Senior Corporate Counsel

8x8 connects our customers and teams globally, empowering CX leaders with performance and insights to make smarter decisions, delight customers, and drive lasting business impact.

Job Summary:

The Senior Counsel - Commercial is a remote US position or, for local candidates based at our Campbell, CA headquarters.  The Senior Counsel will be working closely with our US and internationally-based executive teams, business stakeholders, and colleagues on our global legal team. You will play a key role in negotiating important contracts, from high-volume no-negotiation forms to complex, bespoke agreements with multinational companies. You will be a member of the Global Commercial Legal team and your focus will be on structuring and negotiating commercial agreements, primarily focused on sales and partnerships, but spanning the entire gamut of commercial agreements, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, and supporting strategic business initiatives in the cloud communications and contact center industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a range of commercial contracts with customers, partners, suppliers, and agents.

• Proactively identify and advise on legal risks, escalating those as necessary to stakeholders.

• Be a business partner to your non-legal colleagues to help achieve business goals with legally sound strategies.

• Collaborate with your colleagues in the Global Commercial Legal team and with US and global stakeholders.

AI & Legal Technology:

8x8’s Legal team is committed to leveraging artificial intelligence and legal technology to enhance efficiency, quality, and speed. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic about adopting and championing AI tools, such as AI-assisted research, contract analysis, document review, and workflow automation, and will actively contribute to the team’s culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.

• Active membership in good standing with at least one US state bar.

• Minimum of 7 years of practicing experience with at least 3 years' commercial contracts experience.

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in commercial or corporate law with a top-tier law firm.

• Demonstrated experience in structuring and negotiating B2B SaaS agreements, from high-volume no-negotiation forms to complex, bespoke agreements with multinational companies.

• Excellent analytical, written, and oral communication and relationship-building skills.

• A commercial and pragmatic attitude and the ability to communicate effectively.

• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a client-centric, fluid environment handling multiple tasks and projects concurrently while maintaining the highest standards and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications (skills or knowledge that would be desirable, but not essential):

• Experience in the technology or cloud communications industry.

• Familiarity with intellectual property and data protection laws.

• Experience with reseller, distribution, and other indirect sales relationships.

• Familiarity with government contract frameworks.

• Experience with SaaS company RFP/RFI responses.

• Familiarity with revenue recognition principles.

• Experience working for a US-based multinational company with a strong global presence.

The compensation range reflects the Company’s good faith belief at the time of posting. 8x8 has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role; the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate’s primary work location. Further, individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience, knowledge, success, education and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including discretionary merit increases, bonus and/or stock. Certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales variable compensation incentives based on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role.

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