Commercial Counsel

About SecurityScorecard:

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint.

Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace,” by Crain’s NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing “forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.” SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody’s, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital.

About the Role

We are looking for a Commercial Counsel to join our Legal team and own the day-to-day commercial contracting function. This is an in-house role for an attorney who is as passionate about running a tight, well-organized contracting operation as they are about practicing law. You will partner closely with our sales, partnerships, and business development teams to move deals across the finish line with speed and precision.

This role is for someone who is new enough to be hungry but experienced enough to flex up —ready to own the mechanics of our commercial contracting process while handling substantive legal issues as they arise. If you've built the contract tracker, automated the NDA flow, and created the playbook everyone actually uses — we want to talk to you

Key Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end commercial contracting process, from initial request through signature, ensuring speed, consistency, and quality on every deal
• Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, order forms, statements of work, NDAs, DPAs, and professional services agreements
• Review and negotiate alliance and channel partnership agreements in support of the business development function
• Serve as the key legal point of contact for the revenue organization on commercial matters, delivering a fast and high-quality internal client experience
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Security, and Product to identify and resolve legal issues that touch the commercial contracting process
• Contribute and maintain contract playbooks, standard templates, approval workflows, and internal training materials
• Leverage AI-assisted contract review tools (we use Legora) to accelerate throughput while applying sound judgment on the issues AI cannot resolve
• Support and contribute to improvements in our contract lifecycle management process and tooling
• Support the broader Legal team on special projects and general corporate matters as needed.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction
• 3–5 years of commercial contracting experience, all in-house (law firm experience alone will not be considered)
• Demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume commercial contracting workload with strong organizational discipline
• Experience negotiating SaaS and enterprise technology agreements
• Exceptional attention to detail and a natural instinct for process — you take pride in ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
• Comfort with AI-assisted legal tools and a pragmatic view of how AI accelerates (but does not replace) legal judgment
• Strong communication skills and experience working directly with business stakeholders, sales teams, and executive leadership
• Beyond the legal skills, we're looking for someone who checks their ego at the door, shows up as a genuine team player, and brings energy to the work. We work hard here and we take the work seriously — but we also know how to have fun doing it. If that sounds like you, we'd love to meet you.
  
  

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience at a cybersecurity, data, or security intelligence company — particularly with customer data sensitivity, security questionnaires, or international data privacy requirements
• Experience negotiating alliance, reseller, or channel partnership agreements
• Familiarity with international commercial contracting including GDPR-related data processing terms
• Prior use of contract lifecycle management (CLM) or AI-legal-ops platforms.
  
  

Benefits:

Specific to each country, we offer a competitive salary, stock options, Health benefits, and unlimited PTO, parental leave, tuition reimbursements, and much more!

The estimated total compensation range for this position is $160,000 - $210,000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity, among other company benefits.

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact talentacquisitionoperations@securityscorecard.io.

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SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. #LI-DNI