Commercial Counsel

ABOUT US:

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As Commercial Counsel, you will have the opportunity to help build and support Notion’s rapidly emerging Enterprise customer motions. In this role you will be expected to serve as a deal expert helping to not only negotiate complex AI SaaS agreements with key customers, but also act as advisor and coach to our account teams and other cross functional partners. If you enjoy using your deep industry experience and technology transaction expertise to support revenue generating functions, this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE:

- Have broad responsibility for providing practical day-to-day commercial legal support in AMER region for the sales, marketing, and customer success teams with a focus on supporting the Enterprise segment

- Collaborate with Product Legal team on product and operational items that impact customer agreements and go-to-market initiatives

- Negotiate and independently identify creative legal solutions for in-bound commercial transactions, including customer subscription agreements and data processing agreements

- Identify and independently pursue process improvements for buy-side supporting motions

- Develop and revise contract templates and playbooks as necessary, based on changes in our product offerings, organization, and law

SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING:

- Admitted to the California State Bar, New York State Bar, or Registered In-House Counsel and in good standing

- 10+ years of combined experience practicing as a commercial attorney within a law firm or software technology company

- 2+ years in-house experience at a SaaS and/or AI technology company

- Privacy and artificial intelligence subject matter expertise, including privacy regulations (GDPR, e-Privacy Directive, CCPA, etc.) and AI regulations (EU AI Act) with the ability to incorporate evolving requirements into the customer facing agreements

- Experience driving commercial transactions, SaaS, and enterprise B2B transactions

- Strong negotiation skills, including ability to explain nuanced legal concepts to internal and external parties and tailor approach to the audience

- Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills and ability to adapt legal requirements in balanced, creative and pragmatic ways to facilitate communication at all levels of the organization

- Ability to directly interact and build meaningful relationships and trust with internal and external clients and leaders

- Demonstrated interest in artificial intelligence solutions in a work setting

- Resilience, resourcefulness, and the ability to make recommendations and decisions with imperfect facts

- Independent and strategic thought combined with excellent team player qualities and a willingness to take on additional responsibilities

NICE TO HAVES:

- Certified Information Privacy Professional or equivalent

- Prior experience with a fast growing technology company

- Experience supporting channel and reseller partnerships

- Experience supporting customers in the financial services industry

- Familiarity using Notion

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $280,000-340,000 per year.

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