Commercial Counsel

Wiz Wiz · Enterprise · United States · Remote · Legal

Commercial Counsel at Wiz, a cloud security company, focusing on contracts and data privacy. The role supports revenue teams, drafts and negotiates agreements, and ensures compliance with company policies. Requires 6+ years of in-house experience and knowledge of data privacy.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be a legal business partner to Wiz’s revenue teams summarizing and communicating legal concepts and risks in a way that is meaningful for business teams
  2. Take ownership of the drafting, review, negotiation, and management of a wide range of legal agreements. Advise your fellow Wizards on contract interpretation and negotiation to accelerate contract velocity
  3. Seek to understand the context of the positions of Wiz’s customers and the requests from Wiz’s internal clients, and strive to solve problems and address issues from their perspective
  4. Triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with internal clients and delivering results efficiently
  5. Support the continuous improvement of agreement templates and legal processes, and work within CPQ and CLM platforms and associated practices and procedures
  6. Manage agreements that comply with company policies and risk tolerance

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of in-house experience
  • Knowledge of data privacy
  • experienced handling and dealing with data privacy related questions when negotiating Data Processing Agreements
  • Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in at least one U.S. state
  • demonstrated record of success as a lawyer
  • Strong “business-friendly” style
  • Ability to structure, draft and negotiate a high volume and broad range of contracts, including SAAS contracts, professional services agreement, partner agreements and NDAs
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • ability to advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach
  • Ability to work independently on a remote basis and as a member of a team

Nice to have

  • technology company experience is preferred
  • Experience with Salesforce, Slack, DocuSign, and contract lifecycle management systems

What the JD emphasized

  • data privacy-focused
  • required
  • data privacy