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We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Counsel to join our legal team. This role requires comprehensive experience negotiating technology transactions with a strong background in privacy and data protection. You are a proficient negotiator but enjoy delving into other aspects of the business. You will work cross functionally with various business units, including sales, security, product, and engineering teams.
How You'll make an Impact
- Lead and manage complex commercial transactions, including B2B SaaS and other commercial agreements (Master Services, Data Processing, Professional Services, Reseller, NDA) with Wrike’s customers and vendors, direct and channel partnerships and strategic transactions.
- Provide legal support for Wrike business partners (Sales, Marketing, Security, HR, Engineering, and Product teams) to further their business objectives. Possess a keen understanding of global commercial negotiation practices and provide sound business judgment and risk analysis.
- Experience advising on data privacy, data protection and the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space (experience at a B2B SaaS company preferred).
- Assist in improving Wrike’s privacy compliance program to ensure compliance with US, European, and other international privacy laws.
- Oversee process for receiving and responding to data subjects’ requests to exercise their rights under privacy laws.
- Enhance templates, playbooks, forms, policies, and processes to simplify and expedite deals and product/service terms.
- Provide strategic, creative and practical legal advice and continuously build a trusted relationship with business partners.
- Drive constant cross functional improvement, scalability, and operational excellence in contract negotiations, contract management and continued implementation of a privacy program.
You will achieve your best if you have
- 6+ years of relevant legal experience with prior in-house experience at a SaaS company preferred.
- Strong knowledge of US (CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA), European (GDPR), and international privacy and data protection laws that pertain to Wrike’s business.
- Expertise in commercial technology transactions, including B2B SaaS, direct, channel partnerships, and strategic transactions.
- Strong understanding of the enterprise SaaS space, experience working with international sales teams, and global commercial negotiation practices.
- Ability to understand product development at a technology company in conjunction with data protection regulations, including assisting in the creation of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and similar risk assessments to identify potential privacy and security risks associated with commercial activities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Strong drafting skills with high attention to detail.
- Proactive in driving enhancements of templates, forms, policies, and processes.
- Committed to continuous improvement, scalability, and operational excellence.
You will stand out with
- CIPP/E, CIPP/US, or other relevant privacy certifications
- Prior experience with a fast growing, private technology company
Perks of working at Wrike
When you join our team, you join over 1,000 Wrikers all on a journey to do the best work of their lives. The 20,000+ businesses worldwide who chose us as their collaborative work management platform know we lead by example.
- Medical, Dental, and Employer-Paid Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance, Employer- Paid ST and LT Disability
- 401K with employer match, FSA/HSA Benefits, and Legal Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 11 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 20 Days of PTO
- 16 Hours of Volunteer Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave: 18 weeks for birth mothers, 4 weeks for non-birth parents
- Get connected with one of our many WERC groups! (Wrike Employee Resource Community)
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