Legal Counsel

About the role

Join Zapier, a fully remote company, as a Legal Counsel. In this role, you will provide practical and clear legal advice on a variety of commercial and compliance matters, including vendor and sales contracts, data privacy, and employment law. You will lead efforts to incorporate technology into legal operations and practice, and collaborate with various teams across the company. This position offers a great opportunity for professional growth and development in a fast-paced, technology-forward environment. Key missions: Lead response to legal tickets from teams across Zapier, including from sales, procurement, and HR teams, and escalate to subject matter experts to resolve, as needed.. Partner with the procurement team and stakeholder teams across Zapier to draft, review, and negotiate inbound SaaS, service, and consultant/contractor agreements of all types.. Collaborate with Zapier’s commercial counsel on providing effective and efficient legal support to close sales deals. Profile: - You have exceptional drafting and negotiation skills. You are experienced at drafting and negotiating a range of inbound and outbound commercial contracts, including technology/cloud agreements, SaaS service agreements, contractor/consulting agreements, events-related agreements, and other business agreements - You think of yourself as a builder in legal practice. You increase the efficiency of your legal practice by using technology such as Zapier for automating legal processes, CLM products, and AI tools. You love exploring and implementing new ways to improve in-house legal processes for a small but growing legal team - You are a regulatory expert, with strong business judgment. You have a knack for analyzing and assessing laws, regulations, and policies across multiple jurisdictions to extract the most relevant provisions for the business. You are comfortable with assessing risk and proposing solutions that balance risk with business goals - You're a skilled communicator. You can take legalese and make it easy to read for a diverse workforce spanning the globe. Zapier is a 100% remote team and writing is our primary means of communication - You love new challenges. You have experience with, and an enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity for new legal issues. You are a creative thinker who is comfortable with change and ambiguity, and excited to learn areas of the law that may be new to you - You’re solid at time management. You are successful at working independently and have a proven track record of prioritizing and managing multiple matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly engaged environment. You also recognize when to ask for help or escalate issues - You are self-aware and have a high EQ. You have a positive attitude with a solution-oriented mindset. You work effectively across teams and have strong listening and interpersonal skills - 4-8 years of legal experience across commercial, operational, or general corporate matters - Admitted to practice and in good standing with one or more state bars in the US - Juris Doctor degree - Combined law firm and in-house experience at a SaaS/technology company preferred, but not required