About the Opportunity
Cribl is expanding its Legal team to meet Cribl’s rapidly growing needs. As a Senior Commercial Counsel, you’ll be the localized expert and first Legal-team hire in the EMEA region. This role reports to the Senior Assistant General Counsel, Commercial.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Review, draft, and negotiate contracts, including reseller and partnership contracts, distribution agreements, SaaS and software licensing contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and vendor contracts for transactions across the EMEA region and provide ad-hoc support to the sales team in the Eastern time zone in North America;
- Collaborate with and support the UK/EMEA partner team in recruiting partners and facilitating and negotiating deals with partners;
- Provide expert legal advice and support to sales and other cross-functional teams on legal issues, including problem solving with a focus on providing available options, discussing risks for options, and executing on options the client selects;
- Use standardized contract review and risk-assessment processes, including to document contracts and obligations, and use contract and matter management tools and software;
- Coordinate with other internal Legal team members on cross-functional issues, including privacy, security, compliance, and product teams, as needed; and
- All other responsibilities, duties, functions, and activities as assigned.
What You’ll Bring
- At least 10 years of experience in a commercial in-house role at a technology company or similar technical experience, including experience in drafting and reviewing contracts using a standardized review and risk-assessment process;
- Fluency in English and German (additional languages a plus);
- Experience supporting and collaborating with sales and partner channel teams in a technology company to achieve business objectives within the risk parameters established by the Legal team;
- Demonstrated experience with international contract law and data protection requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
- Ability to build consensus and drive alignment across many internal and external stakeholders and teams;
- Experience with working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment;
- Experience with using business and legal operations systems such as Ironclad, SalesForce and Xakia.
- Comfort in a remote environment, self motivated to work asynchronously and independently as the manager for this role sits within the Western US;
- Ability to work with a sense of urgency, collaboratively in a team-focused environment;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write concisely;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- A great sense of humor and a customer service mindset; and
- LLB and relevant license to practice law in good standing.
