Legal Director, Legal Transactions

Five9 is looking to add a world-class commercial attorney to join its legal and compliance team. 

Location

Location: San Ramon, CA, Dallas, TX or East Coast preferred; hybrid or remote work will be considered for the right candidate. If hybrid, 3 days a week (M, W, TH) in office is required based on location

Key Responsibilities

The attorney will own the execution of day-to-day sales and commercial legal process activity. This role will partner closely the sales team, as well as reseller-, finance-, sales-operations-, account management and other teams to execute on company business objectives and drive legal departmental initiatives.
The ideal candidate is an individual who thrives in a sales environment, has excellent written and verbal skills and a proven ability to work collaboratively in a team setting. Strong interpersonal skills are also key to success in the role, as is the ability to work under strict timelines.

The attorney will leverage their experience negotiating and drafting complex sales transactions, including SaaS (or Contact Center as a Service) agreements with a variety of customers and partners including financial companies, healthcare providers, retail companies and insurance companies of different scale and sizes (SMB and Enterprise). This role will counsel work across team members within Legal and Compliance, as well as with business partners on matters involving telecommunications, service level agreements, artificial intelligence, and data privacy frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA and HIPPA. The ideal candidate will also have a proven record negotiating a high volume of transactions per quarter and can equally manage legal requests from multiple internal clients. This attorney will also have the opportunity to negotiate a variety of other commercial agreements including vendor, reseller and distribution partner agreements. The candidate will assist in the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, create playbooks and clauses for inclusion in the company’s CLM tool.

Requirements

• JD plus 10-15 years combined law firm and in-house legal department experience with at least 6 years of experience in drafting and negotiating complex agreements in a high-pressure tech sales environment
• Substantial experience negotiating SaaS agreements, Data Protection Agreements, Business Associate Agreements, vendor/supplier contracts, and reseller agreements for technology companies
• Familiarity working across the globe, to support multiple time zones and cultures
• Experience with telecommunications law, artificial intelligence and data privacy frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA and HIPPA, is strongly preferred
• A passion for developing strong, collaborative working relationships with Legal and Compliance teammates and peers
• Strong working knowledge of business processes for Cloud business capabilities like go-to-market, customer experiences, finance processes, and operational efficiencies
• Dedication to and compassion for the customer experience is a must
• Self-motivated, energetic, excellent interpersonal, organizational, conflict-resolution skills
• Gravitas and the proven ability to develop collaborative working relationships with a strong team of sales and other company business units
• Demonstrated experience working efficiently with attention to responsiveness
• A self-starter who possesses a strong work ethic
• High degree of flexibility, independence, initiative, and detail orientation
• Ability to present complex ideas in easy-to-understand language
• Highly organized and able to handle multiple activities and manage high volumes simultaneously
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and continuously changing environment