Company Overview

DocuSign helps organizations connect and automate how they agree. Our flagship product, eSignature, is the world’s #1 way to sign electronically on practically any device, from virtually anywhere, at any time. Today, more than a million customers and a billion users in over 180 countries use DocuSign to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives.

What you'll do

The Senior Counsel, Agreements will serve as a dedicated subject matter expert on all things pertaining to agreements. More than just a lawyer, you'll be both an indispensable resource and a visionary. Partnering closely with the Product organization, you possess a strong business sense and deep legal acumen to serve as a core architect of DocuSign’s agreement management solutions. You’ll craft insightful agreement schemas, define the legal persona in clear, compelling language, and champion its voice throughout the product development cycle. Your deep understanding of the role that agreements play in diverse industries – from finance to real estate – will fuel your ability to translate customer needs into powerful product features.

You will serve the vital role of decoding for non-legal professionals agreement drafting, negotiation, and interpretation, as well as cross-functional, organizational dependencies. You will assist DocuSign in synthesizing customer feedback to directly influence how we build solutions that address the business-critical needs of our customers.

This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Associate General Counsel.

Responsibility

• Partner with the Product team to build standards that will form the foundation upon which DocuSign’s agreement management solutions are built
• Be the strategic thought leader in defining the “legal persona” in a relevant and understandable format
• Work with our customers every day to understand their agreement management needs and then help translate those needs into requirements that go into building our services
• Serve as an expert on agreements across a number of verticals, including financial services, health care, real estate and IT industries
• Conduct industry analysis to gather data on agreements and agreement types across a spectrum of industries and verticals
• Translate complex legal processes into intuitive and efficient product features
• Supervise lawyers and other legal professionals in agreement data labeling initiatives supporting product development
• Educate and train our Product organization on a wide spectrum of agreements and how they work
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Design, and Legal experts, to drive the development of innovative and user-friendly legal technology solutions
• Define and prioritize features, functionalities, and user experience based on customer needs and market trends
• Provide legal guidance to product managers, engineers and other key collaborators on agreement-specific issues related to DocuSign’s services

Job Designation

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at DocuSign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within DocuSign. DocuSign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

What you bring

Basic 

• 8 years of relevant experience as a practicing attorney counseling senior clients and negotiating complex commercial relationships
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a variety of agreement types including both procurement and sales side agreements
• Experience in a legal technology software company
• Experience in contract lifecycle management or legal, workflow or agreement management
• Experience in contract templatization, automation, and theory across a range of industries
• Admitted to practice and in good standing with a U.S. state bar (or eligible for in-house counsel registration in California or Washington, as applicable)
• Experience working with Product and Engineering teams

Preferred 

• Impeccable communication skills
• Demonstrated interest in legal technology and a belief in its ability to transform industries, including the legal profession
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative team
• Proactive and able to work efficiently, prioritize workflow, meet demanding deadlines, and handle multi-dimensional projects in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to maintain strong working relationships with a variety of internal clients with a particular focus on working with product and engineering teams
• Excellent analytic and communication skills, with ability to act on best information available, not wait for absolute certainty, and effectively navigate ambiguity
• Alignment with DocuSign’s mission to help the world agree better

Wage Transparency

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $146,800 - $235,025 base salary

This role is also eligible for bonus, equity and benefits.

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Life at DocuSign

Working here

DocuSign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At DocuSign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

DocuSign provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, including if you need accommodation to properly utilize our online system, you may contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.

If you experience any technical difficulties or issues during the application process, or with our interview tools, please reach out to us at taops@docusign.com for assistance.

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States Not Eligible for Employment

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

EEO Statement

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. DocuSign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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