Commercial Legal Counsel

SailPoint is searching for an experienced commercial counsel with 2-5 years of legal experience to provide legal support as commercial counsel function in EMEA. We are looking for a candidate who is a quicker learner, can operate independently, is effective at working cross-functionally in a rapid-growth environment, and is excited about being part of a growing legal team at a fast-growing public technology company.

Responsibilities

• Support EMEA Contracts team to support sales team and partner team for SaaS and Software company.
• Assist with the negotiation of all types of customer and partner commercial agreements, with a primary focus on outbound SaaS and Software commercial agreements such as MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and DPAs, and advise the business on risk.
• Possess a minimum working understanding of privacy regulations.
• Assist in improving existing contract templates for the EMEA region.
• Collaborate with the global team to identify opportunities to centralize knowledge and create scalable processes to increase visibility and expedite communication, alignment, and execution of the legal function.
• Assist the Commercial Legal Team to improve, develop, and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with complex regulatory requirements in EMEA in support of our GTM efforts.
• Prior experience in negotiating contracts with European public authorities in DACH or Nordic regions is preferrable.

Qualifications

Fluent written and spoken German if based in Germany

Fluent written and spoken Swedish if based in Sweden

• Licensed attorney in good standing. Qualified in a DACH or Nordic region is preferrable.
• Prior experience in-house is ideal; candidates moving from private practice to in-house will also be considered.
• Experience navigating privacy laws and security issues in a commercial negotiation context.
• Experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating complex commercial agreements with a solution-oriented approach.
• Excellent legal and business judgment with the ability both to assess relevant/material risks quickly and to communicate those risks to business partners in plain language.
• Experience managing workload in a high-pressure environment with competing demands.
• Experience implementing/utilizing contract lifecycle management systems is a plus.
• Experience with SAAS and on-premise software contracts
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to operate in a team environment and liaison between multiple cross functional teams.
• Sound business judgement, and strategic, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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About Us

SailPoint is a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise. Enterprise security starts and ends with identities and their access, yet the ability to manage and secure identities today has moved well beyond human capacity. Using a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the SailPoint Identity Security Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and environmental needs of today’s cloud-oriented enterprise. Our intelligent, autonomous, and integrated solutions put identity security at the core of digital business operations, enabling even the most complex organizations across the globe to build a security foundation capable of defending against today’s most pressing threats.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

It is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities:

• Filing a complaint;
• Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of Section 503, VEVRAA, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans;
• Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 503, VEVRAA, or their implementing regulations in this part, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; or
• Exercising any other right protected by section 503, VEVRAA or their implementing regulations.

SailPoint will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

SailPoint’s affirmative action program contains an audit and reporting system which enables us to measure the effectiveness of our program, indicate any need for remedial action, determine the degree to which our objectives have been attained, determine whether protected veterans and individuals with disabilities had had the opportunity to participate in company-sponsored activities, measure our compliance with the program’s specific obligations, and document actions taken to comply with these obligations.