Senior Corporate Counsel 1

Snowflake, Inc; Ontario; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking an experienced legal professional to join its transactional legal team in Toronto. This role involves collaborating closely with sales teams on SaaS transactions, structuring and negotiating complex agreements, and providing strategic legal advice to senior leaders. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial law, particularly within the SaaS sector, and possess exceptional interpersonal skills. Join a fast-paced environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's growth and success, as you navigate the evolving legal landscape and streamline contracting processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of in-house commercial legal experience, preferably in SaaS.
• Fluent in English and French, with strong drafting and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales teams on SaaS transactions that drive revenue.
• Structure, negotiate, and close complex sales agreements.
• Provide legal guidance to senior business leaders.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Negotiation Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Problem-Solving Skills

Collaboration Skills

Education

Law Degree

Job description

Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.

We are looking for an experienced and pragmatic problem solver to serve on our world-class transactional legal team, reporting to a Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel supporting our go to market teams in Canada. This is an in-person role based in our Toronto office.

What you’ll do:

• Work closely and partner with Sales teams on SaaS transactions that drive company revenue

• Structure, negotiate, and close complex sales transactional agreements

• Provide sound advice and guidance on legal and business-related issues to senior business leaders

• Manage risk and ensure business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreements

• Work well in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

• Respond promptly to the demands of an active technology sales team and their management

• Develop and deliver training on legal issues and contract processes

• Support continuous improvements of forms, policies and processes to help streamline, simplify and automate our contracting processes

• Keep abreast of the rapidly evolving legal landscape affecting our expanding portfolio of service features

A successful candidate will be able to forge strong relationships with Snowflake customers, as well internal clients and cross-functional groups within Snowflake, including sales, professional services and alliances. The right candidate will be flexible, fun, hard-working and have the desire to be impactful, as a key driver to Snowflake’s continued growth and success.

What we’re looking for:

• At least 8 years of relevant in-house commercial legal experience, preferably with a successful, high-growth enterprise SaaS company

• Law degree from an accredited law school, with license to practice law in Canada and must be fluent with English and French (read, write and verbal)

• Outstanding analytical, drafting, negotiation, collaboration, written and communication skills

• Strong background with SaaS-centric issues (e.g., revenue recognition, tax, privacy, security, data privacy, intellectual property), professional services and various go-to-market programs

• Exceptional and pragmatic organizational, project management, problem-solving and prioritization skills

• Flexibility and eagerness to work hard in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines (especially at quarter end).

• The ability to think and execute both strategically and tactically

• Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of people at all levels inside and outside the organization

• Service-oriented, responsive, professional and strong integrity

• Experience working with highly regulated cloud customers (e.g., FinServ, healthcare, public sector, etc.) and/or a working knowledge of emerging developments in the legal landscape for artificial intelligence, are a plus.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com