element451 - Corporate Counsel
Requirements
• J.D. and an active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state • 5 to 10 years of commercial or contracts law experience, ideally in-house at a B2B SaaS company or in a law firm commercial practice serving SaaS clients • Demonstrated experience negotiating MSAs, DPAs, and enterprise SaaS agreements, including with public-sector or higher-ed customers • Working knowledge of FERPA, state privacy laws, and GDPR • Comfort operating as a generalist and prioritizing a high volume of concurrent matters with limited legal-team support • Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to turn legal risk into plain-language guidance for non-lawyers • Experience in higher-ed technology, EdTech, or another regulated SaaS vertical • Familiarity with insurance and cyber-coverage review and renewal processes • Exposure to PE-backed company governance and reporting
Responsibilities
• COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND MSAS (PRIMARY FOCUS) • Draft, review, and negotiate customer MSAs, order forms, DPAs, and amendments, including redlines with public and private higher-ed institutions and their counsel • Manage a queue of concurrent negotiations, prioritizing by deal size, urgency, and risk • Review and negotiate terms with resellers, integration partners, and data and technology vendors • Build and maintain standard templates, fallback positions, and an approval playbook so recurring issues like liability caps, indemnification, data-breach cost allocation, and insurance requirements are resolved consistently and without a legal bottleneck • Flag and resolve terms in state and public-institution paper, including systemwide or state-mandated terms • Data privacy and compliance • Support FERPA, state student-data-privacy law, and GDPR compliance in customer contracts and internal data handling • Advise on digital accessibility obligations for the platform and customer-facing content, including ADA Title II, Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, WCAG 2.1 AA, and state-specific standards • Track subprocessor agreements and make sure DPAs are executed and current everywhere a signed MSA references them • Monitor and advise on emerging state AI regulations relevant to our product • Insurance and risk • Own the review of cyber and other insurance renewal applications with Finance and the CTO, making sure representations are accurate and complete • Help size and document risk exposure on large or unusual deals for leadership sign-off • Disputes and public records • Manage potential customer disputes in their early stages, including responses to customer counsel, and escalate to outside litigation counsel when needed • Own responses to public-records and FOIA requests from state-institution customers, including trade-secret and proprietary exceptions where appropriate • Employment and corporate support • Advise on employment matters alongside People Operations • Own the Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement program so every employee and contractor signs at onboarding and agreements stay current with the law • Support board resolutions, corporate-secretary filings, and Economic Disclosure Statements, coordinating with outside counsel on structuring, M&A, and financing
Benefits
• We are the leading AI Workforce Platform built specifically for higher education, helping colleges and universities build stronger relationships with prospective and current students. This is a remote-first role with a home office allowance, 20 days PTO, 10 company holidays, a 4% 401(k) match, and competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
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