Commercial Legal Counsel

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Commercial Legal Counsel | WithMira

Resumen del rol

Commercial Legal Counsel

Requisitos y responsabilidades

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What you’ll do

Negotiate, draft, and review complex commercial and technology agreements, including partnership, services, consulting, marketing, licensing, data privacy, and artificial intelligence related contracts.
Independently manage strategic and high-priority matters tied to large-value and material transactions, partnering directly with internal stakeholders and external parties.
Advise Sales and cross-functional GitLab teams on contract structure, risk allocation, and practical negotiation strategies that support business goals while protecting GitLab’s interests.
Perform risk analysis on contractual documents and recommend mitigation options, including escalation paths and alternative terms.
Benchmark, develop, and maintain contract templates, playbooks, policies, and supporting documentation, incorporating regional legal requirements and feedback from stakeholders.
Monitor legal and regulatory changes, assess impact on GitLab’s contracting practices, and propose clear, actionable updates to templates and processes.
Create and deliver training for contract managers and Sales team members to improve contracting consistency and day-to-day decision-making.
Support the Public Sector sales team on federal, SLED, and government-adjacent transactions, including negotiation of agreements subject to FAR/DFARS requirements, GSA Schedule terms, and agency-specific flow-down clauses.
Advise on FedRAMP-related contracting obligations, including data sovereignty commitments, government-specific data handling requirements, and authorized use restrictions applicable to GitLab’s compliant product offerings.
Draft and maintain public sector contract templates, playbooks, and order form language that address government procurement requirements, including FedRAMP authorization conditions, SLED-specific terms, and applicable regulatory flow-downs.
Partner with Sales, Security, and Compliance teams to assess and communicate the contractual implications of government certification and authorization programs, and ensure contract terms accurately reflect GitLab’s authorized configurations and service boundaries.

What you’ll bring

J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
Experience at a major law firm and/or in-house legal department (focus on commercial and technology transactions preferred).
Experience negotiating and drafting complex commercial and technology agreements, including software, SaaS, services, consulting, marketing, licensing, partnerships, data privacy, and artificial intelligence-related terms.
Ability to independently manage high volume, strategic and high-priority matters and drive agreements to closure with internal stakeholders and external partners.
Knowledge of regional legal requirements and comfort partnering with outside counsel to inform contract terms, templates, and policy enforcement.
Practical risk-spotting and risk mitigation skills, with the ability to provide clear, business-focused guidance that protects GitLab’s interests.
Experience improving or building templates, playbooks, processes, and documentation to support consistent contracting outcomes across teams.
Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence and serve as a trusted advisor to sales and cross-functional leadership.
Ability to create and deliver training for sales team members.
Comfort working in a remote, globally distributed environment across time zones, with a willingness to learn GitLab and its products (including using GitLab in your work).
Working knowledge of federal government procurement frameworks, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), with experience applying or negotiating flow-down clauses in commercial technology contracts.