Location: Remote – USA (East Coast)
About AlphaSense:
The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content. Our platform is trusted by over 4,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500.
Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with over 1,500 people across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, and Singapore. Come Join Us!
About the Team:
This role can either be based in our New York, New York headquarters or remote in the USA, with a preference for the east coast. The Corporate Counsel of Commercial Contracts is primarily responsible for independently drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, with a heavy emphasis on revenue-generating contracts with our customers. The Corporate Counsel will partner with all levels and functions of the business, including Sales, Marketing, Information Security, Product, and Content, among others, to help AlphaSense achieve its high-growth goals. This role is essential to our growth and will have an immediate impact in our dynamic, fast-paced culture.
About the Role:
This role can either be based in our New York, New York headquarters or remote in the USA, with a preference for the east coast. The Corporate Counsel of Commercial Contracts is primarily responsible for independently drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, with a heavy emphasis on revenue-generating contracts with our customers. The Corporate Counsel will partner with all levels and functions of the business, including Sales, Marketing, Information Security, Product, and
Content, among others, to help AlphaSense achieve its high-growth goals. This role is essential to our growth and will have an immediate impact in our dynamic, fast-paced culture.
Who You Are:
- J.D. from a top law school and admitted to practice law in at least one jurisdiction;
- 2+ years’ experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial software and technology subscription agreements in-house or with a nationally recognized law firm;
- Ability to manage a high volume of commercial contracts including Master Services Agreements, Services Agreements, SOWs, Service Level Agreements, Orders Forms, NDAs; etc.;
- Superior business acumen with an unrivaled commitment and deep-seated need to provide responsive client service to our teams and get things done; approaches responsibilities with a business friendly and pragmatic mindset while maintaining a commensurate balance of legal risk;
- Energetic, authentic, and friendly with a great sense of humor; capable of displaying strong negotiation skills and the ability to support difficult positions in a firm and patient manner;
- Effective communicator with the ability to interact with both internal and external professionals of all types and backgrounds;
- Proficient with contracts management software; and
- Experience with information security, data privacy, intellectual property, and/or financial services a plus.
What You’ll Do:
- You will take ownership of drafting, reviewing, and reviewing the company’s commercial contracts and provide general transactional support cross the organization with a heavy emphasis on sales;
- Help create and enhance playbooks to establish company parameters to scale the legal function as the company grows;
- Establish the proper processes and procedures to ensure commercial contracts are always provided prompt attention;
- Provide legal and strategic business advice to ensure agreements are consistent with playbooks, internal policies, and processes;
- Remain informed of the shifting legal landscape relating to applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact commercial agreements.
Base Compensation Range*: $120,000 - $132,000
Additional Components: You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.
*For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function, level and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination. In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.
