Senior Counsel, Contracts Attorney

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 is seeking an experienced senior counsel to join our team to take a leading role in structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements that power our business, as well as mentoring and coaching junior members of the contracts team. The Senior Counsel will have significant responsibility for supporting a broad range of transactions, including customer, channel partner, vendor, technology licensing, and data-related agreements, and for providing practical contract law advice across the organization.

The position will report to the Deputy General Counsel and will partner extensively with our Sales, Finance, Procurement, Product, Information Security, and Operations teams to develop and implement contracting strategies that support our growing business and help close deals efficiently while protecting Lytx’s interests.

Lytx’s culture is high-energy, dynamic, and collaborative. The ideal candidate will thrive in such an environment. They will be enthusiastic, authentic, proactive, and have excellent judgment and the ability to quickly earn the trust and respect of internal clients.

They will be a business-minded attorney, with an excellent ability to work cross-functionally to influence and build consensus.

This is a perfect opportunity for a high-quality candidate to join a highly professional team at a thriving and growing technology company, with the ability to make an immediate impact, with significant visibility, and responsibility.

You’ll Get To:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including SaaS subscription and hardware agreements, master services agreements, enterprise and public sector customer contracts, reseller and channel partner agreements, technology and software licenses, vendor and procurement agreements, NDAs, statements of work, and amendments.
• Provide pragmatic, risk-based legal guidance to Sales, Finance, Procurement, and business leaders on contract terms, including limitation of liability, indemnification, warranties, intellectual property, data protection, service levels, pricing, and payment terms.
• Lead negotiations directly with customers, partners, and vendors and their counsel, driving deals to timely closure while balancing commercial objectives with legal risk.
• Partner with Privacy and Information Security teams to negotiate data processing agreements, security addenda, and other data-related terms, ensuring alignment with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Lytx’s contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and clause libraries to promote consistency and accelerate the contracting process.
• Build and enhance scalable contracting processes, including approval workflows, escalation paths, and the effective use of contract lifecycle management (CLM) and legal technology tools.
• Train and empower Sales, Procurement, and other business teams on contracting fundamentals, company policies, and negotiation guidelines so they can resolve routine matters independently.
• Advise on post-signature contract matters, including interpretation, renewals, terminations, performance issues, and disputes, and support the resolution of contract-related claims.
• Anticipate and identify legal and commercial risks in transactions and propose creative and effective solutions to address those risks.
• Stay current on legal developments and market trends affecting commercial contracting, technology, and data, and advise management accordingly.
• Manage outside counsel on commercial and transactional matters as needed.

What You'll Need:

• 8+ years of experience in commercial contracts and transactional law, consisting of both experience at a major law firm and at least 3 years of experience working as in-house counsel in a senior role at a medium to large-sized technology or SaaS company. Experience supporting enterprise sales, public sector contracting, or global transactions preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and an active member in good standing with the California bar (or eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel in California).
• Deep expertise in drafting and negotiating SaaS, technology licensing, and commercial agreements, with a working knowledge of data privacy and information security contract terms.
• Proficient in Claude and MicroSoft Co-Pilot.
• Exceptional judgment, with the ability to think strategically and give practical advice while balancing business needs with legal risks.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and oral/written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex legal issues in clear, succinct language.
• An initiative-taker, with persistence, confident with decision-making and comfortable with fast-paced decisions and rapidly changing environments.
• A willingness and competence to pay attention to detail and minutiae is essential.
• A highly organized multi-tasker, with a strong work ethic and ability to manage a high-volume, demanding workload and competing deadlines.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems and a passion for using technology to improve legal operations.
• Professionalism, integrity, good judgment, and respect for confidentiality.
• Ability to seek the advice of the Deputy General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, other company personnel, or external advisors when needed.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and 401(k) match
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• FTO or PTO
• Employee Well-Being program
• 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employee Referral program
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation program
• Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Salary is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is also eligible for an incentive compensation plan. The expected hiring salary for this position is: $215,500.00 - $272,500.00

You’re driven to succeed and so are we. At Lytx, our mission is to protect a world in motion, and we do it by building technology and partnerships that help keep people safe on the road.

The way we work is guided by our shared values:

• Deliver for the customer
• Responsibility in every outcome
• Innovate with purpose
• Velocity with excellence
• Elevate each other

If you’re looking for meaningful work, a team that challenges and supports you, and the chance to grow your career while making a real impact, we’d love to meet you. Together, we’re helping make roadways safer and saving lives! Lytx, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, genetic information, uniformed service, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other status protected by federal or state law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]. Lytx conducts background checks on applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable local, state, federal and regional laws. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered. Background check results may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment and will be made in accordance with all applicable local, state, federal and regional laws.

Lytx® is a leading provider of video telematics, analytics, safety and productivity solutions for commercial and public sector fleets. Our unrivaled Driver Safety Program, powered by our best-in-class DriveCam® Event Recorder, is proven to help save lives and reduce risk. We harness the power of video to help clients see what happened in the past, manage their operations more efficiently in the present and improve driver behavior to change the future. Our customizable services and programs span driver safety, risk detection, fleet tracking, compliance and fuel management. Using the world’s largest driving database of its kind, along with proprietary machine vision and artificial intelligence technology, we help protect and connect thousands of fleets and more than one million drivers worldwide.

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