Legal Commercial Director, Mozilla
$229-391k
Salary varies with location
Internet software for people, not profit
Job no longer available
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$229-391k
Salary varies with location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. degree and membership in a state bar with good standing
- 10+ years relevant experience, including being in-house at a technology company focused on revenue-generating B2B commercial contracts
- Demonstrated ability to manage, coach, and support the professional development of a team
- Demonstrated effectiveness in scaling tech enterprise/B2B-focused legal teams
- Proven track record of building deep, trust-based relationships across cross-functional teams
- Ability to be thoughtful in approach without losing focus on operational efficiency and execution
- Ability to communicate clearly and cross-functionally at all levels of the organization to support business-led decisions
What the job involves
- Lead Mozilla’s Commercial Legal team across the full spectrum of Mozilla’s commercial contracts, including strategic search, distribution, and product partnerships, B2B agreements, inbound and outbound licensing agreements, Innovation Team programs, and procurement agreements
- Develop playbooks, templates, and standard processes, in particular with respect to B2B agreements
- Handle complex negotiations, both directly and through coaching other members of the Commercial Legal team, working collaboratively to strike a balance between risk mitigation and deal velocity
- Operationalize and make effective use of tools, and explore, define, and manage metrics to measure and report on team performance
- Actively build strong, cross-functional relationships across Mozilla, including with Business Development and Sales, to drive alignment between the business and Commercial Legal with respect to strategy, priority, and risk mitigation
- Collaborate closely with all colleagues on the Legal & Policy team on the interplay between our commercial contracts and policy, competition, privacy, product, M&A, and employment matters
- Be a mentor and role model, supporting the learning and professional development of all members of the Legal team as one of its senior leaders
Our take
Mozilla develops a range of free and open-source software, with its most familiar product being Firefox. Operated with a mission-driven, not0for-profit ethos, Mozilla champions online privacy, open standards and user-choice.
Beyond Firefox, Mozilla has focused on privacy forward offerings such as Mozilla VPN, which allows users to browse securely without being tracked. The company has also streamlined its product portfolio to concentrate on initiatives that align closely with its core mission, ensuring resources are dedicated to improving user experiences while fostering safer, more open digital environments.
Alongside this, its impact extends into the developer and tech community, having played a pivotal role in the creation of Rust, a systems programming language celebrated for its speed and efficiency. With a loyal user base, ongoing innovation, and a clear commitment to privacy and open-source principles, Mozilla remains an influential player in the technology landscape.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2018
$1.2m
GRANT
Jan 2005
$0.3m
ANGEL
Total funding: $3.5m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Mozilla covers medical, dental and vision plan premiums at 100% for U.S. and Canadian employees. Our offerings give you the options you need to manage your health — and your family’s — the way you want.
- Mental health: Mental health is as important as our physical health. That’s why Mozilla’s health benefits include therapy and coaching sessions to make sure our people have access to the care they need.
- Time away: With all of life’s demands, time away from work to disconnect and recharge is essential. In addition to country-specific holidays (12 in the U.S. and Canada), vacation and sick time start accruing right away (specifics vary by country). Everyone also takes a pause together on quarterly all-company wellness days, plus you get to celebrate the most personal holiday of all: your birthday.
- Parental leave: While Mozilla’s parental leave policies vary globally, our U.S. and Canadian-based employees can look forward to 26 weeks of paid leave for childbearing parents and 12 weeks of paid leave for non-childbearing parents.
- Financial: Mozilla is a private company, so our compensation isn’t tied to stock options or equity plans. Instead, we offer generous, performance-based bonus plans to all regular employees to underscore that we share in our success as one team. As for retirement savings for US and Canadian employees, Mozilla contributes a percentage of your eligible base salary each year to the 401(k) Plan/RRSP (regardless of whether you contribute or not), with 100% vesting.
- Learning and development: We’re big believers in learning by doing, and we also want to invest in your education and development beyond your role. Every employee is eligible for an annual professional development budget. Mozillians can put it toward technical or management training, certifications, conferences and more.
- Help when you need it: Life is full of surprises; that’s why it’s important to be prepared. Mozilla provides Life/AD&D and Short and Long Term Disability insurance (offerings may vary by locale) to ensure that you and your family will have a safety net in place should you ever need it.
- Plus a bit more: A few other benefits include a quarterly wellbeing stipend (to use on those things just for you), an employee referral bonus, internet reimbursement if you’re remote, and a budget for office essentials to make working remotely ergonomically comfortable.
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Chambers
(CEO)Alongside serving as the CEO at Mozilla, Laura is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Previously, she was the CEO and PResident at Willow Innovation, Director at Patelco Credit Union, and General Manager of Core Hosts & Community at Airbnb.
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