Senior Contracts Counsel – SaaS & Tech Deals

Lytx, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Health Savings Account

401(k) with match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Telehealth

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Lytx, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Counsel to lead structuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements across SaaS, hardware, and services.

You will mentor junior staff and partner with Sales, Finance, Procurement, Product, and Security to shape contracting strategies that scale with our business. You will run negotiations with customers and vendors, support data processing terms, and continuously improve templates and CLM tooling to accelerate close times while

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate and active California bar in good standing; in-house senior experience preferred.
• Experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, tech licensing and commercial agreements.
• 8+ years in commercial contracts and transactional law; utility in technology/SaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements.
• Provide pragmatic legal guidance to Sales, Finance, Procurement and leadership.
• Lead negotiations with customers, partners, and vendors to close deals.
• Develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, and CLM processes.
• Train teams on contracting fundamentals and negotiation guidelines.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Mentoring

Education

Juris Doctorate (JD)

California bar admission (or Registered In-House Counsel)

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

CLM systems

Job description

Lytx, Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Counsel to lead structuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements across SaaS, hardware, and services.

You will mentor junior staff and partner with Sales, Finance, Procurement, Product, and Security to shape contracting strategies that scale with our business. You will run negotiations with customers and vendors, support data processing terms, and continuously improve templates and CLM tooling to accelerate close times while