Summer Associate

Pendo is looking for a Summer Associate to join our Legal team for Summer 2024. This role will offer deep insight into how an in-house Legal team at a venture-backed, global SaaS company supports all key functions in a fast-growing business, as well as professional development and practical training in technology transactions, SaaS access and use agreements, product and privacy counseling, and legal operations. You will gain on-the-job experience with respect to applicable U.S. laws and regulations such as the FTC’s rules around unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices (UDAAP); the UK/EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Roles & Responsibilities 

Commercial

• Research and summarize historical contracting terms and practices
• Help manage the contract lifecycle flow from intake to execution, including maintaining and managing contracts and electronic databases
• Review, suggest edits, and participate in the negotiation of a variety of contracts, including Non-Disclosure Agreements, Master Services Agreements and related Statements of Work, Data Processing Agreements, and Business Associate Agreements
• Lead or participate in projects to innovate on internal processes, build for scale, and deploy with speed

Legal Operations

• #Showmethedata! Pendo thrives on data and so does our Legal Department. You will help build out data insights to our contracts data and other legal work using our tech stack and compile presentations for the executive team and sales leaders 
• #wintogether! You will work closely with our DPO, Security, Sales, Ops and other stakeholders to help build out our vendor onboarding repository with legal guidelines
• #biastoact! You will identify opportunities for improvement in our contracts management processes and help to create an even more efficient legal sales cycle for our revenue org and legal team 

We are open to any other areas of interest - just let us know!

Minimum Qualifications 

• J.D. Candidate
• Based in the Raleigh-Durham area, North Carolina, and able to commute into our downtown Raleigh office (minimum in-office commitment of Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
• Interest in learning about an in-house legal practice particularly in the technology industry
• An open and curious mind about an evolving industry, humility, and a terrific sense of humor

Preferred Qualifications 

• Rising 3L preferred, but rising 2Ls who received an “A” or equivalent grade in Contracts will also be considered
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through and meet deadlines
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Sound judgment even in ambiguous situations

Pendo Description:

Pendo was founded in 2013 by former product managers, who combined their heads and hearts to build something they wanted but never had as product managers -- a simple way to understand and attack what truly drives product success. Our mission is to improve society's experience with software.

Come join one of the fastest-growing startups, supported by best-in-class institutions like Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Meritech. You will gain experience in a diverse and exciting set of technologies and clients and have a real impact on Pendo's future. Our culture is passionate, dynamic, and fun.

EEOC

We are an equal opportunity employer and believe having diverse teams where everyone brings their whole self to Pendo is key to our success. We welcome all people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Accessibility

Pendo is committed to working with, and providing access and reasonable accommodation to, applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you think you may require accommodation(s) for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to: accommodation@pendo.io. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.

Compensation

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide.

The expected hourly pay range for this role to be performed in: Raleigh, NC, $40-$50 per hour.

Individual pay rate decisions, including offers made within and over the expected range, are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.