What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Corporate Counsel position at Okta, Inc.?
Get to know Okta
Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.
At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.
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Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial
Accelerate your career by joining Okta, the leading independent provider of identity software for the enterprise, as a member of our dynamic commercial legal team as Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial. In this role, you will have primary responsibility for advising and supporting the sales and professional services organizations supporting Okta’s customers in North America with a focus on Enterprise accounts in the East and Central regions. You will apply your experience when providing strong legal guidance, structuring complex deals, and drafting and negotiating SaaS Subscription Agreements and related commercial documents.
What you’ll be doing
- Primary responsibility to advise, draft, and negotiate outbound SaaS master subscription agreements, and other types of ancillary commercial documents related to the sales cycle, such as amendments, NDAs and SOWs, with a focus on large customer accounts including customers in highly-regulated industries (e.g., global banking, finance, and healthcare).
- Provide day-to-day legal support and respond promptly and effectively to legal requests from sales and other internal clients.
- Partner with revenue recognition, deal desk, sales operations, privacy and security, and other internal stakeholder teams to ensure negotiated agreements are consistent with internal Okta policies and processes.
- Build critical relationships with sales and legal colleagues and key stakeholders to effectively provide practical legal and strategic advice to assist the business in meeting its objectives.
- Advise on recommended courses of action and legal risks.
- Ability to judge when to escalate identified issues as may be necessary.
- Support continuous improvement of standard form legal templates, playbooks, policies and legal processes related to commercial transactions.
- Support go-to-market tasks and willingness to drive and contribute to other interesting legal projects, as may be required.
What you’ll bring to the role
Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between : $169,000 — $280,000 USD.
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Find your place at Okta today!
Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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Salary : $169,000 - $280,000