Corporate Counsel, Commercial Legal

Sorry, this job was removed at 07:32 p.m. (UTC) on Monday, Jun 02, 2025
3 Locations
In-Office or Remote
167K-230K Annually
Cloud • Software
If you’re ready to build your future — and the future of technology — then you’re in the right place.
The Role

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Global Affairs

Job Details

About Salesforce

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

The Corporate Counsel will play key roles in supporting Salesforce’s AMER Sales organization, structuring commercial transactions and drafting and negotiating commercial agreements primarily for direct deals. The individual thrives under pressure and will be high-performing, results focused, and collaborative. Strategic and critical thinking and the ability to deliver under tight timelines while working closely with a wide array of cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment are critical to success in each role. Kindness and a sense of humor are key to excelling as a member of this team.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Strategic Leadership & Teamwork: Lead on deals, collaborating with cross-functional team members across the business (revenue recognition, sales operations, and pricing) to support processes for contracting and order processing.

  • Commercial Contracting Expertise  – Lead, negotiate, and close customer contracts with all industries and sectors other than Public Sector.

  • Lead & Deliver at Speed: Provide rapid, business-savvy legal advice while effectively managing legal risk and ensuring compliance across private sector transactions.

  • Contract Execution Under Pressure: Review, negotiate, draft, and drive fast turnaround times on high-value agreements, including, cloud, SaaS agreements, professional services agreements, NDAs, and data processing addenda and AI transactions.

  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with sales, privacy, and security teams to ensure smooth and efficient deal execution, and that agreements are consistent with internal corporate policies and processes.

  • Process Efficiency & Innovation: Identify and implement legal process improvements to support rapid deal closure. Assist in developing training materials and provide training to the business on relevant legal topics and best practices.

  • Have Fun While Doing It: Work hard, adapt quickly, and bring a positive, solutions-driven approach to complicated situations. Look after yourself, your colleagues, and the company’s interests.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

  • LL.B. or J.D. from an accredited law school/university; licensed to practice law in United States. 

  • Minimum 5 years of legal experience, with strong focus on commercial contracting for Counsel role.

  • Proven negotiation and drafting skills, particularly in technology transactions, including SaaS, cloud, AI, and professional services. 

  • Excellent verbal and written English language communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external partners.

  • Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage timelines in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, and demanding industry.

  • Team-oriented and collaborative approach.

  • Proven track record of developing and maintaining strong working relationships with demanding internal clients.

  • Familiar with and interested in technical concepts (Web applications, cloud computing, digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence).

  • Highly adaptable and service focused demeanor. Ability to handle pressure and provide thoughtful recommendations.

  • A can-do attitude—proactive, autonomous, resilient, adaptable, eager to continually learn and develop professionally, and a team-first approach.

Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

Accommodations

If you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.

Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

For Colorado-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $167,300 to $230,000.For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $167,300 to $230,000.

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

Salesforce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is positioned as above-market in the U.S., with multiple peer-reported benchmarks converging around a similar median total compensation figure. Compensation is also framed as broadly viewed as fair in aggregate, even while acknowledging variation by role and group.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is described as notably generous for U.S. caregivers, with additional supports like gradual return-to-work and doula reimbursement. Family-building programs are also emphasized through fertility/adoption/surrogacy support with sizeable reimbursement limits.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Mental-health and coaching offerings are highlighted as accessible supports alongside financial-wellbeing tools. Volunteer Time Off and donation matching are presented as distinctive lifestyle-aligned benefits that add value beyond cash compensation.

Salesforce Insights

Similar Jobs

NTT Ltd. Logo NTT Ltd.

Corporate Counsel

Cloud • Information Technology • Other • Security • Software
Remote
USA
18921 Employees
180K-227K Annually

Air Space Intelligence Logo Air Space Intelligence

Growth Lead (Energy)

Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Logistics • Machine Learning • Software • Transportation • Defense
Remote
US
150 Employees

SentiLink Logo SentiLink

Head of Retail Energy GTM

Fintech • Information Technology • Software
Remote
United States
170 Employees
250K-280K Annually

SentiLink Logo SentiLink

Head of Crypto GTM

Fintech • Information Technology • Software
Remote
United States
170 Employees
250K-280K Annually
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
72,000 Employees

What We Do

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where Humans with agents drive customer success together. Through Agentforce, our groundbreaking suite of customizable agents and tools, Salesforce brings autonomous AI agents, unified data from any source, and best-in-class Customer 360 apps together on one integrated platform to help companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Salesforce is democratizing AI agents for businesses of every size and industry so every company can embrace a workforce without limits. Our low code, open, and secure platform helps companies build and customize Salesforce fast so they can safely scale AI-powered work to every customer and employee experience and transform their business. Salesforce is proud to be the market leader, but we’re even more proud to lead in philanthropy, innovation and culture. Guided by core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability, Salesforce is more than a business — we’re a platform for change.

Why Work With Us

There’s no typical day in the life of a Salesforce employee. You could be transforming our next AI innovation — or transforming your community. Closing deals — or closing your laptop for a day of Volunteer Time Off. Driving change for our customers — or driving change within one of our high-performing teams.

Gallery

Gallery

Similar Companies Hiring

Hanover Park Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
New York, New York
42 Employees
Kepler  Thumbnail
Fintech • Software
New York, New York
6 Employees
Onshore Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
New York, New York
60 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account