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Tines is hiring a senior individual-contributor legal leader to manage complex commercial transactions and advance global compliance and governance programs. The role leads negotiations for enterprise customer, vendor, partner, reseller, data-processing, and master-services agreements in a SaaS environment. It also supports privacy, AI governance, third-party risk, policy management, regulatory requirements, and operationally scalable legal processes. The position requires a U.S.-barred attorney with at least seven years of relevant experience, strong commercial judgment, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a high-growth company.
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I begin by identifying the commercial objective, non-negotiable risk areas, and the customer's underlying concerns. I align early with Sales, Security, Product, and relevant executives on negotiation priorities and fallback positions, then use a structured issues list to keep discussions efficient. I focus on solutions that preserve acceptable risk allocation while clearly explaining operational constraints and avoiding unnecessary bespoke commitments.
I would review deal data and stakeholder feedback to identify recurring bottlenecks, high-risk clauses, and approval patterns. I would build tiered templates, playbooks, clause guidance, approval thresholds, and self-service resources, supported by targeted training for Sales and customer-facing teams. I would then monitor cycle time, escalation volume, and deviation trends to improve the program over time.
I translate emerging laws, regulatory guidance, and customer expectations into a practical risk framework that maps to the product lifecycle. This includes documenting use cases, assessing data flows and model-related risks, establishing accountability and review processes, and coordinating with Product, Security, Privacy, and Engineering. I prioritize proportionate controls that can be operationalized and clearly communicated to customers.
In a high-priority transaction, I would separate truly unacceptable obligations from provisions that can be managed through defined controls, limited scope, or appropriate pricing and approvals. I would present decision-makers with concise options, including legal exposure, operational impact, and recommended mitigations. This approach allows the business to make informed choices without treating Legal as a barrier to execution.
I would establish a risk-based roadmap that ranks obligations by business impact, regulatory exposure, and implementation effort. I would use clear ownership, documented policies, repeatable assessment processes, and expert outside counsel where local knowledge is necessary. Regular cross-functional governance reviews would ensure that compliance work remains aligned with business expansion, product changes, and customer commitments.
Founded in 2018 with co-headquarters in Dublin and Boston, Tines powers some of the world’s most important workflows. Our intelligent workflow platform applies AI, automation, and integration with human ingenuity to drive real business results.
Tines serves a diverse range of customers, from startups to public companies, including Canva, Databricks, Elastic, Kayak, Intercom, and McKesson. As an integrator across the entire tech stack, Tines is vendor-agnostic integrating with any API-enabled service. This flexibility enables our customers to achieve their highest-priority goals faster. And because Tines is secure and private by design, it’s popular with security, IT, engineering, finance, and other security-focused teams.
At Tines, we’re driven by our values of Simplicity, Speed, and Soundness. We’re committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences while fostering a company culture that nurtures individual curiosity, growth, and integrity. We’re excited about what’s next, and we’re looking for others to join us on our journey.
Job Summary
Tines is seeking a highly strategic and business-oriented Lead Counsel, Commercial & Compliance to join our growing Legal team. This role will serve as a key legal partner across the company, leading complex enterprise commercial negotiations while helping scale Tines’ global compliance and governance programs. This is initially an individual contributor role with significant cross-functional influence and a clear path toward people management as the Legal function continues to expand.
The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in fast-moving, high-growth environments and can balance legal risk, operational realities, customer expectations, and business objectives in a pragmatic and scalable way. This role will work closely with Sales, Security, Product, Engineering, Finance, People, GRC, Support, and Executive Leadership.
What you will be doing:
- Commercial Transactions & Strategic Negotiations: You will lead complex global commercial negotiations with enterprise customers, strategic partners, vendors, and channel partners. This includes drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of agreements, including Master Services Agreements, Data Processing Agreements, procurement and vendor agreements, and partner and reseller agreements.
You will serve as a legal advisor on strategic commercial transactions involving security, privacy, compliance, product, and operational risk considerations. You will partner cross-functionally to help drive efficient deal execution while appropriately managing legal and business risk.
You will also help develop scalable contracting playbooks, templates, fallback positions, approval processes, and other resources that support a fast-growing global sales organization.
- Global Compliance & Governance: You will help design, implement, operationalize, and mature Tines’ global compliance and governance programs. This includes advising internal stakeholders on evolving legal and regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions and partnering cross-functionally on compliance initiatives relating to data privacy and protection, AI governance, vendor and third-party risk management, and regulatory and enterprise customer requirements.
You will assist with internal governance frameworks, policy management, risk assessment processes, and customer-facing compliance needs. You will also advise on the contractual, operational, and regulatory implications of new products, features, and technologies.
In partnership with the People team and outside counsel, you will support global compliance-related aspects of operating in new jurisdictions, including employment-related considerations where appropriate.
- Operational Scaling & Cross-Functional Leadership: You will help build scalable legal and compliance processes, templates, training materials, internal guidance, and self-service resources. You will be expected to operate as a practical, business-oriented partner who can bring structure to ambiguous issues and help the business move quickly while managing risk appropriately.
What you bring with you (required):
- J.D. degree and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience in-house and/or at a law firm supporting technology companies
- Experience supporting global legal, compliance, privacy, and/or governance initiatives
- Strong understanding of SaaS business models and enterprise customer expectations
- Ability to balance legal risk with practical business considerations in a fast-moving environment
- Ability to operate independently while managing multiple priorities simultaneously
What you bring with you (preferred):
- Experience supporting high-growth or late-stage private technology companies
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and similar regulatory or customer assurance frameworks
- Experience with AI governance or emerging technology regulation
- Employment law experience, particularly in global or multi-jurisdictional environments
Target Annual Compensation: $230-250k salary + equity
Applicants for this opportunity must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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