[Remote] Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial

Note:The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kong Inc. is a leading developer of cloud API technologies, seeking an experienced attorney to join their commercial legal team. The role involves drafting and negotiating customer contracts, assessing legal risks, and providing advice on various legal issues to support the company's strategic sales growth in the Americas. Responsibilities• Lead complex SaaS and on-premises commercial negotiations• Serve as a trusted advisor to Kong’s Americas sales team• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of other commercial agreements• Help ensure compliance with a variety of laws and regulations impacting our SaaS and on-premises offerings, including intellectual property, privacy, security and government contracting• Partner with Finance, Revenue Operations and Customer Assurance to support the end-to-end contract close process• Advise internal teams on legal matters and provide general commercial legal adviceSkills• Law degree, and member in good standing of the California state bar, or eligible to be a registered in-house counsel in California• Minimum 7 years of experience practicing law both in private practice and in-house, preferably with late-stage private and/or early-stage public technology companies• Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex SaaS and software contracts with large, sophisticated customers• Collaborative, and willing to build something together as a team• Great judgment, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others• Working knowledge of intellectual property, data governance and information security/privacy matters• High professional and personal standards, and a commitment to inclusiveness• Attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectivesCompany Overview• Powering the API World.No AI without APIs. Kong enables any company to become an API-first company. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job