Commercial Counsel — Tech Contracts & Risk

Motorola Solutions; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Motorola Solutions in Dallas seeks an experienced Commercial Counsel to draft, review, and negotiate routine transactional agreements, including SaaS, licenses, and SOWs. You will manage documentation, support disputes, and provide strategic legal guidance to align with business goals.

Applicants should have a JD, bar admission, and 2+ years in corporate contracts, with tech and IP exposure. This role offers strong benefits and a collaborative, fast-paced environment with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Requires a Juris Doctor Degree.
• Admission to the Bar of at least one state is required or admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction if international equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in corporate transactional, contracts negotiations and/or commercial transactional experience, preferably with background in technology matters, including software licensing, subscription and hosted environments, telecom, governments contracts and or intellectual property.
• Some experience working with legal policies and procedures and demonstrated ability to identify potential legal issues.
• Some experience approaching legal matters with a sense of pragmatism and flexibility to recommend solutions that enable our company's success while protecting its legacy and future.
• Strong negotiation, consultation, and analytical skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills (including written and verbal).
• Ability to participate and collaborate in meetings with customers, vendors, attorneys, management, and other third parties with regard to negotiation of agreements and general problem solving.
• Business acumen, with ability to understand the company's business objectives and anticipate the legal issues that could arise.
• Well organized, detail oriented and adept in a fast-paced environment.
• Required to work with the highest level of ethics and discretion.
• Drive results and execution: Identifies issues and raises them so that appropriate actions can be taken to resolve problems or improve the client experience.
• Think strategically: Aligns own work with broader business strategies and goals; Stays aware of the business implications of market and industry trends.
• Collaborates: Ensures understanding of how own role fits into the bigger picture, and works with others to advance individual and team goals; seeks information and other points of view, respectfully listens and considers them, even if they are different from one's own; and quickly responds to needs and promotes ideas with energy, urgency and personal commitment.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, edit, finalize and negotiate routine transactional agreements to meet business and legal requirements.
• Agreements include sales/supply and reseller/distribution agreements; end user license agreements, professional services agreements, hosting agreements, SaaS and subscription agreements, and SOWs.
• May work on telecom, maintenance, consulting and advisory, outsourcing and other technology agreements.
• Manage contract documentation/approval flows to ensure consistency with internal processes.
• Assist with contract disputes, including understanding the issues, researching and providing guidance on solutions, drafting settlement agreements.
• Research and respond to general legal inquiries from the business that may relate to contract disputes, regulatory issues and new business initiatives.
• Provide counsel and guidance for overall business objectives while complying with laws and regulations; perform cost-benefit analysis for risk.
• Maintain, revise and update contract templates.
• Proactively develop and maintain technical knowledge, staying current on trends and best practices.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Strategic thinking

Team collaboration

Business acumen

Ethics and discretion

Education

Juris Doctor Degree

Bar admission

Job description

Motorola Solutions in Dallas seeks an experienced Commercial Counsel to draft, review, and negotiate routine transactional agreements, including SaaS, licenses, and SOWs. You will manage documentation, support disputes, and provide strategic legal guidance to align with business goals.

Applicants should have a JD, bar admission, and 2+ years in corporate contracts, with tech and IP exposure. This role offers strong benefits and a collaborative, fast-paced environment with opportunities to