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It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!
At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.
Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.
Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.
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Make Your Mark:
The Commercial Counsel EMEA will serve on the Contracts Services team and will work in a cross-functional environment to successfully negotiate and manage assigned business contracts including but not limited to SaaS Master Subscription Agreements, Order Forms, SOWs, Partnership Agreements, NDAs and other contractual documents as necessary for the licensing of BlackLine's products and services.
You'll Get To:
The Role:
- Broad responsibility for commercial legal support across EMEA, with particular focus on the UK, France, Germany and Spain.
- Draft, redline and revise BlackLine or third party agreements related to the licensing of BlackLine's hosted services (license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, data processing agreements, channel partner agreements).
- Review, redline and assist the Procurement in the negotiation of vendor agreements.
- Partner with Sales Ops and Finance to support the contract negotiation and close process.
- Advise internal stakeholders on commercial legal matters.
- Provide training and enablement to the Sales organization.
What You'll Bring:
Job Qualifications:
- Ability to work independently while also being a strong collaborator.
- Natural presence, authority and diplomatic skills to effectively advocate the organization's interests internally and externally.
- Keen business sense, with the ability to find creative business-oriented solutions to legal issues, balancing legal risks against business interests.
- Creative thinker with a process-oriented working style, delivering high energy and enthusiasm.
- Outstanding negotiation skills in addition to a deep understanding of SaaS agreements and processes.
- Highly detail-orientated and results-driven paired with a keen sense of client focus.
- Outstanding communication (verbal/written) skills, both at an interpersonal level and with broader audiences.
- Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines in a fast-paced environment, prioritize workflow and adjust to frequent workload fluctuations.
- Ability to identify, establish and maintain productive partnerships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally.
- Ability to navigate easily in a cross-cultural environment.
Requirements:
- Law degree from accredited law school in Europe or the United States.
- Fluency (including ability to negotiate and draft) in English & French. Additional language capabilities in German or Spanish a strong plus.
- Significant commercial experience in a customer facing capacity.
- A least five years of experience negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements in the software industry as a member of the legal department at a multi-national company (ideally US-headquartered).
- Strong working knowledge of data privacy regulations as applied to the SaaS industry.
- The Role will be based in one of BlackLine's offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt or Bucharest.
Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:
- A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
- A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
- A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.
BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.
BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.