Corporate/Commercial Counsel

About the Company

Sycomp is a global IT services and logistics provider with extensive expertise in cloud, data center, endpoint management and security solutions. Sycomp’s diverse team of consultants and engineers deliver on the company’s mission to tackle challenging global IT projects through its state-of-the-art integration and warehouse centers and global technology partnerships. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, Sycomp has successfully shipped, deployed and managed complex IT projects and supporting assets in more than 150 countries helping its Fortune 500 customers and global partners realize a world without boundaries.

Job Description

This Corporate/Commercial Counsel will join a small legal team and focus on commercial contracts. As a part of this team, you will be the main point of contact for all contract matters from internal business units, vendors, and third parties. You will gain valuable experience with a recognized global tech leader working on international commercial contracts with Fortune 100 companies as clients/customers/partners. You will also provide support for key business initiatives and transactional process improvements reporting to directly to the General Counsel.

This is a hands-on role in which you will interact daily with customers, vendors, partners, senior executives and other internal clients across multiple organizations including Sales, Finance, and Logistics.

Duties include but are not limited to:

· Structure, review and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements including but not limited to NDAs, MSAs, vendor contracts, reseller agreements, licensing agreements, and contracts involving complex and evolving issues

· Demonstrate a high level of attention to detail in reviewing, drafting and managing commercial contracts

· Manage risk and ensure business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreement(s).

· Opportunity to contribute to privacy and corporate compliance initiatives

· Respond promptly to the demands of an active sales and logistics team on a global scale

· Act as the point of contact for all internal business unit questions regarding contracts

· Ad hoc corporate legal projects as assigned

Required Skills and Qualifications:

· Juris Doctorate or equivalent from an accredited major law school and licensed to practice in the United States – California preferred

· 5-7+ years of commercial contract experience in an attorney capacity with some in house commercial licensing experience preferred

· Demeanor to thrive in a fast-paced sales focused environment, requiring exceptional organizational skills, juggling priorities, and adhering to strict deadlines

· Must have commercial experience in the hardware, software, VAR or similar industry

· Experience with contract management software solutions is a plus

· Strong attention to detail

· Significant experience relating to tax, import/export, privacy, security, HIPAA, GDPR, and/or intellectual property rights etc. is a plus

· International licensing/commercial contracts experience is a plus

· Excellent verbal, written, and social communication skills

· Familiarity and experience with AI based contract review platforms

· Has intellectual curiosity and a desire for continuous learning

· Able to deal with ambiguity and develop creative and pragmatic solutions for complex and evolving issues in a rapidly changing environment

· Demonstrates consistently good judgment and impeccable integrity

Sycomp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Sycomp will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities as needed. If you need assistance or an accommodation in applying, please contact our Human Resources Department at hr@sycomp.com.

Pay: $160,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote