Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial
$153,000–$287,000 year
RemoteUnited States
United StatesRemoteFull Time$153,000–$287,000 yearSenior LevelLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelLarge
Job Summary
Execute enterprise-level commercial contracts, including SaaS subscriptions, API integrations, and novel AI licensing agreements, while independently managing negotiations from inception to closing. Architect complex data flow structures for LLM and RAG frameworks, balancing speed with risk to align legal solutions with Yelp's business growth objectives. Proactively research counterparties and resolve technical issues without escalation, collaborating seamlessly with Product, Engineering, and Finance teams to allocate risk and advance deals.
Required Qualifications
- Juris Doctor degree
- State bar membership in good standing
- 8+ years of experience as an attorney
- Proven track record in complex technology transactions and business development at a very high level
- Extensive knowledge of SaaS contract law
- Extensive knowledge of IP law
- Comprehensive understanding of privacy and regulatory frameworks including TCPA, CCPA, CAN-SPAM, CIPA, HIPAA, and PCI
- Solid, practical understanding of network architecture
- Solid, practical understanding of APIs
- Solid, practical understanding of MCP servers
- Solid, practical understanding of data feeds
- Solid, practical understanding of apps
- Solid, practical understanding of databases
- Solid, practical understanding of firewalls
- Solid, practical understanding of data wiping protocols
- Ability to think strategically about give-and-take
- Ability to develop creative fallback positions
- Ability to independently resolve issues without escalating to outside counsel
- Strong work ethic
- Team player mentality
- Experience successfully working cross-functionally with multiple teams of stakeholders
- Ability to expertly balance speed with risk
- High-level accountability
- Proven track record of actively negotiating complex agreements, not merely reviewing and redlining them
Desired Qualifications
- In-house counsel experience
- A sense of humor
- Impressive legal experience
- Commercially-minded
- Thrives in ambiguity
- Understands the technical intricacies of the digital landscape
- Possesses the drive to turn an inch of direction into a mile of solid results
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment without structured oversight
- Ability to integrate seamlessly with Legal and Business Development teams
- Ability to rely on judgment to keep deals moving forward safely, without the need for step-by-step instructions
- Proactive research of counterparty
- Ability to anticipate issues
- Ability to take action yourself to move the project forward
- Ability to explain the difference to an account executive or a C-suite executive
- Ability to make practical recommendations that keep deals moving safely while collaborating with technical and business counterparts
- Ability to take resourceful action to overcome obstacles
- Ability to invest deeply in work
- Ability to naturally elevate contributions to meet whatever the situation requires
- Ability to collaborate seamlessly with Product, Finance, Security, and Engineering
- Ability to truly understand how products work
- Ability to intelligently allocate risk
- Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration
- High-level accountability without the ego
- Willingness to step outside of direct job description
- Genuine Passion for the Field
- True legal and technology nerd
- Actively follows tech and legal issues (such as emerging AI trends and privacy shifts) because you love it, not just because you have to
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