Senior Commercial Counsel

DataDog
Singapore
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Negotiation","Communication","Stakeholder management","Mentoring","Problem solving"]

Senior Commercial Counsel at Datadog will lead complex negotiations for Indian and Southeast Asia customers and partners, advise internal teams on contract risk vs business objectives, and help shape contracting and compliance approaches across APJ markets from a Singapore base. You’ll partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Procurement, and Privacy while mentoring others and working in a hybrid Singapore office focused on SaaS, privacy, security, and AI aspects.

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DataDog
3 months ago

Senior Commercial Counsel

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Job Summary

Senior Commercial Counsel at Datadog will lead complex negotiations for Indian and Southeast Asia customers and partners, advise internal teams on contract risk vs business objectives, and help shape contracting and compliance approaches across APJ markets from a Singapore base. You’ll partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Procurement, and Privacy while mentoring others and working in a hybrid Singapore office focused on SaaS, privacy, security, and AI aspects.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Negotiate and close a variety of commercial agreements and ancillary documents to support customer sales and partner engagements across India and South East Asia.
  • •Lead negotiations with Indian customers across all regions, as well as South East Asia customers, including from regulated sectors like BFSI.
  • •Deliver practical and decisive legal guidance to internal business teams, exercising sound judgment on risk trade-offs and escalation decisions, functioning as a trusted advisor who translates business needs into contractual commitments and actionable legal advice.
  • •Coach sales team members on negotiation strategies for Indian and SEA customers, including delivery of regular internal training sessions and office hours.
  • •Support the ongoing improvement of contract templates, playbooks, and processes in line with emerging laws and regulations in India and SEA.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:RsusEquity

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of law firm and/or in-house commercial transactional experience with Indian customers and other Southeast Asian jurisdictions, including SaaS contracts and related areas such as privacy, security, IP, and AI
  • •India-qualified strongly preferred
  • •Fluent in English; conversational Hindi is a strong plus; proficiency in another Southeast Asian language is valued
  • •Ability to negotiate complex agreements and provide practical, risk-aware legal guidance to business teams
  • •Hybrid work arrangement with Singapore office as a local point of contact for the region
Experience:8+ yearsSaaSAPACIndiaSoutheast Asia
Skills:NegotiationCommunicationStakeholder managementMentoringProblem solving
Languages:EnglishHindi

Company Brief

DataDog
Provides a cloud-native monitoring and observability platform that unifies metrics, traces, logs, and security signals to help engineering, operations, and security teams monitor and troubleshoot modern applications and infrastructure.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2010
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