Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial

This is a temporary 14-month role including insurance.

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Senior Legal Counsel to elevate our commercial legal function, which currently consists of three dedicated legal professionals and is bolstered by a robust larger legal team. 

As Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial at Coveo, you will work collaboratively with all our go-to-market functions, with a particular focus on our sales team and Deal Desk (finance) team, to drive commercial agreements to successful completion. 

• Draft, negotiate and review a wide range of SaaS commercial contracts, including enterprise-level customer agreements/MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, partnership agreements and related SOWs, and much more. 
• Handle the legal aspects of commercial deals from inception to closing. 
• Provide legal advice to the leadership team in connection with commercial matters and risk management, and opportunistically on regulatory, compliance and privacy issues. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including all go-to-market teams, Product and R&D, to align legal strategy with business goals. 
• Work with our legal privacy/compliance function on several cross-functional initiatives and assist our procurement function on critical procurement deals. 
• Develop and implement procedures to streamline legal commercial operations. 

• Negotiation experience with clients, preferably in a sell-side capacity 
• Strong negotiation skills, adept at managing complex discussions with empathy, humility, and professionalism. 
• Strong business acumen and problem-solving abilities to provide strategic advisory support, along with excellent written and spoken English proficiency. 

• Over 4 years of legal experience, including in-house.
• Experience working in tech or SaaS environments. 
• Strong in risk management for fast-paced environments, with solid analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills. 
• Background or interest in AI, machine learning, data privacy (GDPR, etc.), and IP matters; privacy certifications (CIPP) or security exposure is a plus. 

Do you think you can bring this role to life? Send us your application, we want to hear from you!

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