Job Description

Seagate is seeking a Senior Corp Counsel, Contracts to join its Legal Department as a member of the Commercial Contracts Group. This role will focus on online sales and “as-a-service” type offerings. This full-time position may be filled remotely, but there is a strong preference for candidates able to work from one of Seagate’s offices in Normandale MN, Longmont CO, or Fremont CA. The person who takes on this role will have the opportunity to work on exciting, challenging, and often cutting-edge legal issues that require creative and proactive legal advice and client service. You will be part of a collaborative group that works across all functions and levels in the company. The successful candidate will report to a Deputy General Counsel in the Commercial Contracts Group.

About the role - you will:

Online Sales and “as-a-service” legal support: Play a key role in supporting Seagate’s “as-a-service offerings” including drafting and updating online terms and conditions, negotiating with key business partners, and maintaining a strong awareness of the laws and regulations regarding online sales and “as-a-service” offerings, such as “hardware-as-a-service” and “storage-as-a-service”.
General Commercial Contracts: Support business leaders in the structuring, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of general commercial contracts supporting sales and procurement activities.
Compliance and Regulatory Matters: Conduct legal reviews and advise business groups regarding compliance with compliance and regulatory matters, such as antitrust and competition laws, anticorruption, international trade and export restrictions, data privacy, and related matters.
Legal Advice and Risk Mitigation: Analyze proposed business transactions for compliance with applicable law and Seagate’s own internal policies and strategy. Provide legal and strategic business advice to mitigate or manage risk. Foster relationships with key stakeholders, notably with Seagate’s marking and consumer products teams. Advise management and business groups on all aspects of commercial contracts and handle pre-litigation disputes and inquiries.
Contract Management: Become a subject matter expert in Seagate’s contract management programs and drive efficiencies in the contracting process. Implement and update standard contract terms and templates

About you:

Integrity - We are thoughtful guardians of value who are equally committed to people, our planet, and profit.
Innovation - Our customers benefit from the most advanced technologies, manufacturing, and supply chain.
Inclusion - We are a supportive and inclusive global team built on respect, safety, and shared success.
Organized and hard-working, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously under deadline pressure
Capacity to work independently, as well as part of a team, with exceptional interpersonal skills, a sense of humor, unquestionable ethics and integrity, and sound judgment

Your experience includes:

SaaS, cloud computing, enterprise software, data privacy
Transactional experience at a law firm or comparable in-house corporate legal environment or comparable experience
Ability to communicate professionally and effectively, write clearly and concisely, and manage people and tasks to deadline
JD degree from an accredited law school and a membership in at least one state bar