Kong Inc.
Overview
Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial at Kong Inc., based in San Francisco, CA. This role is an early member of Kong’s commercial legal team, supporting Kong’s strategic sales growth in the Americas. You will draft, structure and negotiate customer contracts with major brands in financial services, technology, e-commerce and other industries. You will assess legal and business risks, provide advice on a broad range of issues including privacy, security, open-source software and intellectual property, and assist with other issues as they come up. You will report to Kong’s Sr. Director, Head of Global Commercial Legal. Base pay
$200,000.00/yr - $235,000.00/yr Responsibilities
Lead complex SaaS and on-premises commercial negotiations Serve as a trusted advisor to Kong’s Americas sales team Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of other commercial agreements Help ensure compliance with laws and regulations impacting our SaaS and on-premises offerings, including intellectual property, privacy, security and government contracting Partner with Finance, Revenue Operations and Customer Assurance to support the end-to-end contract close process Advise internal teams on legal matters and provide general commercial legal advice What You’ll Bring
Law degree, and member in good standing of the California state bar, or eligible to be a registered in-house counsel in California Minimum 7 years of experience practicing law both in private practice and in-house, preferably with late-stage private and/or early-stage public technology companies Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex SaaS and software contracts with large, sophisticated customers Collaborative, and willing to build something together as a team Great judgment, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others Working knowledge of intellectual property, data governance and information security/privacy matters High professional and personal standards, and a commitment to inclusiveness Attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectives Location
San Francisco, CA About Kong
Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally—from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises—unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @thekonginc. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Legal Industries
Software Development
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Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial at Kong Inc., based in San Francisco, CA. This role is an early member of Kong’s commercial legal team, supporting Kong’s strategic sales growth in the Americas. You will draft, structure and negotiate customer contracts with major brands in financial services, technology, e-commerce and other industries. You will assess legal and business risks, provide advice on a broad range of issues including privacy, security, open-source software and intellectual property, and assist with other issues as they come up. You will report to Kong’s Sr. Director, Head of Global Commercial Legal. Base pay
$200,000.00/yr - $235,000.00/yr Responsibilities
Lead complex SaaS and on-premises commercial negotiations Serve as a trusted advisor to Kong’s Americas sales team Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of other commercial agreements Help ensure compliance with laws and regulations impacting our SaaS and on-premises offerings, including intellectual property, privacy, security and government contracting Partner with Finance, Revenue Operations and Customer Assurance to support the end-to-end contract close process Advise internal teams on legal matters and provide general commercial legal advice What You’ll Bring
Law degree, and member in good standing of the California state bar, or eligible to be a registered in-house counsel in California Minimum 7 years of experience practicing law both in private practice and in-house, preferably with late-stage private and/or early-stage public technology companies Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex SaaS and software contracts with large, sophisticated customers Collaborative, and willing to build something together as a team Great judgment, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others Working knowledge of intellectual property, data governance and information security/privacy matters High professional and personal standards, and a commitment to inclusiveness Attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectives Location
San Francisco, CA About Kong
Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally—from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises—unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @thekonginc. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Legal Industries
Software Development
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