Elastic Corporate Counsel 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

142182130

• Primarily responsible for negotiating and structuring a wide variety of commercial contracts (including review of order forms, channel agreements, cloud/SaaS and software subscription contracts, and related professional services).
• Engage closely with the wider Legal Department spread across Asia Pacific and EMEA and Elastic’s go-to-market, finance, and compliance organization.
• Supporting Global Legal team members on ad hoc projects – as needed.
• Help to build and strengthen workflow processes within the Legal Team and across other Elastic departments to enable dealmaking and compliance initiatives.
• Prepare, review, and manage a variety of legal documents and matters including customer communications.
• Partner with sales team to support commercial transactions including strategic deals.
• Partner with enthusiastic co-workers, combined with a company culture that is open, welcoming, and unequaled.

• J.D./LLM degree from an accredited law school and membership in good standing in at least one state bar, with 4+ years of proven experience in the drafting and negotiation of technology contracts.
• An ability to synthesize directions while balancing legal risks with business strategy. Candidates who have experience in-house and/or a major national or international law firm are preferred.
• A self-starting, proactive, driven, adaptable person who can, with poise and grit, prioritize and balance projects and recalibrate advice in view of shifting priorities, legal developments, and risk tolerance.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven track record consistently delivering outstanding, thoughtful, user-experience-focused results.
• Prior experience representing high-growth companies is strongly preferred.
• Ability to collaborate and function well in a distributed team environment.
• Ability to participate in limited travel requirements.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Elasticsearch develops and distributes encryption software and technology that is subject to U.S. export controls and licensing requirements for individuals who are located in or are nationals of the following sanctioned countries and regions: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”), and the Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”). If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required as a condition of your employment in this role. Please note that national origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility for employment with Elastic.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.