Legal Commercial Director, Mozilla
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
Job no longer available
Designs, builds, and distributes internet software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make sure that the internet remains accessible, open, and transparent to everyone.
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 creates and manages a range of free-to-use software products. Their most well-known product is Firefox, the fourth most popular internet browser in the world. Mozilla is a not-for-profit with a focus on promoting online privacy. The company has a published manifesto outlining its commitment to keeping a balance between commercial profit and public benefit.
The companies other products include Bugzilla, a bug management platform, and Pocket, an award-winning digital content filing service. In direct odds with Google, Mozilla has recently launched a new product Mozilla VPN. The VPN or virtual private network enables users to browse the internet without being tracked. Companies such as Google rely on tracking user behavior online to target them with advertising.
Mozilla was also instrumental in creating the programming language Rust, which is admired for its brevity. Rust uses roughly half the amount of code as C++ to produce the same results.
Freddie
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, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance + Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement Plan contributions
- 20 Paid Time Off days per year (prorated) + your birthday
- Company Holidays + Shutdown
- Wellness budget
- Reimbursement for professional development (up to $3,000/year)
- Industry-leading paid parental leave (up to 26 weeks of fully paid leave for childbearing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-childbearing parents)
- Flexible work environment (nearly half of Mozillians work remotely)
- A work setup including the latest hardware and software of your choice
Company values
- We welcome differences
- We are relationship-minded
- We practice responsible participation
- We have grit
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Mitchell Baker
(CEO & Chairwoman)Mitchell worked as a lawyer and at Netscape Communications before co-founding Mozilla in 2003. They have served as Chairwoman of Mozilla Foundation since then, and CEO as of April 2020.
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