Senior Commercial Counsel, Udacity
Talent transformation platform for upskilling in tech
Posted today
Talent transformation platform for upskilling in tech
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To equip professionals and organizations to excel in some of the world’s most exciting disciplines by creating the next level of job-ready digital talent.
Role
Who you are
- 7-10+ years of legal experience in-house at a technology company or law firm
- Fully Qualified Lawyer or licensed to practice law in a US jurisdiction
- Prior experience negotiating and drafting a wide variety of commercial technology agreements with Global 1000 companies
- An understanding of basic GAAP principles, especially those that related to revenue recognition
- Prior experience with vendor and procurement support, including drafting and compiling RFx responses and related materials
- Strong EQ, verbal advocacy, and presentation skills
- Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively and "own" a business function or region
- Previous experience working with international offices and flexibility in working with other time zones and across global offices
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, high growth, challenging and ever changing environment
- The ability to work flexibly across time zones, as well as occasional travel
- An understanding of the "Ed Tech" space, online subscription services, and online payments is a plus
- CIPP/E certification and experience with GDPR/Data Privacy/Information Security is a plus
What the job involves
- Udacity is seeking an exceptional Senior Commercial Counsel to join our Legal team
- As Senior Commercial Counsel you will be providing commercial contracting support for a wide variety of commercial legal matters internationally, including EMEA, Asia and the Americas
- Ou will be reporting directly to the Global Head of Commercial Legal
- The role will include supporting commercial activity both with clients and with key technology vendors, in each case ensuring Udacity complies with applicable laws and regulations whilst enabling revenue generation and business growth
- Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, such as SaaS, professional services, strategic partnership, channel partner, confidentiality, and vendor agreements
- Develop a variety of standard documents, including playbooks, guidelines, checklists, policies, term sheets, and templates
- Partner with Udacity’s internal business teams in building out guidelines, policies and processes for scalable, consistent, and compliant operations around the world
- Partner with Accenture counterparts to ensure strategic alignment across the broader company ecosystem
- Produce training materials and deliver on-going live and online training to key stakeholders
- Review and respond to customer or partner inquiries and assist with other legal department projects as needed
Our take
Udacity is connecting education to jobs by providing students with skills to advance careers. Its revenue-driving 'Nanodegree' programs provide credentials to individuals earned through a series of online courses and projects from self-driving cars to digital marketing.
By partnering with leading technology companies to learn how technology is transforming industries, Udacity can teach the critical tech skills that companies are looking for in their workforce. With their powerful and flexible digital education platform, even the busiest learners can prepare themselves to take on the most in-demand tech roles.
The company sets itself apart from other online open course providers like Udemy, Goodwill or edX by focusing on industry-specific skills identified by tech companies themselves. In 2023, it launched the Udacity Management Platform for organizations, with capabilities including highlighting urgent learning tasks and displaying usage data, to further enhance its utility.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
30% female employees
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2015
$105m
SERIES D
Sep 2014
$35m
SERIES C
Total funding: $160m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, and vision benefits (no-premium)
- 401K
- FSA
- Monthly wellness stipend (gym memberships, work-out gear, etc.)
- Reimbursements for conferences, classes, and seminars
- Flexible work hours
- Unlimited vacation
- Paid parental leave
Company values
- Students First - The student and their needs are at the center of everything we do in order to upskill as efficiently as possible
- Better Together - We are highly collaborative as a team and are committed to a diverse, inclusive workplace free of judgment, bias or discrimination
- Entrepreneurial - We act with a high sense of urgency and eliminate unnecessary rules, process and bureaucracy to promote innovation
- Data Driven - We are intellectually curious. We dig deep. We always ask why. We make hard decisions in the face of ambiguity, are unafraid to fail fast, and move forward
- Candid & Direct - We share direct and constructive feedback and consider all important perspectives before committing to a decision
- Talent Obsessed - We strive to increase talent density continuously and reward exceptional performance. So, we promote based on what we do, not how long we’re in a role
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Sebastian Thrun
(Chairman)Previously a professor of computer science at Stanford University. This experience encouraged him to found Udacity before he founded flying-car company Kitty Hawk of which he is currently CEO.
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