Senior Counsel, Commercial

TL;DR

Senior Counsel, Commercial (Commercial Legal): Provide pragmatic legal advice to support global sales and customer/channel transactions with an accent on drafting and negotiating SaaS/BaaS and software agreements, NDAs, and managing material legal, regulatory, privacy, and commercial risks. Focus on complex customer negotiations, proactive dispute/delay prevention, and improving contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and legal training.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $151,500 — $388,100 USD (TTC/OTE depending on plan)

Company

hirify.global is a data and AI trust company focused on helping organizations secure and make data and AI resilient.

What you will do

• Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Revenue Operations, and other stakeholders to support customer and channel transactions.
• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, including SaaS, BaaS, software, professional services, channel agreements (aggregator/reseller/GSI), and NDAs.
• Advise on legal, regulatory, privacy, and commercial risks; support compliance requirements, data protection obligations, and internal approval processes.
• Develop defensible solutions for complex contractual and commercial issues, balancing risk and determining when escalation is required.
• Anticipate contractual, legal, and operational issues to reduce dispute and delay risk.
• Improve contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and legal processes; deliver training and awareness on contracting best practices and legal risks.

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in the United States
• Qualified lawyer with 10–15+ years post-qualification experience from a leading law firm and/or in-house legal, including significant in-house experience.
• Strong commercial contracts background, ideally in a software/SaaS/cloud technology or broader technology company.
• Excellent drafting, contract review, and negotiation skills for complex customer and partner agreements.
• Experience advising business stakeholders in a practical, succinct, commercially focused manner.
• Experience advising on privacy and data protection in commercial technology transactions (processing, transfer, storage, and protection of data).

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off, plus 12 paid holidays and 24 paid volunteer hours annually.
• Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents and 16 weeks for birthing parents.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on the first day; mental health support and therapy sessions.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting.
• Learning and growth via mentoring, workshops, and learning events (including an annual Global Day of Learning).

Hiring process

• Application review followed by interviews to assess commercial contracting experience and risk-based legal judgment.
• Discussion of experience supporting sales organizations and handling complex negotiations and privacy/data protection issues.