What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Commercial Counsel position at Numerator Career Center?
Numerator is looking for a Senior Commercial Counsel to own commercial transactions across the Americas. You'll operate with a high degree of independence, managing a portfolio of deals while partnering strategically with business leaders across the organization. This role reports to Numerator's General Counsel.
What You'll Do
- Contract Negotiation and Drafting: Own the end-to-end negotiation and drafting of complex commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, data licensing agreements, master service agreements, order forms, and statements of work. Manage a full deal portfolio with limited day-to-day oversight.
- Risk Assessment: Identify and assess legal risks across your portfolio, seeing patterns and anticipating issues before they surface. Make judgment calls independently and know when to escalate.
- Regulatory Awareness: Stay current on privacy and data protection laws relevant to your region and advise on how regulatory developments impact deal terms and product offerings.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as a trusted legal advisor to Sales, Product, Finance, and other business partners. Communicate strategically, anticipate stakeholder needs, and provide advice that accounts for both deal-level and broader business implications.
- Process and Tools: Use AI and legal technology tools as part of daily workflows. Identify and drive opportunities to improve templates, playbooks, and processes across the commercial legal function. Manage deals through Salesforce.
- Team Contribution: Mentor junior team members, contribute to training and knowledge-sharing, and help maintain high-quality, consistent output across the team. Manage and develop direct reports on the commercial legal team.