Senior Commercial Counsel

Udacity is now an Accenture company and exciting things are happening! Udacity is seeking an exceptional Senior Commercial Counsel to join our Legal team.
As Senior Commercial Counsel, you will be providing commercial contracting support for a wide variety of commercial legal matters internationally, including EMEA, Asia, and the Americas. You will be reporting directly to the Global Head of Commercial Legal. The role will include supporting commercial activity both with clients and with key technology vendors, ensuring Udacity complies with applicable laws and regulations whilst enabling revenue generation and business growth.

What You'll Do:

1. Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, such as SaaS, professional services, strategic partnership, channel partner, confidentiality, and vendor agreements.
2. Develop a variety of standard documents, including playbooks, guidelines, checklists, policies, term sheets, and templates.
3. Partner with Udacity's internal business teams in building out guidelines, policies, and processes for scalable, consistent, and compliant operations around the world.
4. Partner with Accenture counterparts to ensure strategic alignment across the broader company ecosystem.
5. Produce training materials and deliver ongoing live and online training to key stakeholders.
6. Review and respond to customer or partner inquiries and assist with other legal department projects as needed.

What We Value:

1. 7-10+ years of legal experience in-house at a technology company or law firm.
2. Fully Qualified Lawyer or licensed to practice law in a US jurisdiction.
3. Prior experience negotiating and drafting a wide variety of commercial technology agreements with Global 1000 companies.
4. An understanding of basic GAAP principles, especially those that relate to revenue recognition.
5. Prior experience with vendor and procurement support, including drafting and compiling RFx responses and related materials.
6. Strong EQ, verbal advocacy, and presentation skills.
7. Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively and 'own' a business function or region.
8. Previous experience working with international offices and flexibility in working with other time zones.
9. Comfortable in a fast-paced, high growth, challenging, and ever-changing environment.
10. The ability to work flexibly across time zones, as well as occasional travel.
11. An understanding of the 'Ed Tech' space, online subscription services, and online payments is a plus.
12. CIPP/E certification and experience with GDPR/Data Privacy/Information Security is a plus.

Benefits:

Experience a rewarding work environment with Udacity's perks and benefits!

• At Udacity, we offer you the flexibility of working from home. We also have in-person collaboration spaces in Mountain View, Cairo, Dubai, and Noida and continue to build opportunities for team members to connect in person.
• Flexible working hours.
• Paid time off.
• Comprehensive medical insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
• Employee wellness resources and initiatives (access to wellness platforms like Headspace).
• Quarterly wellness day off.
• Personalized career development.
• Unlimited access to Udacity Nanodegrees.