Senior Counsel

Remote (United States)

Role Overview

We’re seeking a Senior Counsel to join our small but mighty legal team to build and scale our commercial, privacy and product counseling functions. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of a fast-growing AI and data infrastructure company while working closely with the General Counsel, Head of Legal Operations, executive team, and cross-functional partners.

Your primary focus will be commercial transactions, negotiating and structuring SaaS, enterprise, and partner agreements. You’ll also have meaningful exposure to a wide variety of product counseling, privacy, employment, and compliance issues. Because we’re a privacy technology company, you’ll have the chance to influence our product roadmap and enable our field team on the latest developments in privacy regulations.

You’ll partner hand-in-hand with our Head of Legal Operations to design, operationalize, and scale the commercial legal function, building the contracting processes, playbooks, and tooling that enable Transcend to move fast while protecting the business.

 This is a remote, Exempt, Full-Time position based in the United States. The successful candidate must have valid work authorization, as visa sponsorship is not available. This role reports directly to the General Counsel and Head of Privacy of the Company.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead drafting, negotiation, and management of a wide range of commercial agreements (enterprise SaaS contracts, data processing agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor contracts, and more).
  • Negotiate directly with large enterprise customers and strategic partners, balancing speed-to-close with thoughtful risk mitigation.
  • Collaborate closely with our Head of Legal Operations to create scalable commercial processes, templates, and systems.
  • Provide practical and actionable guidance on privacy, product, employment, and compliance matters as they arise.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to shape the roadmap with privacy and regulatory considerations in mind.
  • Enable sales, customer success, and other go-to-market functions through playbooks, trainings, and templates.
  • Collaborate directly with the General Counsel on strategic initiatives, Board matters, and scaling the legal function.

Qualifications

  • 5–7 years of legal experience, with meaningful in-house experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS, AI or data infra company. 
  • Extensive experience successfully negotiating complex enterprise SaaS agreements with Fortune 500 or other large global companies.
  • Demonstrated ability to get deals done while mitigating legal and business risk in a meaningful, scalable way.
  • Track record of partnering with legal operations and cross-functional teams to scale a commercial contracting function.
  • Admission to practice law in at least one US state.
  • Familiarity with global data privacy and AI regulations, including comprehensive (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and sectoral (HIPAA, GLBA, WA My Health My Data, etc.) frameworks.
  • CIPP/US and/or CIPP/E.
  • Ability to make quick, pragmatic decisions and clearly distinguish between business-critical and lower-priority issues.
  • A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys working remotely, and is excited to roll up their sleeves and build from scratch.
  • Intellectual curiosity, willingness to learn across disciplines, and a sense of humor.

 

Compensation Information

  • Our comprehensive compensation packages play a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to bringing data rights to everyone. 
  • The compensation pay range represents our reasonable expectation for this role. Individual pay is determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, experience, education, skillset, and geographic location.
  • This specific range applies to Tier 1 labor markets like the SF Bay Area and New York City; it may be adjusted based on the labor market in other geographic areas and the individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process.

USA Pay Range

$175,000 - $225,000 USD

About Transcend

Transcend is building the privacy platform that easily embeds privacy into your entire tech stack. We are driven by the belief that engineering robust and accessible privacy rights is an essential and high-impact way to spend our time. To achieve this, we're building an ambitious and passionate team that enjoys tackling important future-focused problems. We're growing quickly, backed by top-tier investors including Accel, Index, 01A, StepStone Group, and HighlandX, and we are proud to serve some of the world's most iconic brands. Learn more on our Press Page.

Why Join Us

  • Impactful Work: We believe that turning data privacy principles into exercisable human rights is one of the most high-impact ways to spend our time. You'll be at the forefront of building modern infrastructure and automation to address the rapidly growing privacy compliance landscape.
  • Autonomy and Growth: You will have the trust and autonomy to drive initiatives from the start. As an early hire in a fast-growing startup, you'll have significant opportunities to help define and grow the organization, working on a wide array of exciting projects.
  • Dynamic Environment: As the best-in-class solution in a new market, Transcend is a fast-paced workplace where the product evolves quickly to meet new client needs and adapt to advancing privacy law.
  • Supportive Culture: The people at Transcend are driven, kind, and know how to balance work, life, and memes. We learn from each other and have a strong support system while having fun solving important problems.
  • Commitment to Diversity and Equal Opportunity: We celebrate a diverse and inclusive workforce and consider all forms of diversity, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. Our commitment ensures equitable employment opportunities, non-discrimination in all practices, and a workplace where every employee feels valued and respected. We also consider all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as legally required. If you are enthusiastic about this role but feel your experience doesn't perfectly match every qualification, we strongly encourage you to apply.
  • Benefits & Perks: Transcend employees enjoy a competitive compensation package and a comprehensive benefits program. We offer a comprehensive benefits program that includes flexible PTO, parental leave, a 401(k) match, and a competitive compensation packages that include employee equity. Learn more about our offerings here.

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