Senior Legal Counsel – SaaS, AI & Privacy

Workday; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday seeks a Legal Counsel to support customer-facing commercial transactions for a fast-growing enterprise software company. You will draft, review, negotiate, and manage SaaS agreements, data protection agreements, AI addenda, SLAs, and amendments, working with Sales, Deals Ops, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, and other Legal teams.

You will apply practical legal judgment, manage a high-volume contracting queue, and provide guidance that moves deals forward while calibrating risk.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in a corporate, in-house, or law firm environment.
• Direct experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, technology, or other customer-facing commercial agreements.
• Experience with privacy, data protection, or AI-related contracting issues.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate customer-facing commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, order forms, data protection agreements, AI addenda, service level agreements, and related amendments.
• Review proposed contract modifications from customers and prospects, working directly with Sales, Deals Operations, and internal stakeholders to secure necessary approvals.
• Provide practical legal guidance to cross-functional teams on contract positions, common edits, non-standard terms, policies, and contract-related questions.
• Participate in calls with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to support negotiation and resolution of contract issues.
• Advise on privacy, data protection, AI, security, compliance, and other legal issues arising in customer-facing commercial transactions.

Skills

Contract drafting

SaaS contracting

Privacy contracting

Legal negotiations

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

Salesforce

Apttus

Conga

Job description

Workday seeks a Legal Counsel to support customer-facing commercial transactions for a fast-growing enterprise software company. You will draft, review, negotiate, and manage SaaS agreements, data protection agreements, AI addenda, SLAs, and amendments, working with Sales, Deals Ops, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, and other Legal teams.

You will apply practical legal judgment, manage a high-volume contracting queue, and provide guidance that moves deals forward while calibrating risk.