Legal Counsel, Commercial

Figma Figma · Enterprise · Canada +1 · Legal

This role is for a Legal Counsel focused on commercial and technology matters, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements with customers and partners. It involves advising on legal risks, designing legal policies, and supporting go-to-market contracting strategy. While AI is mentioned as a technology Figma uses, the legal counsel role itself is not directly involved in building or developing AI.

What you'd actually do

  1. Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with a wide array of customers, working closely with our sales team and relevant stakeholders
  2. Support our partnership team in signing on strategic partners
  3. Collaborate to design, implement, and improve Figma’s legal policies and procedures to manage legal and business risk
  4. Help drive legal and go-to-market contracting strategy, including advising the business on legal risks

Skills

Required

  • J.D. and license to practice law in at least one state
  • At least 4+ years relevant experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial and technology agreements (e.g., enterprise sales agreements, data processing agreements, SaaS agreements, etc) and partnership agreements (e.g., service partner agreements, reseller agreements, referral agreements, etc.)
  • Collaborative approach, with strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner with others
  • Strong work ethic and comfort operating in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment, with a willingness to tackle projects both large and small
  • Understanding of privacy issues in commercial transactions

Nice to have

  • Experience using and advising on artificial intelligence

What the JD emphasized

  • strong experience advising on commercial and technology matters
  • At least 4+ years relevant experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial and technology agreements
  • Understanding of privacy issues in commercial transactions