Sr. Director @ Partnerize

Who We Are:

The partnership channel offers scale and automation on a pay-for-performance model that delivers the operating leverage necessary for brand survival. Partnerize empowers marketers with technology built to discover, engage, and convert audiences, at scale, all while maintaining brand safety and control.

Why Join Us?

Our commitment to growing partnerships doesn’t end with our clients. Our employees are carefully selected to be a part of our company because they emulate a carefully crafted and practiced set of core values that define us and our business. Joining Partnerize means joining a company that sincerely values your talent, expertise, and passion. We strive each day to hire and retain only the best. Doing so affords us the opportunity to be the best in the business, to exceed our clients’ expectations, to innovate, to teach—and most importantly—to earn and maintain our clients’ loyalty.

Job Overview: Partnerize is seeking a pragmatic, business-minded attorney with minimum of 5 years of experience to join the global Legal team of a fast-growing software company. In the first 90 days, Senior Legal Counsel will be expected to earn the trust of key stakeholders; own responsibility as the primary Legal contact for the America and JAPAC sales and retention teams; learn our software and the marketing technology space; become familiar with our standard agreements, policies, and other documents; and learn our Deal Desk approval process, pricing approval matrix, and Salesforce.

*This role needs to be filled by a candidate located in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, or Utah only.*

Major Responsibilities:

Support Global Sales Team:
- Primarily assist the America and JAPAC business with potential expansion to manage global deals.
- Support members of the legal team in other regions and take on increasing responsibilities.
Contract Management:
- Draft, review, negotiate, and advise business leaders on commercial contracts, including software and services agreements with customers, vendors, technology partners, consultants, and other service providers.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with the CFO and other legal team members to support Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Marketing, People Success, and other internal stakeholders.
Subject Matter Expertise:
- Provide thought leadership in legal specialties (e.g., data privacy, intellectual property), draft policies, train internal stakeholders, and stay informed about trends and innovations.
Legal Support:
- Assist in matters related to litigation, investigation, debt collection, employment law, real estate, and other corporate issues.
- Supervise outside counsel when required.
Team Management:
- Oversee and develop a small team of contract managers

Minimum Requirements:

Education and Licensing:

Law Degree (J.D.) from a top-tier Law School.
Licensed and in good standing with a state bar, and able to practice law in the United States

Experience:

8+ years plus of sophisticated legal work.
Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, software licensing transactions, data privacy, or other areas of compliance.
Experience at a top law firm and/or in-house corporate legal department.
Preferred: Experience (prior to law school or otherwise) with marketing or advertising technology, software development, or other technical expertise.

Skills and Abilities:

Excellent negotiating, drafting, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated client relationship and communication skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively with the Legal team.
Strong presentation skills for senior management and sales teams.
Demonstrated persuasive and influencing capabilities.
Self-starter with a willingness to take action and be effective while working remotely and in-person.

US Benefits & Perks

Flexible Time Off Policy – Take the time you need
Enhanced Parental Leave: 16 weeks for birth parent, 8 weeks for non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
Robust Company Sponsored Health & Welfare Benefits
401k Plan – 4% employee match
Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
Regular company events and activities

Compensation Range:

USD $185,000 - USD $200,000/Yr.

These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual’s base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.

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Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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