Commercial Counsel, Subscriptions

LinkedIn; California; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Commercial Counsel for Subscriptions to draft, review, and negotiate technology agreements, partnering with Sales, Finance, and Product teams. You will support LinkedIn's Subscriptions and act as a trusted legal advisor to Talent Solutions and Sales Solutions.

The role offers a hybrid work model based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, or New York, and emphasizes data privacy, licensing, and strategic initiatives to accelerate growth and protect the business.

Qualifications

• J.D. and admission to the bar or ability to practice in-house in your office location.
• 3+ years' experience practicing as a technology transactions attorney, including software licensing, cloud services, and/or AI-related transactions.
• Experience with SMB and Mid-Market customer segments.
• Experience with indirect sales transactions, including channel partners, resellers, and distributors.
• Proficiency in data privacy and security frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to draft, review, and negotiate agreements independently with minimal supervision, while escalating material issues to senior attorneys as needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships with teams across disciplines and seniority levels.

Responsibilities

• Independently draft, review and negotiate technology-related agreements for LinkedIn Subscriptions.
• Collaborate with Sales, DealDesk, Finance, Product, and other teams on internal approvals to close transactions.
• Act as a trusted legal partner to LinkedIn Talent Solutions and LinkedIn Sales Solutions and drive strategic projects.
• Optimize contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation processes for efficiency.

Skills

Technology Transactions

Licensing Agreements

AI

Cross-Functional Partnership

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role will be based inSan Francisco Bay Area, Chicago,or New York

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

Be a part of the teamthat'schanging the way the world works as Commercial Counsel,Subscriptions. As an integral member of our fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative, andfunLegal& Public Policy team, you will play an active role in fulfilling LinkedIn's mission of connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful.

In this role, you will focus on addressing the novel and complex legal and business issues that confront a fast-growing company committed to innovation. You will work primarily with our Subscriptions business teams, negotiating revenue-generating transactions.You will serve as a trusted legal partner to our LinkedIn Talent Solutions and LinkedIn Sales Solutions organizations.

If you enjoy working with motivated, funny, and driven people who do not take themselves too seriously and love to serve their local communities through pro bono activities, you will fit in well with our team!

Responsibilities

• Independently draft, review and negotiatetechnology-related agreements for LinkedIn Subscriptions business teams. Representative agreements include subscription agreements,data processingagreements, channel partner agreements,order forms, addenda, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Collaborate with LinkedIn’sSales,DealDesk,Finance, Product, and other cross-functional teams on internal approvals and escalations to ensure sales transactions areclosed on time andin accordancewithinternal corporate policies and processes.
• Act as atrusted legalpartner to the LinkedInTalent Solutions and LinkedIn Sales Solutions organizationsand drive new strategic projects andinitiativesthatimpactpositivebusiness results and sales opportunities.
• Optimizecontracttemplates, playbooks, andnegotiation and managementprocessesfor the Legal& Public Policyteam to create leverage andefficiency.
• Participate in the Legal & Public Policy team’s pro bono initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• J.D. and admission to the bar or the ability to practice in-house in your office location
• 3+ years' experience practicing as atechnology transactionsattorney, including a mix of experience in software licensing, cloud services, and/or AI-relatedtransactions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SMB and Mid-Market customer segments
• Experience with indirect sales transactions, including with channel partners, resellers, and distributors
• Proficiency in data privacy and security frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to draft, review, and negotiate agreements independently with minimal supervision, while exercising judgment in escalating material issues to senior attorneys as needed
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build strong relationships withteams across variousdisciplines and seniority levels

Suggested Skills

• Technology Transactions
• Licensing Agreements
• AI
• Cross-Functional Partnership

LinkedIn is committed to fair andequitablecompensation practices.Thepay range for this role is $130,000 to$210,000.Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience,certificationsand specific office location. This may differ in other locations due tocostof labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also includeannualperformance bonus, stock,benefitsand/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. Foradditionalinformation, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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