Corporate Counsel
Posted 2025-08-23
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Who we are</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust - an abstract idea - to work. That's digital trust for the real world.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job summary</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As Corporate Counsel, you will report directly to another attorney on the AMS legal team and be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating complicated technology, distribution, licensing, and other commercial agreements, providing legal support to the Sales team, and supporting the product, engineering and marketing teams in connection with product development and product-led initiatives. Some travel, domestic and international, may be required.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will do</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Draft and negotiate technology agreements, including software as a service (SaaS) agreements and software license agreements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with partnership teams to negotiate and document partner/distribution relationships</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Negotiate ancillary agreements, such as NDAs, privacy agreements, and security agreements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Review and revise various form agreements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with internal business partners and other members of the legal team on the review of DigiCert products, services and initiatives to assess legal compliance, negotiate related legal agreements and provide practical advice</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support and build positive relationships with various business partners including sales, marketing, product, engineering, security and support and advise those business units on legal issues they may face through product development and the sale and marketing of DigiCert products.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure contractual compliance with industry standards and technical product requirements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support, build positive relationships with, and provide authoritative legal guidance to internal business teams</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work collaboratively to identify and implement process improvements and support updates to internal playbooks and templates</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Manage and meet internal SLAs, and help juggle priorities in a fast-moving environment</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Own specific legal projects and develop subject matter expertise regarding legal issues faced by the customer contracts team and internal business partners</span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will have</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Juris Doctor (JD) degree or similar</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Licensed to practice (and in good standing) in at least one state in the United States</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of relevant post-law school experience</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with contract negotiation, interpretation, and administration</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellent business acumen, well-developed problem-solving abilities, and high emotional intelligence</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong work ethic, a “hands on” mentality, accountability, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving business environment while juggling and prioritizing multiple projects at the same time</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Adaptable, flexible, and comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Desire to take on greater responsibility as experience is gained and skills are further developed</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Keen diplomatic instincts and customer service mentality</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ability to work independently, employ good judgment, act with integrity, take ownership, and seek advice when necessary</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This role may require up to 10% travel</span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Nice to have</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience at a top regional, national, or international law firm</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience working in-house for a tech company</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge or experience in data security and privacy</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge of or experience with digital certificate industry</span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Benefits</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DigiCert offers a competitive benefits package for all of our full-time employees. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#LI-KK1</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust - an abstract idea - to work. That's digital trust for the real world.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job summary</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As Corporate Counsel, you will report directly to another attorney on the AMS legal team and be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating complicated technology, distribution, licensing, and other commercial agreements, providing legal support to the Sales team, and supporting the product, engineering and marketing teams in connection with product development and product-led initiatives. Some travel, domestic and international, may be required.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will do</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Draft and negotiate technology agreements, including software as a service (SaaS) agreements and software license agreements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work with partnership teams to negotiate and document partner/distribution relationships</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Negotiate ancillary agreements, such as NDAs, privacy agreements, and security agreements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Review and revise various form agreements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with internal business partners and other members of the legal team on the review of DigiCert products, services and initiatives to assess legal compliance, negotiate related legal agreements and provide practical advice</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support and build positive relationships with various business partners including sales, marketing, product, engineering, security and support and advise those business units on legal issues they may face through product development and the sale and marketing of DigiCert products.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure contractual compliance with industry standards and technical product requirements</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support, build positive relationships with, and provide authoritative legal guidance to internal business teams</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work collaboratively to identify and implement process improvements and support updates to internal playbooks and templates</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Manage and meet internal SLAs, and help juggle priorities in a fast-moving environment</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Own specific legal projects and develop subject matter expertise regarding legal issues faced by the customer contracts team and internal business partners</span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will have</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Juris Doctor (JD) degree or similar</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Licensed to practice (and in good standing) in at least one state in the United States</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of relevant post-law school experience</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with contract negotiation, interpretation, and administration</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellent business acumen, well-developed problem-solving abilities, and high emotional intelligence</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong work ethic, a “hands on” mentality, accountability, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving business environment while juggling and prioritizing multiple projects at the same time</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Adaptable, flexible, and comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Desire to take on greater responsibility as experience is gained and skills are further developed</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Keen diplomatic instincts and customer service mentality</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ability to work independently, employ good judgment, act with integrity, take ownership, and seek advice when necessary</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This role may require up to 10% travel</span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Nice to have</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience at a top regional, national, or international law firm</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience working in-house for a tech company</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge or experience in data security and privacy</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge of or experience with digital certificate industry</span></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Benefits</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DigiCert offers a competitive benefits package for all of our full-time employees. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#LI-KK1</span></p>