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Legal Director, Commercial Contracts
Equinix
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City • California, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $360,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CloudCyber Security
About the role
- Holistically understand One Legal and Company Strategy and be able to own a domain area as assigned by the Senior Director Americas or the VP Global Contracts.
- Able to understand the impact of strategy and decisions on stakeholders, understand systems and tools and workflows within the legal team
- Take responsibility for their own and team’s well-being and morale and to actively model behaviors that drive team health and morale, including focusing on excellence, leadership and risk management
- Independently review, draft, and provide proactive transactional leadership as part of the senior leadership of the Global Contracts team. This includes being accountable for team outcomes, assisting the Senior Director Americas and any other leaders assigned, leading through people, and sound advice and day to day management of high-value, complex commercial contracts, from inception through execution, to enable business objectives and mitigate legal and commercial risk
- Ensure contracts comply with applicable regulations and industry-specific standards and align with company policies
- Collaborate closely with internal clients and global stakeholders (sales, operations, finance, IT, InfoSec, etc.) to drive seamless contract negotiations and support company-wide, cross-functional initiatives and projects requiring commercial legal expertise
- Partner with commercial leadership to provide sound, risk-balanced, and pragmatic legal advice and strategic insights on technology issues, including AI, cloud services, cybersecurity, and data privacy
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements in contract workflows and processes, enhancement of operational efficiencies, and implementation of best practices
- Navigate competing workflows, set appropriate priorities with clients, and deliver results within agreed timelines
- Keep up to date on industry trends and updates and perform a role as a thought leader
- Provide general legal support to the organization, including review and negotiation of licenses, supplier contracts, and other agreements
- Exercise reasonable and reliable judgment in a fast-paced environment
- Effectively and efficiently manage outside counsel and budgets as needed
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant law firm or in-house experience, with at least five+ years of dedicated commercial transactions experience
- Experience as the point person responsible for negotiating and closing high-value, complex transactions
- Experience or familiarity with data centers and the colocation service industry
- Demonstrated ability to lead and have an outsized impact on stakeholders and clients.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and tactfully in person, in writing, and via electronic means with a variety of individuals, including opposing counsel, senior management, and business peers
- Demonstrated, expert-level leadership and organizational abilities that match the tone of a professional, prudent, and proficient team culture and sets an example for junior teammates
- Demonstrated ability to manage a demanding workload and remain agile in a fast-paced setting
- Demonstrated willingness to be open-minded, curious, listen actively, think creatively, and effectively participate in problem solving and to champion change
- Able to continuously learn, bring perspective and educate the team on new trends and developments
- Experience working in a global, culturally diverse company
Benefits
- Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
- Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
commercial transactionscontract negotiationlegal compliancerisk managementdata privacycybersecuritycloud servicestransactional leadershipcontract draftinglicense review
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational abilitiesproblem solvingagilityteam moralestakeholder managementcuriosityactive listeningcreativity
