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Commercial Contracts Attorney

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Commercial Contracts Attorney to support Calero’s commercial contracting function and provide practical, business-oriented legal support across a wide range of customer, vendor, and strategic partner relationships.

This role will be responsible for reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and advising on commercial agreements, with a strong emphasis on SaaS and technology-related transactions. The attorney will partner closely with Sales, Security, Finance, Product, Operations, and other internal stakeholders to facilitate efficient contract execution while appropriately managing legal and business risk.

The ideal candidate will have strong commercial contracting experience, excellent drafting and negotiation skills, sound legal judgment, and the ability to manage multiple negotiations simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. Experience working with contract playbooks, fallback language, templates, and standardized negotiation guidance is strongly preferred.

Experience in telecommunications, SaaS platforms, or technology services is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review, draft, redline, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, customer contracts, vendor agreements, NDAs, order forms, amendments, partnership agreements, and related commercial documentation.
• Provide practical legal guidance regarding contractual, operational, financial, compliance, and business risks associated with proposed transactions.
• Negotiate contractual terms directly with customers, vendors, and partners through written communications and live negotiations.
• Partner closely with Sales, Legal, Finance, Security, Product, and Operations teams to support efficient contract execution while balancing legal and business objectives.
• Develop, maintain, revise, and apply contract templates, playbooks, fallback language, negotiation guidance, and related internal documentation.
• Help ensure consistency in contract language, legal positions, approval processes, and negotiation strategy.
• Identify, assess, and escalate material legal and compliance risks as appropriate.
• Support contracting process improvements and contribute to internal training and guidance regarding contracting standards and legal requirements.
• Utilize CLM systems and related tools to support contract management and workflow visibility.
• Potentially assist with mentorship or guidance of junior team members or contract professionals.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 2–5+ years of experience handling commercial contracts, preferably in a SaaS, technology, telecommunications, or software environment.
• Strong experience reviewing and negotiating SaaS agreements and related technology transactions.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and written communication skills.
• Strong business judgment and practical approach to legal risk management.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and negotiations in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable interacting directly with Sales teams and participating in customer-facing negotiations.
• Experience developing or utilizing contract playbooks, fallback positions, templates, and standardized negotiation guidance.
• Experience using CLM systems and standard business applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting fast-paced sales organizations.
• Familiarity with privacy, security, AI, and data protection provisions commonly found in SaaS agreements.
• Experience in telecommunications expense management, telecom services, SaaS platforms, or related technology sectors.
• Prior in-house legal experience preferred.

Key Attributes:

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Practical, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
• Professional, collaborative, and adaptable.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Sound judgment under pressure and tight deadlines.

Calero is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $128,000. It is important to Calero that potential candidates for this position understand that compensation depends on numerous factors including the geographic location where the role will be performed, skills required, experience, complexity, travel, and market rate. Calero aims to reward performance and attract top talent with competitive, fair pay and benefits. Please note that the top of the salary range represents exceptional, and/or senior-level positions, that meet all required qualifications. Actual offers take candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience into account. Base Pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.