Managing Legal & Compliance Counsel

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Managing Legal & Compliance Counsel
, who is a senior, business-minded commercial legal leader to support and scale our global go-to-market organization. This role, which has a functional reporting line to Nemetschek's Head of Legal & Compliance Shared Services US, will lead a team of attorneys, serve as a trusted advisor to Sales and other GTM leaders, and personally handle high-impact commercial, privacy, and strategic matters.

The ideal candidate combines strong SaaS commercial experience with a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, global environment.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of attorneys and a paralegal through effective prioritization, workload management, and performance feedback.
• Establish team goals, metrics, and workflows that support sales velocity, contract quality, and risk management.
• Foster a collaborative, business-focused legal culture grounded in practical, solution-oriented advice.

• Serve as the primary legal partner to senior GTM leaders across Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Partnerships.
• Advise on deal structure, pricing mechanics, and commercial risk tradeoffs to enable scalable SaaS offerings.
• Operate autonomously while escalating novel, strategic, or high-risk issues to senior leadership as needed.
• Draft, review, and negotiate high-impact and strategic agreements, including enterprise SaaS contracts, MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, channel agreements, and complex NDAs.
• Lead negotiations on priority customer and vendor deals, including escalated matters involving liability, data use, and regulatory risk.
• Support complex intercompany and global agreements in partnership with Finance, Tax, and other corporate teams.

• Lead the legal function’s approach to privacy and data protection in commercial contracts, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, cross-border data transfers, and security obligations.
• Own DPA strategy, including templates, fallback positions, escalation criteria, and related transfer mechanisms.
• Partner with Security, Product, and Engineering on customer security reviews, privacy responses, and deal-impacting questionnaires.
• Monitor relevant privacy and AI regulatory developments and translate them into practical guidance and contractual updates.

• Oversee internal investigations and legal disputes, partnering closely with the People team and external counsel as needed.
• Support and develop employee-related policies, including the employee handbook and sales incentive plans.
• Manage compliance reporting and coordination with the Nemetschek Group.
• Lead updates to standard templates, including online terms, SaaS subscription agreements, and DPAs.
• Design and implement scalable contracting tools and processes such as playbooks, clause libraries, and self-service templates.
• Support global commercial initiatives by working with regional teams and adapting contracts to local requirements.
• Deliver training to GTM and cross-functional teams on templates, fallback positions, and issue escalation.
• Execute Nemetschek Group initiatives, projects, and policies.

• Drive continuous improvement in response times, deal cycle efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction using metrics and feedback.

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership Texas state bar.
• 7+ years of experience as a commercial / technology transactions attorney, with significant SaaS and software licensing background; prior in-house experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading attorneys and legal staff, including coaching, delegation, and performance management.
• Deep experience drafting and negotiating enterprise SaaS agreements, DPAs, and vendor contracts, including…