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To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Salesforce seeks to hire a proactive, business-oriented, and tech-savvy attorney to serve as senior corporate counsel supporting our B2B products and product partnerships. You will play an important role in driving compliance policies and processes relating to product development, privacy, and data protection. Responsibilities: Provide guidance to executives, engineers and product managers on issues related to new and existing services, products, and features throughout the entire product lifecycle Serve as a resident expert and resource on issues related to SaaS product lifecycle and data protection as these topics relate to Salesforce's products and services Work successfully with other team members in Legal and Finance (and secure necessary approvals, as needed) during review of new and existing products and negotiation of agreements. Review and negotiate complex agreements with service providers and technology partners Provide strategic and timely client training on relevant issues and processes Build cross-functional relationships with business teams as well as other internal stakeholders Partner with product teams to develop industry-leading privacy compliance tools for Salesforce customers. Required Skills/Experience: 10+ years combined experience in law firm and/or in-house legal department, including experience negotiating and drafting technology agreements Familiar with key regulatory requirements for SaaS products, including global privacy compliance, intellectual property, data protection, and AI issues Sound and practical business judgment Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills Highly responsive with a service-oriented attitude Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage a high-volume workload in a fast-based and demanding work environment Ability to maintain strong working relationships with demanding internal clients Collaborative team player combined with ability to work independently Sense of humor. Desired Skills/Experience: In-house experience at a technology company, with significant transactional and product counseling experience Previous experience working directly with product and engineering organizations to support product development and initiatives Experience with Slack as a primary communication tool Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) Substantive expertise in laws governing products in the SaaS sector (e.g., EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act, TCPA, CAN-SPAM Act, GDPR, CPRA) Well-grounded knowledge of intellectual property law.
