Kong
Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial (US East)
Chicago, United States · Senior
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About the role
- You will draft, structure and negotiate customer contracts with some of the world's biggest brands in financial services, technology, e-commerce and other industries.
- You will also play a primary role in supporting our US federal government customers.
- You will be called on to assess legal and business risks, make sound decisions, and provide advice on a broad range of issues in areas such as privacy, security, open-source software and intellectual property, and assist with other issues as they come up.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex SaaS and on-premises commercial negotiations
- Partner with Finance, Revenue Operations and Customer Assurance to support the end-to-end contract close process
- Collaborative, and willing to build something together as a team
Requirements
- Law degree, and member in good standing of the applicable state bar or eligible to be a registered in-house counsel
- Minimum 7-10 years of experience practicing law both in private practice and in-house, preferably with late-stage private and/or early-stage public technology companies
- Working knowledge of intellectual property, data governance and information security/privacy matters
- Attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectives
Skills
- For more information, visit www.konghq.com http://www.konghq.com.
Company info
- Nobody checks every box - we're looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.
- Assisting with the development of our positions with respect to artificial intelligence and our products as they relate to our customers' infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex SaaS and software contracts with large, sophisticated customers
- Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI.
- Great judgment, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others
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