Corporate Counsel
San Francisco, California, Us
- Attorney for Zendesk Commercial Legal Team who enjoys solving problems strategically to advance the company's position on legal hot topics, like data anonymization and analytics, audit logs, and data localization/offshore access- Partner with sales (go MEDDPICC), security, product, professional services, finance, tax, and insurance teams to manage risk and implement and improve legal policies and processes to support scalable growth - Partner with legal, product, revenue, professional services, security, and privacy teams to drive a complete re-write of Zendesk terms and conditions and modernize strategic playbook positions for commercial legal teams- Negotiate SaaS agreements, lots of them, in a strategic manner, as efficiently and artfully as possible, with people who have strong feelings about data security, privacy, and liability, and usually concerns about PHI and PII - Chase evolving global and U.S. privacy frameworks in an attempt to anticipate how they will apply to cloud-based technology down the road, including HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, and a few more, and try to discuss the same in business negotiations without killing the mood- Zendesk Legal Department Pro Bono Committee