Commercial Counsel

Join the Market Leader in Electric Power Data and Analytics Solutions

The electrical grid is the largest and most complicated machine ever built. Yes Energy’s industry-leading electric power trading analytics software provides real-time visibility into the massive amount of data generated by the North American electrical grid daily. Our unique and innovative view of the data informs real-time trading decisions and mid-to-long-term investment decisions that keep utility prices low, support the energy transition, and keep the grid running. It’s both challenging work and work with a purpose.

Be a part of our successful, growing business during international transformation.

Position Summary

We are hiring a Commercial Counsel to own the day-to-day commercial contracting function across Yes Energy’s full product portfolio. You will be the primary legal point of contact for the revenue organization, responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating the agreements that drive the company's growth. You will also manage two contract administrators and work closely with the Director of Revenue Operations to keep deals moving efficiently.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership. You will be instrumental in building the contracting infrastructure (templates, playbooks, and processes) that allows Yes Energy to scale its commercial operations across multiple product lines brought together through recent acquisitions. You will work directly with sales, customer success, and product teams, serving as a trusted partner who accelerates deals rather than slowing them down.

Position Details

• Salary Range: $140,000–$185,000
• Location: Hybrid (Boulder, CO)
• Full-Time
• Reporting To: Director of Revenue Operations

Primary Responsibilities

Commercial Contracting & Deal Execution

• Draft, review, and negotiate the full range of revenue-generating commercial agreements across Yes Energy’s portfolio, including SaaS subscription agreements, data licensing agreements, master services agreements, vendor agreements, and procurement contracts.
• Serve as the primary legal advisor to sales and revenue operations teams, delivering practical, business-focused guidance that accelerates and closes deals efficiently.
• Harmonize contracting approaches and frameworks across legacy and newly acquired product lines brought together through recent corporate transactions.

Infrastructure & Operational Excellence

• Build, update, and maintain a robust commercial contracting infrastructure, including standardized templates, a negotiation playbook with pre-approved fallback positions, and automated workflows to reduce deal cycle times.
• Train internal stakeholders on contract terms, risk boundaries, and self-service processes to scale legal literacy and eliminate organizational bottlenecks.
• Identify and scale data privacy and protection workflows within commercial agreements, addressing data processing addenda (DPAs) and compliance frameworks (e.g., CCPA, GDPR).

Leadership & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Manage, mentor, and facilitate growth for two senior contract administrators by establishing clear workflows, dividing responsibilities, and ensuring consistent execution across the contracting desk.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Finance, Customer Success, and Compliance teams to resolve contractual and strategic hurdles.
• Exercise sound judgment to independently solve complex contract challenges, strategically escalating matters requiring senior legal oversight to outside counsel when necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Bar Standing: Active membership and in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar (Colorado bar preferred).
• Experience: 3–6 years of commercial drafting and negotiation experience, with a heavy emphasis on revenue-generating contracts, SaaS subscriptions, technology transactions, and data licensing.
• Environment: Demonstrated comfort working autonomously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a strong sense of personal accountability.
• Execution: Excellent project management and organizational skills, with a proven track record of handling a high volume of concurrent deals on tight timelines.

Key Competencies & Preferred Qualifications

• Contract Management & Execution (Domain Knowledge): Deep expertise in structuring high-stakes B2B SaaS and technology agreements; experience navigating post-acquisition integration or PE-backed environments is a distinct plus.
• Stakeholder Focus (Business & Strategic): Exceptional capability to serve as an internal business partner, balancing commercial sales momentum with rigorous risk safeguards while maintaining high legal literacy across departments.
• Problem Solving (Business & Strategic): Strong analytical thinking and structured judgment to break down complex contract disputes and develop practical, scalable solutions.
• Effective Communication (People & Culture): Clear, concise communication style capable of translating complex legal liabilities into plain language for non-lawyers and maintaining authority with sophisticated counterparties.
• Systems Thinking (Organization & Operational): A keen understanding of how contractual frameworks intersect with product delivery, legal technology tools (e.g., CLM platforms), and data governance workflows.
• Energy Industry Knowledge (Energy Industry Knowledge): Familiarity or experience with the wholesale electric power industry, utilities, or data analytics services is a major plus.

At Yes Energy, we value connecting directly with candidates. We kindly ask that third-party recruiters and agencies not submit resumes, as we are not open to external recruiting partnerships.

ABOUT YES ENERGY

Overview

Yes Energy delivers real-time market data and electric power trading decision solutions.  Over 1,000 market participants use Yes Energy solutions daily.  The business is a leader in all aspects of information content collection and management, developing and delivering data and market analytics solutions. Since its inception in 2008, Yes Energy has become a trusted and respected supplier of innovative and reliable solutions focused on the needs of power market analysts, traders, and trade managers.  Yes Energy has a team of over 350 amazing professionals in Boulder, CO (HQ); Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Glendora, CA; Richmond, VA; London, United Kingdom; Auckland, New Zealand; and Bucharest, Romania.

Culture

Yes Energy has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Colorado, and we have the culture to prove it. At Yes Energy, we care about saying “Yes” to customers. We like to listen, learn, and develop our solutions in line with their needs. We think about customers as business partners, and when we help them be more successful … we are more successful, too.

Around the office, our culture is driven by some pretty fundamental values that we’re proud of:

• We love innovation and solving tough challenges;
• We are “high standards people” who combine passion and pride with hard work and rewards of all kinds-- in an ethic that is consistent across the company.
• We’re team-focused with a flat hierarchy-- we work in small teams on well-defined projects that directly impact the success of the business;
• We play to the strengths and experience of each person while each of us also works along a continuum of roles adjacent to our focus area.  This presents the challenge of maintaining a broad set of skills as well as an opportunity to learn and contribute in many ways. 
• We are constantly growing. Professional development happens every day and every year.

Compensation and Benefits

We offer highly competitive salaries and real bonuses that are achievable and that you can impact. Our benefits package is also very competitive, including medical insurance, a 401 (k) Plan with matching, flexible vacation, and flexible work schedules. Yes Energy encourages and funds investment in both formal and informal professional development.

At Yes Energy, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

In accordance with Colorado law, the range provided is Yes Energy’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower based on non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Yes Energy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Yes Energy complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.