Commercial Transactions Counsel — SaaS & AI (Remote)

Relativity

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 158,000 - 236,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Relativity, a leading legal tech company, is seeking a Counsel, Commercial Transactions to support its commercial contracting function, drafting and negotiating SaaS, software licensing, cloud services, and AI-enabled offerings. You will collaborate with Sales, Security, Finance, and other teams to enable growth and create scalable contracting processes.

The role requires experience in technology transactions, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to navigate complex contracts while

Qualifications

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
Active bar membership in good standing.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, responsiveness, and strong communications skills.
Reasonable exposure to computer and software technology concepts.
Solid proficiency with MS Office, Salesforce, and Contract Management Software.

Responsibilities

Lead customer, procurement, strategic commercial negotiations, transactions, and technology-related legal work by drafting, reviewing and negotiating software, SaaS and hybrid, cloud services, AI-related offerings, and strategic partnership agreements.
Be a reliable and trusted advisor to our internal stakeholders by providing legal advice and business counsel on commercial, and operational legal issues, as well as providing timely and accurate responses, and negotiating a challenging volume of contracts - with issues ranging from straight-forward to complex. Identify the issues and then solve for them.
Engage with our customers - make sure they feel listened to and heard, and above all, deliver.
Suggest and work on improvements in processes, e.g. new standard forms or variations to enhance efficiency and align to business and product requirements.
Exhibit agility and enjoyment working with AI legal technology tools by thriving on the efficiency they create - be flexible about trying out new ones.
Support strategic pricing initiatives, pricing governance projects, and commercial model optimization efforts, while partnering with Finance, Global Business Operations, and business stakeholders.
Participate in our internal approval workflow system, prioritize contracts, and respond to questions from stakeholders and clients.
Skilled knowledge working with AI tools (including legal technology tools), Microsoft O365, Salesforce and Ironclad.