Commercial Counsel

Location San Francisco, California Employment Type Full time Department Legal About Us: Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today’s world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money. In-person collaboration is essential to Notions culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays. About The Role: As our Commercial Counsel, you will support our cross-functional partner teams and our growing sales team in the Americas. We are looking for a team member who is excited about our passionate user base and is interested in joining a dedicated cross-functional team that engages with our customers, community, and vendors. What You\ll Achieve: Have responsibility for providing practical day-to-day commercial legal support to the Notion Sales team in the Americas, including negotiation of customer subscription agreements. Employ a business-centric mindset to independently identify creative solutions Support procurement and requesting business teams on negotiation of vendor agreements Work with various global partner teams on a wide range of special projects that require legal support Skills You\ll Need to Bring: Admitted to the California Bar or eligible for Registered In-House Counsel eligible 3+ years of combined experience practicing as a commercial attorney within a law firm or software technology company, including 1+ years in-house commercial legal experience at a software technology company Ability to confidently and independently manage and negotiate SaaS agreements with a wide variety of customers Strong understanding of cloud services and general SaaS business practices, and a willingness to dive into Notion\s product offerings, operational processes, and security and privacy practices and policies in order to build a strong foundation for providing support across all relevant lines of business Resilience, resourcefulness, the ability to directly interact and build meaningful relationships and trust with internal and external clients and leaders, and the ability to make recommendations and decisions with imperfect facts Experience negotiating with technology and professional services vendors Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills Demonstrated interest in artificial intelligence solutions in a work setting. Bonus Points: Certified Information Privacy Professional or equivalent Experience supporting channel and reseller partnerships Familiarity using Notion We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you. Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $185,000 - $215,000. By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy. Notion Global Recruiting Privacy Policy. #LI-Onsite J-18808-Ljbffr