Director, Legal - Commercial (Americas)

Grafana Labs
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 275,000 - 325,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Business judgment","Relationship building","Negotiation","Communication","Interpersonal skills"]

Serve as a senior commercial legal partner for complex, high-value enterprise transactions across the Americas. Lead negotiation and execution of SaaS and technology agreements, advise sales and stakeholders on deal strategy and risk, and provide hands-on guidance while managing and mentoring the commercial legal team. Improve contracting templates, playbooks, policies, and legal operations, including leveraging AI-enabled legal workflows to scale high-quality contracting.

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Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs
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Director, Legal - Commercial (Americas)

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Job Summary

Serve as a senior commercial legal partner for complex, high-value enterprise transactions across the Americas. Lead negotiation and execution of SaaS and technology agreements, advise sales and stakeholders on deal strategy and risk, and provide hands-on guidance while managing and mentoring the commercial legal team. Improve contracting templates, playbooks, policies, and legal operations, including leveraging AI-enabled legal workflows to scale high-quality contracting.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead strategy, negotiation, and execution of the company’s most complex, high-value commercial transactions, including enterprise SaaS and technology-related agreements involving AI and emerging technologies.
  • •Advise sales leadership and senior stakeholders on commercial strategy, deal structuring, negotiation strategy, and legal risk to accelerate revenue while protecting the company.
  • •Manage and mentor assigned attorneys on the Americas commercial legal team, providing guidance on complex negotiations and performance feedback.
  • •Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve complex commercial and operational issues and support new products, pricing models, and go-to-market initiatives.
  • •Continuously improve commercial agreement templates, playbooks, policies, and legal processes; evaluate AI-enabled legal technologies and workflows to enhance legal operations and contracting efficiency.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 275,000 - 325,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Paid LeaveRsusRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •JD or equivalent U.S. law degree with active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
  • •10+ years of commercial legal experience supporting SaaS technology companies, including leading complex, high-value enterprise technology transactions with Fortune 500 customers.
  • •Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing attorneys.
  • •Significant experience with data protection and privacy laws (including GDPR and CCPA) plus information security terms and technology contracting.
  • •Exceptional drafting, negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills with strong business judgment to balance legal risk and business objectives.
Experience:10+ yearsSaaSEnterprise softwareOpen-sourceTechnology contracting
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Business judgmentRelationship buildingNegotiationCommunicationInterpersonal skills
Licenses:Active bar membership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SaaSGDPRCCPAInformation securityGenerative AIArtificial intelligence

Company Brief

Grafana Labs
Develops open-source and commercial observability tools, including Grafana for metrics visualization, Loki for log aggregation, and Tempo for tracing, enabling organizations to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance and telemetry data.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2014
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