What you’ll do

• Collaborate with the broader Legal team and an array of business leaders, including those in Cloud Shift, Enterprise Sales, Go-to-Market, Channel, Economy, Support and Services, Marketing, Procurement, Finance, Security, Product, and Engineering, to develop and execute strategic plans that help our customers accelerate their successful journey to the cloud.
• Develop a strategy for delivering efficient, scalable legal support across all of Atlassian’s commercial operations to support a growing and transforming business, working collaboratively with regional leaders to implement.
• Help lead projects that support our cloud and scaling transformation efforts – from initial brainstorming and engagement of partners, through building project roadmaps and execution, supporting change management, and finally measuring and communicating successes and business impact.
• Build a support model for managing our end-to-end commercial infrastructure resources (e.g., templates, guides, training) and lead cross-team efforts to maintain.
• Partner with our Legal Operations team on our use of automation and data analytics in the delivery of legal support for commercial operations.
• Lead the growing Transformation and Scale function within the Commercial & GBO Legal Team and manage a Commercial Team Program Manager and the portfolio of work to support our goal to scale and innovate new ways of working for our department.

Your background

• You are a broad-based and practical business attorney with substantial commercial experience and business acumen, focused on delivering business-oriented results.
• You are highly curious and excel in high-growth environments.
• You are a strong collaborator and communicator, and inspire change across teams.
• You have led teams and programs to deliver successful outcomes.
• You operate with a sense of urgency and are adept at managing competing priorities.
• You take ownership, roll up your sleeves, and get things done.
• You are forward-thinking and creative, and are not afraid to try new things.
• You are passionate about technology, and stay informed about what’s happening in the industry.
• You operate with the highest integrity.

On your first day, we’ll expect you to have:

• 10+ years of experience as a practicing attorney, with at least five years practicing as an in-house lawyer (preferably for a multinational, publicly-listed company).
• 3+ years of management experience with legal teams, either as direct manager or serving as peer leader for functional or project teams.
• In-depth knowledge of commercial and contract law based on working in a law firm and/or in-house on complex technology transactions for a software and/or cloud services provider; expertise in other legal fields like intellectual property, privacy and data protection law an additional benefit.
• JD from an accredited law school and be a member in good standing of at least one state Bar