Commercial Counsel

23 Hours ago • 5 Years + • $170,000 PA - $220,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Commercial Counsel will join the commercial legal team and partner with business teams on commercial matters, including sales, marketing, and engineering. Responsibilities include negotiating and drafting customer and vendor contracts, providing strategic counsel, maintaining knowledge of applicable laws, and supporting the privacy program. The role requires strong communication skills, a growth mindset, and the ability to adapt to a dynamic business environment.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of experience in law or tech company
  • J.D. from a well-regarded law school
  • Superb drafting and negotiation skills
  • Strong organizational skills and management of projects
  • Clear and effective communication skills
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with contracting with K-12 public schools
Perks:
  • Competitive pay and health insurance
  • 401(k) matching and employee equity plan
  • Flexible time off and paid holidays
  • Wellness days and work from home funds

Job Details

What We Do
 
At GoGuardian, we’re helping build a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Our award-winning system of learning solutions is purpose-built for K-12 and trusted by school leaders to promote effective teaching and equitable engagement while helping empower educators to keep students safe. 
 
What It’s Like to Work at GoGuardian

We are an outcomes-focused learning company with a steadfast focus on improving learning environments, one classroom at a time. Working with us means joining a remote team of diverse, committed, mission-driven employees who are inspired by our vision, dedicated to our customers, and ready to roll up their sleeves. Guardians put their heads together to solve problems, learn together from experiments that fail, and stand together by their work with full accountability. We balance our diligence with an inclusive culture that invites everyone to bring their whole self to work. Join us and learn why “I love the people here” is one of the most frequent comments we hear from Guardians.

The Role

We’re looking for a Commercial Counsel to join the commercial legal team. You will be a partner to GoGuardian’s business, including sales, marketing, and engineering teams, on many commercial matters. In this role, you are responsible for negotiating and drafting a variety of customer and vendor contracts that are crucial to our company’s operations and success. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a growth mindset, and strong interest in commercial work. Additionally, the candidate has the ability to adapt to a dynamic business, is comfortable with changes, and is able to deliver practical advice that appropriately balances business needs with risks. Pacific Timezone hours are required.

What You'll Do

  • Drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreements relevant to a technology company (including master services agreements, terms of service, professional services agreements, integration agreements, other SaaS agreements, and requests for proposals) 
  • Providing strategic counsel on a broad range of business initiatives
  • Maintaining knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact GoGuardian’s agreements and business practices
  • Supporting GoGuardian’s privacy program, including by maintaining some fluency in student and children privacy, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and various state student privacy laws
  • Maintaining knowledge and providing guidance on school and local and state government contracts, including the request for proposal process
  • Working cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues to support the business
  • Being a key leader of the legal team’s efforts in the preparation, implementation and refinement of forms, processes and procedures as GoGuardian scales
  • Helping with other legal or compliance needs as they arise

Who You Are

  • 5+ years of experience in a law firm and/or technology company 
  • J.D. from a well-regarded law school and active good standing with at least one state bar 
  • Prior experience supporting a significant volume of commercial transactions relevant to a technology company across various business functions in a fast-paced environment
  • Superb drafting and negotiation skills
  • Familiarity with contracting with K-12 public schools, local governments, and/or state governments is a plus 
  • Independent, self-starter capable of operating autonomously while being a collaborative team player 
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to simultaneously manage several projects 
  • Clear, collaborative, and effective communication with business teams

 What We Offer 

  • Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, and an employee equity plan.
  • Flexible time off, 13 paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a paid year-end holiday break.
  • A robust catalog of benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing: wellness days, work from home funds, fertility & adoption reimbursement, and more…

Plus the intangible:

  • A varied and challenging role in an innovative, global company.
  • Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.

The typical base salary range for this position is $170,000 - $220,000 per year. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base pay for this position and your pay will be determined by a variety of factors, including your primary work location, skills, qualifications and experience. Additional benefits information is listed on our careers page.

 

 

Please share this with your friends or co-workers who may be interested in working at GoGuardian! We have multiple openings and are always looking for talented people. 

 
GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. GoGuardian does not discriminate against employees, applicants, interns or volunteers on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
 
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