Senior Commercial Counsel
SemperisIdentity Threat company
Dallas, United StatesSenior
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About the role
TL;DR
Accelerate go-to-market motion and scale commercial legal operations.
- •Semperis seeks a Senior Commercial Counsel to accelerate go-to-market motion and scale commercial legal operations.
- •Key Responsibilities Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements.
- •Lead complex, multi-threaded negotiations with enterprise customers and strategic partners.
- •Own channel partner work: structure and negotiate reseller/MSP/OEM/alliances agreements, partner program terms, and enablement for channel motions.
- •Advise sales, channels, product, security, finance, and procurement on commercial strategy, legal risk, privacy, and compliance.
- •Continuously improve contract templates, fallback positions, and negotiation playbooks; streamline approvals and escalations to reduce cycle time.
- •Requirements JD (or equivalent) and bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. state; eligible for NJ or TX in-house counsel registration as needed. 7+ years of experience (with significant in-house time) negotiating complex B2B SaaS/technology transactions at a growth-stage or enterprise software company; cybersecurity experience preferred.
- •Expertise in enterprise contracting mechanics: privacy (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA), information security terms (SOC 2/ISO-aligned controls), SLAs/credits, IP, indemnities, limitations, renewals/termination.
- •Demonstrated success driving high-volume deal flow while exercising sharp risk judgment and crisp internal communication.
- •Experience improving templates, fallback positions, and negotiation playbooks; proven ability to enable non-lawyers to move faster with smart guardrails.
Required skills
Contract ManagementRisk ManagementGDPR
Domain expertise
cybersecurity
