Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracts

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Workiva

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SaaS • Finance • Compliance

Workiva is a cloud-based, AI-powered platform that unifies financial reporting, risk and compliance management, and sustainability reporting. It enables teams to connect data across systems, collaborate in real time, automate reporting (including XBRL tagging), and maintain auditability and traceability for regulated disclosures and assurance processes. Workiva serves large enterprises and finance, legal, audit, and sustainability teams to accelerate reporting, improve accuracy, and reduce risk.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2008

☁️ SaaS

💸 Finance

📋 Compliance

📋 Description

• Draft, structure, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of complex commercial agreements, including SaaS subscription contracts, strategic partnerships, NDAs, data protection agreements, AI addendums, content licenses, and vendor or supplier agreements • Lead end-to-end negotiation processes independently • Advise internal stakeholders on key legal and business issues related to cloud-based software agreements • Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, business-ready guidance • Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams • Support and enhance legal operations by improving contracting workflows, processes, and systems

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, and member in good standing of a State Bar Association • 6+ years of commercial legal and contract negotiation experience, with an emphasis on B2B SaaS transactions • Familiarity with software, SaaS, or cloud technology providers • Background in public sector contracting (Federal, SLED, or GSA) • Associate-level experience at an Am Law 100 or other leading law firm preferred, but not required • Demonstrated expertise in resolving complex, non-standard agreements • Proven ability to lead commercial legal initiatives as a strategic partner • Capacity to quickly learn and navigate internal structures, product offerings, technology stacks, security/data protection protocols, and commercial contract standards

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire