Vice President, Regional Assistant General Counsel

The Vice President, Regional Assistant General Counsel will work with business and functional colleagues to provide a broad range of strategic commercial legal advice and support across Workiva, primarily focusing on North America and Latin America. Reporting to our Chief Legal Officer, this position will interface with all levels and functions of the organization and external customers and partners. 

What You'll Do

• Establish yourself as the leader of the North American commercial legal team

• Develop, hire, and manage a mix of lawyers and contracts specialists to grow a successful team to support the wider commercial legal group 

• Resolve complex, non-standard agreements, and understand product, data security, and privacy process issues to enhance negotiations

• Drive key commercial legal initiatives throughout the organization as a strategic business partner to improve efficiency and support the growth of the business. 

• Promptly assimilate Workiva’s internal structures, product offerings, technology, security/data protection systems, policies, and standard commercial contracts to enable effective support across all lines of business

What You'll Need

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S./B.A. degree and J.D. degree required

• Must be a licensed attorney

• 12+ years experience, including significant experience scaling legal teams in the software as a service (SaaS) industry, and in-house counsel leadership roles, demonstrating increasing complexity, scale, and responsibility.  

• Experience in managing a team of professionals (attorneys or others)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant tech sector or SaaS legal experience focused on commercial transactions, including complex cloud contracts and software technology with a minimum of 12 years experience, including significant experience in-house (preferably at a high-growth technology company)

• Demonstrable success in recruiting, leading, and managing a mix of junior and senior legal team members

• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex transactions involving partners, security, privacy, and IP issues

• Solid experience with business processes gained in-house relating to commercial, contract, intellectual property, and data privacy law

Travel Requirement

• 20% travel- Typically requires quarterly travel to Ames, IA, and other annual events

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Work from home is permitted. #LI-REMOTE

• Reliable internet access for any period working remotely, not in a Workiva office

How You’ll Be Rewarded

✅ A discretionary bonus typically paid annually

✅ Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

✅ 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  We believe that great minds think differently.  We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation.  Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.  We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.

Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email talentacquisition@workiva.com.
 

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