Corporate Counsel – Alliances Legal
Salesforce
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$154,700 - CA$212,800 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead, review, draft, and negotiate Salesforce partner agreements, including distribution, resale, strategic alliance and go-to-market agreements
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across the business to support the growth of the partnerships business through new programs, smart contracting and scaled processes
- Provide expeditious, business-savvy legal advice to support on-going partnership efforts while effectively managing legal risk and ensuring compliance across partner programs
- Identify and implement legal process improvements to support rapid deal closure and creation of new partner programs
- Provide guidance and oversight to the M&A and Corp Dev teams to integrate or wind-down partners of Salesforce acquisitions into Salesforce programs
- Work hard, move fast, and bring a positive, solutions-driven approach to challenging situations
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree and law degree from accredited schools
- Admission to the bar in one or more states
- Minimum 5 years of legal experience, with strong focus on commercial contracting
- Strong negotiation and drafting skills, particularly in technology transactions
- Strong organizational or project management skills
- Excellent verbal and written English language communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and demanding industry
- Team-oriented and collaborative mindset
- Proven track record ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with demanding internal clients
- Familiar with and interested in technical concepts
- Highly adaptable and service-oriented attitude
- Ability to handle pressure and provide thoughtful recommendations
- A can-do attitude—proactive, autonomous, resilient, adaptable, eager to continually learn and develop professionally, and a team-first mindset.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
commercial contractingnegotiationdraftinglegal process improvementslegal risk managementM&Acorporate developmenttechnology transactionslegal advicepartner agreements
Soft skills
organizational skillsproject managementverbal communicationwritten communicationcollaborative mindsetrelationship buildingadaptabilityservice orientationpressure managementproactive attitude
Certifications
undergraduate degreelaw degreeadmission to the bar