacturers to win online is what we do. Our culture is who we are. We are empowered. We are positive thinkers. We take action. We care deeply. These values have driven Salsify’s growth and earned the company numerous top workplace awards.

We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and have hubs in Lisbon (Portugal) and Sydney (Australia). If you are excited to work in a fast-paced environment with a team that values agility, curiosity and passion, we want to hear from you!

Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for information on the personal data we process in connection with your application.

An Inclusive Place To Work

Salsify does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Studies have found that people of color and women do not apply to jobs if they do not meet all the requirements. At Salsify we are committed to empowering a diverse workforce. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Accommodations

Salsify is committed to an inclusive hiring process, and we aim to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you need any accommodations for the application or throughout the interview process please contact cx@salsify.com.

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