Corporate Counsel 2 - Commercial

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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Cloud • Machine Learning • Software • Database • Analytics
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The Role
Provide legal support for commercial SaaS sales: draft, negotiate, and close complex agreements; advise senior leaders; manage risk and compliance; train teams; improve contracting processes (including AI/automation); support regulated and generative AI-related deals.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

We are looking for a creative and pragmatic problem solver to serve on our world-class Commercial Legal team, reporting to the Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, APJ. This role is based in our Sydney or Melbourne office with an in-person requirement of at least 3 days per week.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely and partner with Sales teams on SaaS transactions that drive company revenue.

• Structure, negotiate, and close complex sales transactional agreements.

• Provide sound advice and guidance on legal and business-related issues to senior business leaders.

• Manage risk and ensure business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreements.

• Work well in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.

• Respond promptly to the demands of an active technology sales team and their management.

• Develop and deliver training on legal issues and contract processes.

• Support continuous improvements of forms, policies and processes to help streamline, simplify and automate our contracting processes (including through the use of AI tools).

• Keep abreast of the rapidly evolving legal landscape affecting our expanding portfolio of service features.

A successful candidate will be able to forge strong relationships with Snowflake customers, as well as internal clients and cross-functional groups within Snowflake, including sales, professional services, alliances, finance, and deal desk. The right candidate will be flexible, fun, hard-working and have the desire to be impactful, as a key driver to Snowflake’s continued growth and success.

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 6 years of legal experience including in-house experience with a successful, high-growth enterprise SaaS company.

• Law degree from a reputable university and current Australian practising certificate (or eligibility to hold one)

• Outstanding analytical, drafting, negotiation, collaboration, written and communication skills.

• Strong background with SaaS-centric issues (e.g., revenue recognition, tax, security, data privacy, intellectual property), professional services and various go-to-market programs.

• Exceptional and pragmatic organizational, project management, problem-solving and prioritization skills.

• Flexibility and eagerness to work hard in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines (especially at quarter end).

• The ability to think and execute both strategically and tactically.

• Highly effective interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of people at all levels inside and outside the organization.

• Service-oriented, responsive, professional and strong integrity.

• Experience working with highly regulated cloud customers (e.g., FinServ, healthcare, etc.) and/or experience supporting the sale of generative AI offerings (and negotiation of associated terms), is a plus.

• Experience in public sector contracting at state and/or federal level is a plus.

• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions and AI-enabled tools is a plus.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

Skills Required

  • At least 6 years of legal experience including in-house experience with a high-growth enterprise SaaS company
  • Law degree from a reputable university
  • Current Australian practising certificate or eligibility to hold one
  • Outstanding analytical, drafting, negotiation, collaboration, written and communication skills
  • Strong background with SaaS-centric issues (revenue recognition, tax, security, data privacy, intellectual property)
  • Exceptional organizational, project management, problem-solving and prioritization skills
  • Ability to work in Sydney or Melbourne with at least 3 days per week in-person
  • Experience working with highly regulated cloud customers (e.g., financial services, healthcare) and/or supporting sale of generative AI offerings
  • Experience in public sector contracting at state and/or federal level
  • Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions and AI-enabled tools

Snowflake Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Snowflake and has not been reviewed or approved by Snowflake.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity grants (RSUs) and an ESPP are central to total compensation and are described as highly valuable. Feedback suggests many see equity as a major satisfaction driver with meaningful upside potential.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is considered competitive and accompanied by clear communication on salary, equity, and advancement. Feedback suggests pay practices emphasize fairness and transparency.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, adoption assistance, and family planning resources are notably comprehensive. Feedback suggests these programs materially support major life events.

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The Company
HQ: Bozeman, MT
9,023 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Snowflake powers the end-to-end data lifecycle – from ingesting and processing data to analyzing and modeling it, to building and sharing data and AI applications – helping engineers, analysts, and leaders innovate faster and achieve more with their data. We're on a mission to empower every enterprise to achieve its full potential through data and AI.

Why Work With Us

Snowflake is where data does more, and so do you. More innovating, more growing, and more collaborating. Here, you’ll find the sweet spot between building big and moving fast, in technology and your career.

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