Senior Corporate Counsel 2

Snowflake Computing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading tech company's dynamic legal team as an experienced legal professional. The role focuses on SaaS transactions, providing legal advice and managing compliance needs, making a significant impact in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have substantial legal experience and a proactive mindset to navigate the complexities of a high-growth tech landscape.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of in-house commercial legal experience in SaaS.
• License to practice law in Canada.
• Experience working with regulatory cloud customers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and close complex sales agreements for SaaS contracts.
• Provide legal advice on business-related issues.
• Develop and deliver training on legal issues.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Law degree from an accredited law school

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 and license to practice law in Canada.
• 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

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