Senior Legal Associate

About Chargebee:

Chargebee is the leading Revenue Growth Management (RGM) platform for subscription businesses. Thousands of companies at every stage of development — from startups to enterprises — use Chargebee to unlock revenue growth, experiment with new offerings and monetization models, and maintain global compliance as they scale.

Chargebee counts businesses like Freshworks, Calendly, and Study.com amongst its global customer base and is proud to have been named a Leader in Subscription Management by G2 for five consecutive years, as well as a Great Place to Work in both the United States and India.

We are backed by some of the most respected investors in the world; Accel, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, and Sapphire Venture,  who believe in the magic of subscriptions and the world that they can create — from cars to coffee pods and everything in between. With headquarters in North Bethesda, MD, our 1000+ team members work remotely throughout the world, including in India, Europe and the US.
 

Job Summary:

Chargebee is looking for a temporary, fixed term Legal Associate who thrives in a high-volume, fast-paced, high-performing, and collaborative environment. The Legal Associate will work collaboratively with Legal, Finance, Operations, Sales, IT, and Customer Success to resolve contract-related issues. This position will assume important legal responsibilities handling a myriad of complex, non-cookie-cutter transactional deals involving the company’s expanding array of cloud-based services with major corporate clients. The ideal candidate is a highly self-motivated, business-minded attorney who can manage multiple projects and competing priorities comfortably, and brings extraordinary judgment and interpersonal skills to the role. 

This individual will be reporting to the Director of Commercial Business & Legal Affairs.
 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Conducting an in-depth review of contracts and related documents so that contractual terms and conditions comply with standard or approved business practices, corporate legal, finance and risk management requirements.
• Ensuring that contracts align with company policies, legal requirements, and industry regulations.
• Collaborating cross-functionally to clarify contract terms and resolve any issues.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial agreements, including customer agreements, vendor contracts, license agreements, and partnership agreements.
• Partnering internally to streamline agreement review and processing and providing regular detailed status reports to internal departments.
• Conducing risk assessments to evaluate the potential impact of contract terms and propose strategies for risk mitigation.
• Helping to maintain and update our standard agreements, agreement playbooks, and internal documentation & training materials on our contract process.

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of legal experience, with at least 2 years of relevant career experience with a SaaS company, ideally B2B.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and an active member in good standing of at least one state bar.
• Hands-on experience reviewing and negotiating a variety of contracts at a fast-paced technology (SaaS) company.
• Deep understanding of and experience handling matters related to data privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA/CPRA. 
• Ability to meet deadlines and work to SLAs, and to efficiently interact with various groups across the company.
• Availability to work and support end of quarter business requirements.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills, and demonstrated conflict management and change management skills required.
• Ability to be self-directed and work under minimal supervision.
   

Benefits:

Want to know what it means to work for a company that genuinely cares about you? Check out just a few of the benefits we give our employees:

• Uncapped Leave Policy
• Annual 2-week block leave
• 4% 401k Match
• Multiple medical plans designed to fit you and your family’s needs
   

We are Globally Local
With a diverse team across four continents, and customers in over 60 countries, you get to work closely with a global perspective right from your own neighborhood.
 
We value Curiosity
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Customer! Customer! Customer!
Everything we do is driven towards enabling our customers’ growth. This means no matter what you do, you will always be adding real value to a real business problem. It’s a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of fun.