As Commercial Counsel, you will:
- Work closely and partner with a EMEA wide sales organisaton on transactions that drive the company’s revenue
- Structure, negotiate, and close transactional agreements
- Provide sound advice and guidance on legal and business-related issues to senior business leaders
- Manage risk and ensure business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreements
- Work well in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
- Respond promptly to the demands of an active technology sales team and their management
- Develop and deliver training on legal issues and contract processes
- Support continuous improvements of forms, policies and processes to help streamline, simplify and automate the contracting processes
A successful Snowflake Commercial Counsel willbe able to forge strong relationships with Snowflake’s customers, and also with cross-functional groups within Snowflake, including sales, professional services and alliances. The right candidate will be flexible, fun, hard-working and have the desire to be impactful, as your contributions will be a key driver to Snowflake’s continued growth and success.
- A UK practicing solicitor/barrister (or other common law jurisdiction lawyer or EEA member state lawyer) with a minimum of 3 years PQE (or equivalent)
- Experience working on enterprise Cloud/SaaS contracts
- Experience advising on GDPR/UK GDPR data processing agreements
- Outstanding analytical, drafting, negotiation, collaboration, written and communication skills in English language (an additional language is an advantage)
- Strong background dealing with SaaS-centric issues (i.e. security, data protection, intellectual property, revenue recognition), professional services and various go to market programs
- Exceptional and pragmatic organizational, project management, problem-solving and prioritization skills
- Flexibility and eagerness to work hard in fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines (especially at quarter end)
- The ability to think and execute both strategically and tactically
- Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of people, at all levels inside and outside the organization, in a fast-paced environment
- Service-oriented, responsive, professional, and strong integrity
- Office location is London (Shoreditch / Liverpool Street)