Commercial Counsel

Who we are:

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and AI data management. We're leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data.

We are building a global team passionate about innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for:

BigID named one of Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026 - ranked #15 overall and #1 in Security

BigID named Hot Company in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Global InfoSec Awards

Citizens JMP Cyber 66 List of Hottest Privately Held Cybersecurity Companies

CRN 100 list named BigID as one of the 20 Coolest Identity Access Management and Data Protection Companies (3 years running)

DUNS 100 Best Tech Companies to Work for

Top 3 Big Data and AI Vendors to Watch' in the 2023 BigDATAwire Readers and Editors Choice Awards

2024 Inc. 5000 list for the 4th consecutive year!

Shortlisted for the 2024 AI Awards in the category of Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity

At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

Who we seek:

We’re looking for a Commercial Counsel to join our tight-knit legal team. Our ideal candidate is someone who has hands-on global enterprise software transaction experience and is able to drive an efficient negotiation process that all sides feel is fair and balanced. Someone with commercial and complex, high-touch tech transaction experience, coming from in-house at a high-tech growth company, or at a law firm, ideally a combination of both.

What you’ll do:

Draft, negotiate, and advise cross-functional teams on various commercial agreements, including software/ SAAS licenses, NDAs, evaluation agreements, ecosystem partnership agreements, DPAs, and vendor contracts.

Provide thoughtful and practical product, business, and legal counseling on various legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to product features, commercial transactions, and general operations.

Manage and resolve complicated issues related to commercial deals, and drive alignment with various cross-functional teams.

Be ready to own the entire contracting cycle--from initial draft to execution--and collaborate with business, privacy and product teams to drive contract negotiations to timely and successful completion.

Help build, streamline, and operationalize the company’s contracting process to help us scale as a Legal team and as a company.

Support HR, Marketing, Product Development, and other internal constituencies as needed in contracts, research, deal structuring, and risk counseling.

Get tagged in by the GC where needed as a utility player/problem solver.

This is an “everyone does everything” team, where we learn from each other.

What you’ll bring:

6+ years of experience, transactional expertise, but intellectual curiosity and desire to expand areas of knowledge and participation as the business might require

J.D., with strong academic credentials and membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach.

Highly organized, reliable, detail-oriented, and diligent.

Ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously, to set appropriate priorities with clients, and to deliver results efficiently.

Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, pragmatic, business-oriented advice, with a dedication to superior customer service.

Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the job.

A passion to get deals done with ownership, urgency, and optimism

Bonus Points:

Experience in, or good instincts and desire to learn/participate in, other operational areas such as labor/HR, equity management, IP, Board matters, pre-litigation dispute resolution and investigations, policy creation, entity management,

Experience and knowledge of Privacy Laws, AI, and Data Security concepts

Foreign language skills (especially Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, French)

Government contracts experience

Technical savvy

Experience in "zero leverage" sell-side negotiation with large enterprise-class customers

Our Values:

We look for people who embody our values - Care, Do, Try Shine.

Care - We care about our customers and each other

Do - We do what it takes to make a positive impact

Try - We try our best and we don’t give up

Shine - We shine and make it our mission to always stand out

The annual base salary range is $150,000-$185,000. Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary …