Senior Legal Counsel- Commercial Transactions
Freshworks is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to lead commercial transactions across Sales, Partner, and Vendor engagements in North America. This role involves managing complex agreements and developing scalable legal frameworks to support the company's growth. Reporting to the VP of Commercial Legal Affairs, the position is based at Freshworks' San Mateo, CA headquarters.
Key responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of agreements such as cloud (SaaS), channel, reseller, referral, managed services, marketplace, data protection, and professional services contracts. The role also involves advising Freshworks' Partner, Channels, and Strategic Alliances teams on legal risks, business strategies, and structuring. Additionally, the Senior Legal Counsel will maintain and enhance commercial contract templates, playbooks, and standard contracting clauses to streamline Deal Desk processes, and work closely with Sales, Finance, Deals Desk, and Professional Services to expedite transactions and ensure compliance.
Candidates should have over 8 years of experience as a transactional attorney, preferably with a multinational SaaS company. Expertise in partner and channel agreements, SaaS agreements, customer agreements, professional services, vendor agreements, business associate, and data processing agreements is essential. Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills are required, along with the ability to work across multiple time zones and cultures with remote and global teams. A Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school and a license to practice law in California are mandatory.
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $230,000 to $285,000 USD. The role is also eligible for variable compensation, including bonus and equity options. Freshworks offers a comprehensive benefits package, including dental, medical, vision, disability, and life insurances, as well as flexible PTO, flexible spending, commuter benefits, wellness benefits, and adoption and parental leave benefits.
Freshworks fosters an inclusive environment that enables employees to find their true potential, purpose, and passion. The company is committed to providing equal opportunity and believes that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of employees, communities, and the business.