Iron Mountain

Director, Senior Corporate Counsel

Iron Mountain

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $183,200 - $244,200 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudOpen Source

About the role

  • Efficiently review, draft and negotiate strategically important software licensing, SaaS, PaaS and cloud services agreements
  • Negotiate partnership agreements, including reseller, referral, co-marketing, co-sell, collaboration, API, OEMs and integration/ISVs, joint development, and channel partnerships, including GTM, VAR, SI/GSIs and MSPs and other service partners
  • Advise business, engineering, product, and innovation teams on IP issues from early stage product development to commercialization and launch
  • Guide IP protection strategy, IP litigation strategy and IP policy, focusing on product development, software integration and licensing, marketing, open source, trade secrets, patents, trademarks and copyright; educate and train internal teams on same
  • Develop commercial terms and templates as new technologies and services are launched; ensure existing templates are routinely updated
  • Understand and implement company approach to open source agreements; educate and train internal product development teams on same
  • Understand and implement company approach to cloud architecture, enterprise platforms, software integration and AI/ML
  • Knowledge of Iron Mountain’s services and the applicable legal issues
  • Understand and apply standard and fallback positions in customer, partner and vendor agreements with a focus on applying creative solutions to meet business needs
  • Succinctly explain and train internal legal and commercial teams on IP concepts, AI/ML, OSS, third party software connectors and hosted software
  • Engage and manage external counsel on various IP matters, including maintaining matter budget

Requirements

  • A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited US law school
  • A member of the bar in good standing in at least one US state
  • At least 10 years of IP and technology experience, preferably in-house at a technology company, or from a law firm’s IP, technology transactions, or corporate department
  • Nuanced understanding of global IP concepts, including AI/ML with a focus on US IP law
  • Demonstrated expertise managing IP portfolios, including trademarks, patents, trade secrets and copyrights
  • Significant experience drafting and negotiating software and related technology agreements, including complex client and vendor deals, combined with a strong knowledge of contract law and IP law
  • Significant experience drafting and negotiating different partnership agreements, including reseller, referral, co-marketing, co-sell, collaboration, API, OEMs and integration/ISVs, joint development, and channel partnerships, including GTM, VAR, SI/GSIs and MSPs and other service partners
  • Experience leading efforts in drafting, maintaining and training others on technology-specific contract templates (across client, vendor and partner agreements) and ancillary legal strategic materials (such as playbooks, alternative language guides and go-to-market materials) for new and updated product and service offerings
  • Experience advising and working with software engineers on issues such as software integration and patentability of inventions
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and drive matters to completion, both individually and on behalf of the team
  • Proven ability to independently manage numerous deals and initiatives on tight deadlines and the ability to adapt to shifting priorities with flexibility and a pragmatic approach
  • Willingness to work across regions and time zones on an as-needed basis, including managing and collaborating with attorneys in Europe and Asia
  • Self-motivated, intellectually curious and a willingness to engage in new challenges and initiatives
  • Thrives in a fast-past environment and enjoys working collaboratively with a variety of internal stakeholders
  • Business Expertise: This role requires demonstrated expertise in balancing legal positions and business needs, preferably in an IP-related law firm position or in-house position.
  • Leadership: This role directly manages a team of three IP & Technology attorneys and requires a proven track record leading high-performing teams, as well as positioning the team to successfully collaborate with other cross-functional teams, such as Iron Mountain’s Digital Business Unit, Innovation, Marketing, Information Security and Privacy teams.
  • Problem Solving: This role requires complex judgments, in-depth analysis, interpretive thinking and the ability to independently develop innovative solutions to legal and business issues.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
IP lawtechnology transactionssoftware licensingSaaSPaaScloud services agreementscontract lawpatentstrademarkscopyrights
Soft skills
leadershipproblem solvingflexibilitycollaborationcommunicationadaptabilityself-motivationintellectual curiosityteam managementstrategic thinking
Certifications
Juris Doctorbar membership