Atlassian

Director, Commercial Legal - Enterprise Sales

Atlassian$190K — $299K *
US-AnywhereRemote in San Francisco, CA
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience negotiating SaaS contracts with enterprise customers.
  • Ability to manage data protection, cybersecurity, and revenue recognition issues in contracts.
  • Passion for understanding customers, products, culture, and business model.
  • Excellent business judgment and strong communication skills.
  • Strong presentation skills, particularly with internal leaders.
  • Willingness to take on new responsibilities.
  • Qualified to practice law in local jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

  • Negotiate enterprise cloud agreements for Atlassian's products and services.
  • Provide business-minded guidance on customer requests and contract issues.
  • Develop training materials to educate Sales teams on contract terms and legal issues.
  • Lead special projects to enhance Legal and Sales functions across the organization.
  • Drive complex, strategic customer deals in collaboration with Sales and cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources.
  • Paid volunteer days.
  • Engagement initiatives for local community involvement.
Full Job Description
Overview

We’re looking for an experienced commercial counsel to join our Commercial Legal team! This is a great opportunity to join a growing Commercial Legal team and support Atlassian’s most critical enterprise transformations. You will closely partner with our Sales team to get critical deals done with enterprise customers in the Central/West U.S., Canada, and LATAM. This is a great opportunity to join a growing Commercial Legal team and support key customer transactions for Atlassian.

Responsibilities In this role, you’ll get to:
  • Negotiate enterprise cloud agreements for Atlassian’s products and services. In doing so, you’ll partner with Sales and other Atlassians to drive customer deals to execution.

  • Provide pragmatic, business-minded guidance on customer requests and contract-related issues.

  • Develop support materials and provide trainings to educate our Sales teams on contract terms and other legal issues.

  • Lead special projects to scale the Legal and Sales functions, and bring a legal lens to other critical cross-functional projects across the quote-to-cash process.

  • Drive complex, strategic customer deals to execution by partnering with Sales and other Atlassians (including in our Privacy, Trust, Finance and Product teams).

More about you:

  • You take ownership, roll up your sleeves, and get things done, while managing risk.

  • You work collaboratively and develop positive relationships with business stakeholders to strengthen the connection between our team and the business - with a sense of humor and resiliency, under tight deadlines, and while managing multiple priorities.

  • You bring empathy and understanding to your conversations with customers, seeking to find a path forward that balances company risk and customer needs.

  • You effectively navigate a decentralized and complex organization spread around the globe.

  • You have a strong understanding of software, cloud services and generative AI, associated business models, and technology industry trends.

  • You think creatively beyond the legal box to generate possible solutions and options for the business, clearly articulating risk-based recommendations.

  • You effectively communicate with the business and customers to help them understand and follow the rules and parameters imposed by laws.

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Pay Ranges

In The United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $229,500 - $299,625

Zone B: $206,550 - $269,663

Zone C: $190,485 - $248,689

Qualifications

On your first day, we’ll expect you to have:

  • Extensive experience negotiating SaaS contracts with enterprise customers is a must.

  • Ability to handle data protection, cybersecurity and revenue recognition issues in connection with commercial contracts.

  • Passion for understanding our customers, products, culture, and business model.

  • Excellent business judgment, strong communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly with a variety of teams.

  • Strong presentation skills, especially with internal business leaders.

  • Willingness to handle new areas of responsibility.

  • Qualified to practice law in your local jurisdiction.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

Atlassian is a leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. With over 194,000 customers worldwide, including 85 of the Fortune 100, Atlassian is changing the way teams work. Our products help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian has a unique business model that allows us to deliver software to teams of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Our products are available on a subscription basis, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Atlassian
Size
6,433 employees
Market Cap
$31.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.1 billion
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+34.9%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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