Senior Corporate Counsel, Sitecore

• JD from an accredited US law school and active license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction
• Minimum 5 years of relevant legal experience in an in-house legal department
• Strong experience negotiating SaaS, cloud, software licensing, data protection, and technology agreements
• Proven ability to support Sales teams in a legal capacity, preferably at a software, SaaS, cloud, data, AI, martech, or enterprise technology company
• Demonstrated ability to advise on privacy and data protection issues in a commercial contracting environment
• Strong working knowledge of DPAs, BAAs, SCCs, GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, subprocessors, data transfers, and customer privacy negotiations
• Familiarity with AI-related legal issues, product data use, product telemetry, personalization, or emerging technology issues
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly and pragmatically to business stakeholders
• Ability to translate business needs into practical legal solutions and clear contract drafting
• Comfortable interacting with senior management and cross-functional teams
• Strong business judgment and ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
• Collaborative, flexible, and able to work across teams and geographies

Desirable

• As Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial and Data Protection, you will support Sitecore’s commercial legal needs across the Americas, with a focus on customer-facing SaaS, cloud, software licensing, and services agreements
• You will also advise on data protection, privacy, AI, and product-related legal issues that arise in the sales cycle and across Sitecore’s technology offerings
• This role requires a practical, business-minded attorney who can lead complex commercial negotiations, support privacy and data protection matters, and partner effectively with Sales, Deal Desk, Finance, Privacy, Security, Product, Customer Success, and Procurement
• The role is primarily a commercial contracting role, with meaningful responsibility for data protection and privacy terms, customer privacy escalations, and product and AI-related legal support
• You should be comfortable advising senior stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and helping the business close deals while protecting Sitecore’s legal, operational, and commercial position
• Draft, review, and negotiate customer-facing SaaS, cloud, software licensing, services, partner, and other commercial agreements
• Serve as a primary legal partner for the Americas Sales organization, providing practical legal guidance on commercial transactions, customer negotiations, approvals, and escalations
• Advise on contract structure, risk allocation, liability, indemnities, service levels, security terms, data protection terms, AI terms, and product commitments
• Negotiate Data Processing Agreements, Standard Contractual Clauses, privacy addenda, subprocessors provisions, data transfer terms, and related privacy and data protection provisions
• Provide first-line legal guidance on privacy and data protection questions from Sales, Customer Success, Product, Security, Procurement, and Finance
• Work closely with Sitecore’s Privacy and Security teams on customer privacy escalations, customer due diligence, data protection risk assessments, vendor privacy issues, and product privacy reviews
• Support Product, Engineering, Security, and Privacy teams on product updates, feature releases, AI-enabled functionality, integrations, beta programs, proofs of concept, and customer-facing product commitments
• Advise on legal issues connected to data usage, personalization, product telemetry, AI outputs, automated processing, customer disclosures, and emerging technology
• Maintain and evolve contract templates, playbooks, clause libraries, fallback positions, approval processes, and internal guidance
• Deliver internal training on commercial contracting, privacy, data protection, AI terms, and legal processes
• Collaborate with Finance, Privacy, Security, Product, Procurement, Compliance, and other teams on legal and business initiatives
• Support general corporate matters and special projects as needed