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Senior / Commercial Counsel

Est. $130,000 - $257,000 / year
Posted Apr 11
Full Time
On Site
Palo Alto, California

The TripActions Legal team is growing! We are looking for a brilliant, motivated, collaborative Senior / Commercial Counsel to partner with and support customer sales. This is a great career-building opportunity for someone with a passion for TripActions’ technology who can thrive in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. 

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Draft and negotiate complex commercial contracts (sales and services agreements, data processing agreements, and ancillary documents) with strategic/enterprise and mid-market customers
  • Lead customer-facing legal negotiations in partnership with the Field Sales team
  • Develop and contribute to templates, forms, and playbooks to streamline legal-sales collaboration, and support legal enablement of the Field Sales and Renewals teams
  • Take on additional Product & Commercial matters as needed, including supply & channel partnerships, feature licensing, and inbound license agreements
  • Contribute positively to the culture of the TripActions legal team and the company as a whole

 

What We’re Looking For:

  • Qualified lawyer in your practice jurisdiction
  • At least 5 years of experience as a practicing attorney, though more is welcome. We are looking for significant experience negotiating customer agreements, preferably at a B2B SaaS/technology company 
  • Familiarity with GDPR and the privacy issues arising in cross-border SaaS licensing strongly preferred
  • Excellent communication skills are absolutely essential; you should be comfortable, confident, friendly, and be able to explain complicated issues at the right level of detail
  • Strong client service orientation, with high emotional intelligence and the ability to perform well under pressure 

COVID-19 Vaccine Policy - US ONLY

To support the health and safety of our teams and work spaces, we require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to have received an approved accommodation based on medical condition or sincerely held religious belief or practice. Please let us know if you’d like to discuss the policy or available accommodations before proceeding with our recruitment process.

About TripActions

TripActions is the only all-in-one travel, corporate card, and expense solution, providing 8,800+ customers around the globe unprecedented visibility and control over spend. Trusted by finance teams and travelers alike, TripActions leverages real-time data to help companies keep traveling employees safe, reduce spend, and drive productivity.

TripActions’ investors include such visionaries as Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Ventures, Greenoaks, Zeev Ventures, and entrepreneurs Lee Fixel, Adam Bain, and Elad Gil. In October 2021, TripActions announced its Series F funding of $275M at an upround post-money valuation of $7.25B to help accelerate future growth plans. In February 2022, the TripActions Group announced its acquisition of Berlin-based travel management company, Comtravo, which was closely followed by the addition of leading Scandinavian travel agency Resia AB, the group’s third acquisition in nine months, following the acquisition of Reed & Mackay in May of 2021.

At TripActions, we’re never satisfied with the status quo, and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation. All voices are valued here and you’ll have the resources, tools, and training you’ll need to do the best work of your life.

Our Benefits

We realize benefits are important as they support keeping you at your best at all times. Our benefits are here for you if you get sick or hurt, help you save for now and later, encourage you to take time off work and travel, and provide perks specific to being a TripActions employee both in and out of the office.

Equal Opportunity

TripActions is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the bases of race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We prohibit any such discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring.

Accommodations

TripActions complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law. TripActions will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability in connection with applications for employment as required by law.

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