# Legal Counsel

**Company**: Workday
**Location**: Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $147,800 USD - $221,800 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USA-MA-Boston/Legal-Counsel--Global-Legal-Services_JR-0110531-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We’re Workday, a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. As a Legal Counsel at Workday, you will support customer-facing commercial transactions for a fast-growing, innovative enterprise software company.

**Responsibilities:**

- Contract Drafting & Negotiation:

- Draft, review, and negotiate customer-facing commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, order forms, data protection agreements, AI addenda, service level agreements, and related amendments.

- Review proposed contract modifications from customers and prospects, working directly with Sales, Deals Operations, and internal stakeholders to secure necessary approvals.

- Provide practical legal guidance to cross-functional teams on contract positions, common edits, non-standard terms, policies, and contract-related questions.

- Participate in calls with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders to support negotiation and resolution of contract issues.

- Advise on privacy, data protection, AI, security, compliance, and other legal issues arising in customer-facing commercial transactions.

- Process & Workflow Management:

- Manage a high-volume contracting queue while maintaining quality, meeting business timelines, and prioritizing matters based on risk, urgency, and business impact.

- Support improvements to contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, internal guidance, and workflow processes to increase consistency, efficiency, and scalability.

- Help implement legal efficiencies through the negotiation cycle and support continuous improvement of contract management systems and related operational processes.

- Legal & Business Support:

- Build and maintain effective collaboration with internal business groups, including Sales, Deals Operations, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, and other Legal teams.

- Apply sound legal and business judgment to identify issues, assess risk, propose practical solutions, and escalate matters when appropriate.

- Execute assigned projects based on the evolving needs of the business and the Legal department.

- Share knowledge and guidance with internal stakeholders on contract standards, negotiation strategy, and risk positions.

**About You:**

- Basic Qualifications:

- Juris Doctor degree and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

- 5+ years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in a corporate, in-house, or law firm environment.

- Direct experience drafting and negotiating SaaS, technology, or other customer-facing commercial agreements.

- Experience with privacy, data protection, or AI-related contracting issues.

- Other Qualifications:

- Strong commercial contracting experience, including MSAs, order forms, data protection agreements, AI addenda, service level agreements, and related customer-facing commercial agreements.

- Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and practically to legal and non-legal audiences.

- Strong business judgment and ability to align legal guidance with company objectives.

- Ability to assess risk, propose practical solutions, and support business growth while protecting the company.

- Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Deals Operations, Finance, Product, Security, Privacy, Services, and Legal teams.

- Ability to manage a high-volume contracting workflow and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

- Experience with contract lifecycle management systems, such as Salesforce, Apttus, or Conga, and electronic signature tools, such as Adobe Sign or DocuSign.

- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify contracting trends, translate complex information into actionable guidance, and support improvements to legal workflows.

- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and adapt to changing priorities.

- Experience supporting enterprise software or SaaS transactions preferred.

**Salary:**

- The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.

- Primary Location: USA.MA.Boston Primary Location Base Pay Range: $147,800 USD - $221,800 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $133,800 USD - $237,600 USD

## Skills

### Required
- Juris Doctor degree
- active license to practice law
- commercial contracts
- SaaS agreements
- data protection agreements
- AI addenda
- service level agreements

### Nice to have
- contract lifecycle management systems
- electronic signature tools
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- analytical skills

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