Legal Counsel, Commercial Contracts

Overview

Socure's legal team is seeking a Commercial Counsel to serve as a legal partner to Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Security, Product, and Engineering on commercial contracts, risk, and compliance, while helping shape the company's legal function.

What you'll do

• Advise on a broad range of commercial matters, serving as legal partner to Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Security, and Product on deal structure, contract negotiations, risk, and compliance
• Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of technology and commercial contracts, including SaaS agreements, partner/reseller agreements, NDAs, evaluation agreements, and vendor contracts
• Independently identify and resolve legal and regulatory risks related to IP, licensing, data use, privacy, and compliance in commercial contracts
• Become an expert on Socure's products and business models, and help bring new offerings to market
• Identify and advise on risk, and offer creative, pragmatic risk-mitigation solutions
• Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, and operational guidance to help the sales and legal teams move faster
• Use AI tools as part of your everyday contract workflow, including AI-assisted drafting, redlining, and review, to accelerate turnaround on sales contracts, and surface ideas for where automation could further improve the team's efficiency
• Ensure that customer contract terms addressing data usage rights or restrictions are consistent with the rights Socure has secured under its underlying data-acquisition and vendor agreements, coordinating as needed with the Senior Corporate Counsel, Data Acquisition & Licensing, the Data Acquisition team, Product Counsel, and Privacy

What you'll need

• JD from an accredited law school and active Bar membership in good standing
• 4-8 years of post-JD experience independently negotiating SaaS, technology, licensing, partner, and vendor agreements with minimal oversight
• Working knowledge of consumer data privacy laws relevant to commercial contracting (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, FCRA) and how they shape customer-facing data terms
• A drive for continuous improvement, and the willingness to voice your opinion
• Ability to independently manage and own multiple projects with varying deadlines; comfortable making decisions under ambiguous circumstances
• A focus on closing deals and finding pragmatic solutions to any issue you encounter
• Ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Collaborative partnership and diplomatic communication with multiple constituencies
• An understanding of the commitment and hard work involved in working at a successful, fast-growing start-up

Nice to have

• Law firm, data use/licensing, and fintech experience
• Experience with public sector (SLED and/or Federal) sales contracting, such as supporting RFP/RFx responses or government procurement processes
• Comfort using AI tools (e.g., contract drafting, redlining, or review assistants) as part of your daily workflow; interest in helping the team adopt and refine AI-supported processes

Details

• Location: Remote - USA
• Reports to the Head of Commercial Legal or a Senior Legal Counsel