Legal Counsel, Commercial Contracts

Socure's legal team is seeking a Commercial Counsel. Reporting to our Head of Commercial Legal or a Senior Legal Counsel, you will have a chance to help shape the company's legal function, build processes and policies, and partner with Sales, Finance, Product, and Engineering teams, as well as other attorneys. We offer an exciting, fast-paced company environment, with a shared mission to eliminate identity fraud and lead the identity verification market. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about their work, enjoys taking ownership of projects, and is skilled at identifying pragmatic solutions. Socure's Legal team is part of the Financial Operations Center of Excellence organization, and we pride ourselves on best-in-class legal counsel contributing to Socure's mission to eliminate identity fraud.

Responsibilities

Advise on a broad range of commercial matters, serving as legal partner to Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Security, and Product on deal structure, contract negotiations, risk, and compliance; Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of technology and commercial contracts, including SaaS agreements, partner/reseller agreements, NDAs, evaluation agreements, and vendor contracts; Independently identify and resolve legal and regulatory risks related to IP, licensing, data use, privacy, and compliance in commercial contracts; Become an expert on Socure's products and business models and help bring new offerings to market; Identify and advise on risk and offer creative, pragmatic risk-mitigation solutions; Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, and operational guidance to help the sales and legal teams move faster; Use AI tools as part of your everyday contract workflow, including AI-assisted drafting, redlining, and review, to accelerate turnaround on sales contracts and surface ideas for where automation could further improve the team's efficiency; Ensure that customer contract terms addressing data usage rights or restrictions are consistent with the rights Socure has secured under its underlying data-acquisition and vendor agreements, coordinating as needed with the Senior Corporate Counsel, Data Acquisition & Licensing, the Data Acquisition team, Product Counsel, and Privacy

Requirements

JD from an accredited law school and active Bar membership in good standing; 4-8 years of post-JD experience independently negotiating SaaS, technology, licensing, partner, and vendor agreements with minimal oversight; Working knowledge of consumer data privacy laws relevant to commercial contracting (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, FCRA) and how they shape customer-facing data terms; Comfort using AI tools (e.g., contract drafting, redlining, or review assistants) as part of your daily workflow; A drive for continuous improvement and the willingness to voice your opinion; Ability to independently manage and own multiple projects with varying deadlines and make decisions under ambiguous circumstances; A focus on closing deals and finding pragmatic solutions; Ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; Collaborative partnership and diplomatic communication with multiple constituencies; Understanding of the commitment and hard work involved in working at a successful, fast-growing start-up

Nice to have

Law firm, data use/licensing, and fintech experience; Experience with public sector (SLED and/or Federal) sales contracting, such as supporting RFP/RFx responses or government procurement processes; Interest in helping the team adopt and refine AI-supported processes