Senior Commercial Counsel
Nectar Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements including SaaS agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, DPAs, and partner or reseller contracts
- Partner closely with sales and revenue teams to balance legal risk with business outcomes during customer negotiations
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor across teams including product, security, and leadership
- Help establish scalable legal processes, policies, and best practices for contracting and commercial operations
- Design and maintain frameworks for managing legal, security, and regulatory considerations in enterprise customer agreements
- Contribute to building the legal function as the company grows, taking on new areas of responsibility as needed
Requirements
- Qualified attorney in California or New York (or eligible to register as in-house counsel)
- 7+ years of legal experience, including time at a leading law firm and/or relevant in-house role
- Deep experience drafting and negotiating high-volume commercial agreements, particularly in SaaS environments
- Strong familiarity with privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, or similar standards
- Comfort operating in cross-functional environments and partnering closely with sales, finance, and product teams
- Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders
- High ownership mindset and comfort working in fast-moving startup environments
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and early equity
- Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
- Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
- Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
- Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape how brands use it
- A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
drafting commercial agreementsnegotiating contractsSaaS agreementsMSAsSOWsNDAsDPAslegal risk assessmentregulatory complianceprivacy frameworks
Soft Skills
trusted legal advisorcross-functional collaborationclear communicationactionable guidancehigh ownership mindsetadaptabilityproblem-solvingnegotiation skillsteam partnershiporganizational skills
Certifications
qualified attorneyin-house counsel registration