About Ping Identity:
At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.
Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.
While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.
We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.
Ping Identity is seeking a seasoned VP, Global Head of Commercial Transactions to lead our global commercial legal function. This role will oversee a team responsible for negotiating complex technology and commercial agreements with customers and partners, driving deal strategy, and teaming cross-functionally to enable efficient, scalable business growth. The ideal candidate is an experienced technology transactions attorney who combines strong business acumen, strategic judgment, and leadership skills with a deep understanding of enterprise software and SaaS technology, implementing tools and processes to scale efficiently and managing hybrid teams while rolling up their sleeves to handle the most strategic or complex agreements for the company.
You will:
- Lead the Commercial Transactions Function: Oversee a team of seasoned attorneys and contract professionals supporting global sales, partnerships, and commercial activities.
- Manage Complex Deal Negotiations: Serve as the lead negotiator for high-value, strategic, and complex customer and partner transactions, including SaaS subscriptions, software licenses, professional services, and strategic alliances establishing deep trust-based relationships with C-level and senior executives internally and externally.
- Operationalize Contracting: Drive continuous improvement in contract processes, templates, playbooks, and deal enablement utilizing metrics to measure productivity to accelerate the sales cycle while managing legal risk.
- Partner Across the Business and Within the Legal Function: Collaborate closely with Sales, Finance, Customer Experience and Security, as well as within Legal – the Product, Privacy, Regulatory and AI (“PPRA”), and Legal Operations teams to align legal advice with business objectives and ensure compliant, customer-focused outcomes.
- Support Strategic Initiatives: Provide commercial legal support for key company initiatives, including alliances, channel, system integrators, and reseller programs, and new market entries.
- Develop Talent: Mentor, coach, and develop a hybrid, global team members to ensure strong legal expertise, business partnership, and operational excellence across the function.
- Risk Management & Governance: In partnership with the PPRA team, advise on global risk allocation, regulatory implications, and contracting strategy to protect Ping Identity’s interests and support long-term growth.
You have:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school (or equivalent international qualification) and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 20+ years of legal experience with a focus on complex commercial and technology transactions, including, as a plus, significant in-house experience at a company with both on prem and SaaS offerings and/or Cybersecurity company.
- Deep understanding of cloud/SaaS contracting, software to SaaS agreements, data protection, AI regulatory frameworks and enterprise sales environments.
- Proven ability to develop, mentor and lead cross culture, global hybrid teams, influence senior stakeholders, and operate effectively in a fast-paced, demanding global business.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and drafting skills with strong attention to detail and business pragmatism.
- Experience using and implementing GenAI tools at scale and training legal team members on how these tools can help inflect productivity, contract management tools, playbooks, and/or scalable contracting frameworks.
- Collaborative, low-ego, “one team,” and solutions-oriented mindset consistent with Ping’s culture and values.
Location:
- Remote with ability to travel occasionally, including to Denver.
Salary Range: $227,000 - $315,000 + bonus
In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Life at Ping:
We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.
Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:
- A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
- Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
- Regular company and team bonding events.
- Competitive benefits and perks.
- Global volunteering and community initiatives
Our Benefits:
- Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
- Parental Leave
- Progressive Healthcare Options
- Retirement Programs
- Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
- Commuter Offset (Specific locations)
Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- Juris Doctor from an accredited U.S. law school or equivalent international qualification
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 20+ years of legal experience focused on complex commercial and technology transactions
- Deep understanding of cloud and SaaS contracting, software-to-SaaS agreements, data protection, AI regulatory frameworks, and enterprise sales environments
- Experience developing, mentoring, and leading cross-cultural global hybrid teams
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and drafting skills with strong attention to detail and business pragmatism
- Experience using and implementing generative AI tools at scale and training legal team members on their use
- Experience with contract management tools, playbooks, or scalable contracting frameworks
- Significant in-house experience at a company with on-premises and SaaS offerings and/or a cybersecurity company
Ping Identity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ping Identity and has not been reviewed or approved by Ping Identity.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is considered generous, with an unlimited PTO policy highlighted in company communications and reflected in practice across roles. Several sources also reference positive norms around taking vacation rather than a policy in name only.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is broad, including medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA options, life and disability insurance, mental‑health support, and an EAP. Wellness extras like a monthly fitness reimbursement further strengthen the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is framed as generous for U.S. employees, with extended paid time for birth parents commonly referenced. ERGs such as Working Families and other groups reinforce a family‑supportive environment.
Ping Identity Insights
What We Do
At Ping Identity, we make it possible to trust every digital moment across customers, employees, partners, and non-human identities. Whether you're securing millions of users, fighting fraud, simplifying third-party access, or going passwordless, establishing trust shouldn’t slow you down. Our enterprise-grade identity platform is built for scale, speed, and flexibility and works seamlessly with your existing cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. We help you confidently embrace AI and automation with Runtime Identity, so you can continuously verify the identity, context, and intent of every AI agent and control their actions in real time. With Ping, all digital experiences start with trust. Learn more at pingidentity.com.
Why Work With Us
Identians are what make Ping an extraordinary place to work. They create our award-winning products and they’re the reason for our unique customer following.
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