Head of Commercial Legal - Palo Alto, CA, United States - Duda

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Duda is the leading website builder for web professionals, marketing agencies, and vertical SaaS platforms that serve small businesses. Duda has partnered with some of the World's biggest tech and media players, including GoDaddy, TripAdvisor, Appfolio, ZenBusiness, Thryv, and many more. Over 1 million sites have been created on the Duda platform by over 20,000 agencies and SaaS companies across the globe. To date, Duda has raised $100 million in funding from investors, including Susquehanna Growth Equity, Pitango VC, Claridge Israel, and Zeev Ventures. To support Duda's rapid growth, we're looking for a proven and collaborative Head of Commercial Legal and Privacy to act as our in-house Legal hire. Reporting to our CFO, the ideal candidate will be a business-savvy lawyer with experience scaling legal operations for a SaaS technology company. This person should be adept at moving seamlessly between deep-in-the-weeds daily Legal activities such as reviewing enterprise-level MSAs to strategic discussions with products on our general approach to product data privacy issues and designing company policies around contract lifecycle management. They should be a strong communicator familiar with helping to run legal matters for fast-growing global organizations with significant hubs in countries like Israel, Canada, and the US. What You Will Do

• Act as Duda's primary point of contact for all commercial legal matters, driving both our strategic and day-to-day commercial legal strategy on a global scale
• Structure, draft, and negotiate a broad range of inbound supplier agreements, including software and SaaS, professional services and outsourcing, IT infrastructure, and marketing services
• Own Duda's contract lifecycle management programs, providing strategic advice on the design, implementation, and evolution of these areas and associated agreements in partnership with our GTM teams and Finance
• Collaborate with Product, Sales, Business Development & Partnerships, and Finance to ensure customer agreements and terms of service reflect our latest product offerings while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements
• Develop education and training materials for our GTM teams on relevant topics such as key contract issues and fallback terms, data privacy, and legal compliance within sales and contracting processes
• Directs the planning, development, implementation and oversight of compliance and privacy controls that help to ensure the company's ability to comply with local and global regulatory requirements. Creates enterprise-wide regulatory strategies and programs that maximize revenues and minimize risk to the company alongside our DPO advisor.

What You Will Bring

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and admission to at least one active bar
• 6+ years of combined experience practicing as a technology transaction or commercial attorney with both a law firm and a technology company
• Deep subject matter expertise in commercial transactions, SaaS, and enterprise B2B transactions
• Knowledge of or desire to learn more about product and privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and the ability to integrate and adapt to evolving requirements within customer-facing agreements
• A process-oriented approach with experience scaling all aspects of commercial legal operations (people, policies & processes, and platforms/tools) and the ability to build these areas from the ground up
• Experience working for a global organization with strong interpersonal skills to connect with colleagues across the organization
• The ability to communicate (verbal and written) throughout the organization, from individuals and departments, leads to C-Suite
• Experience across other Legal areas such as employment, corporate, and transactions a plus

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package, including base salary, variable compensation, performance bonuses and equity. We ensure equal pay for equal work and value diversity and inclusion. While compensation offers will ultimately be based on the candidate's skills and experiences, the range you can expect for this position is $200,000 to $240,000. Please note: Our employees value the connection, collaboration, and creativity sparked by working together in person. However, we also recognize and appreciate the freedom, flexibility, and focused work that comes with remote flexibility. This is why a hybrid schedule is a perfect balance of both. Our Louisville office has a hybrid work schedule (3 days in the office, two days remote). Want to learn more about Duda? Check us out here#J-18808-Ljbffr