Senior Counsel, Commercial Contracts

New York, New York
Anaplan

Anaplan is a market-leading, cloud-native, enterprise SaaS company, transforming how enterprises across industries see, plan, and drive business performance. Powered by our proprietary Polaris Calculation Engine and Hyperblock technology, our platform lets customers model “what-if” scenarios, contextualize current performance in real time, and forecast future outcomes for faster, more confident decisions. In June 2022, the company announced the completion of its take-private acquisition by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm.

Join Anaplan’s Global Legal team to be part of one of the fastest growing cloud vendors and making your mark on the industry. You have the opportunity to work with a team of professionals and your career growth based on performance and success. Colleagues at Anaplan are inspired to bring new, innovative ideas to market, should be able to challenge the status quo and be able to sell the value add of Anaplan’s products and solutions to customers.

Your Impact

We have an excellent opportunity to join Anaplan as Senior Counsel, Commercial Contracts. The successful candidate will manage and provide legal support generally to the Americas Region. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated significant experience and background in commercial negotiations with an emphasis on complex technology transactions, particularly SaaS agreements.

• Support Anaplan’s sales growth in AMER by being an individual contributor in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of agreements with a primary focus on cloud services and SaaS, partner agreements, professional services agreements, and other technology agreements
• Provide commercial and general legal advice to the business, including advising internal stakeholders in connection with company processes and procedures
• Manage the review and negotiation of contracts with vendors and suppliers
• Supporting the legal team in improving efficiency in its processes and ensure alignment with best practices globally
• Keep abreast of the latest legal and regulatory developments relating to cloud-based software solutions, data privacy and knowledge sharing with team members
• Regularly contribute to and refine Anaplan’s templates, playbooks, and guidance documents
• Drive collaboration with various stakeholders in the region and around the globe, ensuring that legal matters are effectively and efficiently managed

Your Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant working experience
• Law Degree from an accredited law school, preferably with appropriate postgraduate legal qualifications
• Licensed to practice law in the US
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and contract drafting skills
• Fluent English (written and spoken) is essential
• Excellent substantive knowledge of intellectual property laws
• Knowledge of competition law in a technology context would be advantageous
• Consistent good judgment and ability to apply legal knowledge to help create practical business solutions
• Ability to work under pressure with diligence, organization, and minimal supervision, and provide practical advice to clients.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with Sales teams while maintaining the Legal control function and ability to negotiate legal terms directly with large, multi-national customers and prospects
• Ability to manage a complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively anticipating issues
• Demonstrated experience and skills in managing a volume of large and strategic agreements and a suite of agreement templates through collaboration instruments
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to changes and deadlines
• A self-starter who operates well in a dynamic environment that places an excellent premium on integrity, excellence, implementation, and teamwork
• Experience in negotiating SaaS agreements with Financial Institutions and the Public Sector a must; FedRAMP experience would be an advantage
• A certain amount of travel (both domestic and international) is required for this role