Description
Snyk is hiring a Corporate Counsel to support its Sales, Partnerships, Procurement, and Product teams. The successful candidate will negotiate a broad range of SaaS and partner deals, counsel on product launches, and help shape how an AI security company governs AI.
The Corporate Counsel will report directly into Snyk's Associate General Counsel, managing Snyk's AI governance, strategy, and new product releases. This role involves collaborating closely with cross-functional team members from around the globe, including in Finance, GTM, Sales Operations, Product, Marketing, and Procurement.
Responsibilities:
- Drafting, reviewing, structuring, and closing a broad range of commercial and strategic agreements, including SaaS agreements, license agreements, DPAs, NDAs, complex enterprise customer agreements, and partner agreements.
- Partnering with Product and Engineering on new launches, including advising on relevant contract revisions, product disclosures, data flows, and customer-facing commitments.
- Supporting Snyk's AI governance through the assessment of models, third-party AI applications and tools, and homegrown solutions.
- Assisting with Legal efficiency initiatives, including efforts to develop, implement, and enhance processes and playbooks that improve transaction velocity without material increases in risk.
- Providing day-to-day legal advice to sales, partnerships, and procurement teams.
- Assisting with data privacy matters.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in commercial and product counseling in the technology sector, with emphasis on time spent counseling B2B SaaS companies.
- Experience in drafting and advising clients on technology-related commercial agreements, including software licensing, strategic partnerships, reseller arrangements, and data processing agreements.
- Hands-on experience with, or demonstrated fluency in, AI models and agentic tools.
- Strong communication skills, especially translating legal concepts to non-lawyers in a clear and concise way.
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple projects, and adapt to shifting priorities and legal developments.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with relevant global privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA.
- Familiarity with open-source software licensing and compliance.
- Knowledge of AI regulation, such as the EU AI Act and emerging US state laws.
- Experience in cybersecurity and/or developer tools.
Compensation and Benefits:
- $172K - $215K per year
- Offers equity
- Offers bonus
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Comprehensive medical benefits
- Mental health care
- Ample PTO
- Annual wellness stipend
- Life and disability coverage
- Retirement contributions
- Lifestyle spending accounts
- Financial wellness resources
- Backup childcare and family care