Global Head of Commercial Legal, Dropbox
Senior Director
$200.3-338.7k
Salary dependent on location. + RSUs + Bonus Program
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$200.3-338.7k
Salary dependent on location. + RSUs + Bonus Program
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- If you're excited about protecting trust in the digital age, join our Legal team
- This role is for an experienced leader in the commercial legal space with a client-first mindset, and a passion for creativity, innovation and leveraging technology to run a world class commercial legal function in support of Dropbox’s business goals
- The ideal candidate is a people-first, results-driven leader who is passionate about supporting the business and who thrives in solving legal, technology and business issues; and is a team player who is effective in collaborating with others
- Minimum of 10+ years as a practicing commercial attorney, including substantive experience in drafting and negotiating highly complex commercial agreements, including SaaS, licensing, channel partnerships and reseller/distributor agreements
- Experience leading a globally distributed team at a SaaS company
- Excellent manager who drives performance while building trusted relationships and empowering team members
- Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear and simple guidance, and to partner effectively across all levels of the company
- Passion for client service and efficiency
- Familiarity with Ironclad and other legal systems and tools
- High integrity, strong ethics, and an unflappable demeanor
- J.D. with strong academic credentials and demonstrated record of success as a lawyer
- Member in good standing of bar and (if applicable) in-house counsel registration
What the job involves
- The Dropbox Legal, Policy, Trust & Privacy Team safeguards our company to enable innovation while protecting our users, platform, and business
- Our team navigates complex challenges at the intersection of technology and law, embracing agility to tackle the changing landscape while ensuring compliance and integrity
- From governance to risk, compliance to public policy, we combine creative problem-solving with legal expertise to help our employees and users work securely, drive responsible growth, and shape the future of policy around technology
- Areas of work include Governance, Risk, Compliance, Public Policy, Privacy, Intellectual Property, Commercial Contracts, Employment Law, and Regulatory Affairs
- We’re looking for a Global Head of Commercial Legal to lead Dropbox’s commercial legal team
- Reporting directly to the General Counsel, this leadership role offers an exciting opportunity to set commercial legal strategy for Dropbox and have direct, company-wide impact
- You’ll lead a team of attorneys and professionals responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial contracts with Dropbox customers, business partners, and vendors around the world
- Willing to act as both player and coach as needed, you'll be responsible for partnering with our sales, product, procurement, finance and other business teams to deliver efficient, scalable approaches to commercial matters
- Lead, mentor, and develop a global team of attorneys and legal analysts supporting Dropbox’s sales, product, procurement, finance, and other business teams
- Engage personally in complex deals and work collaboratively with various company teams to implement company initiatives
- Develop and collaboratively implement an innovative strategy to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering commercial legal support to Dropbox’s business
- Partner with our LegalOps team to increase process automation, legal technology, and other efficiencies
- Be an active and trusted legal leader to key stakeholders across the company
Our take
Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.
Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.
The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2014
$350m
SERIES C
Oct 2011
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $607.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
- Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
- Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
- Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
- Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
- We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
- No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them
- Start building a successful 401K retirement plan with our dollar for dollar contribution match, up to $1,500 per quarter to a maximum of $6,000 per calendar year
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Arash Ferdowsi
(CTO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
Drew Houston
(CEO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
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