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Senior Legal Counsel
Location
United States
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Legal Counsel
MRI Software
• Structure, redline, negotiate, and close a broad range of commercial agreements, including license agreements, SaaS agreements, partnership contracts, and strategic alliances, ensuring favorable terms while balancing business objectives and legal risk. • Own end-to-end legal support for strategic transactions, serving as a primary legal contact for high-value agreements with customers, vendors, and partners. • Assess legal and commercial risk in complex transactions and provide timely, business-focused advice with clear recommendations, practical alternatives to blockers, and methods to accelerate contract velocity. • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Sales, Finance, Product, Privacy, Security, Partnership, and Procurement, to solve problems, build partnerships, and achieve business goals. • Develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, and supporting documentation to increase team efficiency and scalability. • Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to commercial contracting and translate them into actionable guidance. • Support dispute resolution. • Handle other business needs as they arise.
Job Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar admission (in good standing) in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 3-6 years of experience in commercial contract negotiation
- Proven track record of independently leading and closing strategic agreements with enterprise customers, vendors, and partners
- Deep expertise in technology contract terms including licensing models, indemnification, limitation of liability, IP ownership, data protection and privacy provisions
- Experience developing and implementing contract playbooks, templates, and negotiation guidelines at scale
- Strong business judgment with the ability to balance legal risk against commercial objectives and deliver practical, actionable advice
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to business stakeholders
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Management experience preferred.
Benefits
- Join our employee-led resource groups to maximize your experience at work.
- Add 16 extra hours to your time off to shorten your workday as part of our Flex at MRI program.
- Utilize 16 hours of paid time to volunteer.
- Know great workers? Our generous employee referral scheme rewards you for bringing in talent.
- Enjoy peace of mind with our regional-specific healthcare benefits for you and your family.
- Big on family? So are we! Our Parental Leave and parental support perks allow you to grow your family comfortably as an MRI employee.
- Maintain a fantastic work-life balance with PTO days plus observed holidays.
- Further your professional development and growth with our tuition reimbursement offerings.
- Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world for two weeks out of the year.
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