Senior Director, Commercial Legal

In this role, youll get to:

• Serve as business partner for the Americas Region leaders across all sales segments, and contribute as a member of the regional and global extended Sales leadership teams.

• Lead the Americas-based Enterprise Sales & International Operations Legal team in the provision of practical and business-oriented legal advice for all customer-facing commercial related matters in the region, including management of U.S. public sector and Latin American operations and programs. You will partner closely with Sales leaders at all levels as well as an array of cross-functional business leaders including those in Finance, Trust & Security, Commerce, Channel & GTM Ecosystems, Product, Engineering, and Marketing.

• Support compliance in our day-to-day activities in the Americas, including providing training and counseling to sales professionals and driving compliance initiatives.

• Manage and develop a growing team of 15+ seasoned attorneys.

• Budget management, coordination of external counsel, goal setting, metric reporting, and organizational planning for delivering efficient, scalable legal support for Atlassian’s rapidly expanding and evolving business.

• Set a course and lead key projects on behalf of the Legal team that support our cloud and AI transformation efforts, from initial brainstorming and engagement of stakeholders through building project roadmaps, change management, execution, measuring ROI, and communicating results.

• Serve on the leadership team for the Commercial & GBO Legal Team, participating in all facets of team planning, including building out long-term growth plans, setting team OKRs, and managing strategic priorities.

• You are a broad-based business attorney with substantial commercial and contract law experience, strong business acumen, and a pragmatic approach focused on delivering business-oriented results.

• You are highly curious and a quick learner, who thrives in ambiguous, complex, challenging and/or changing environments.

• You have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, and are able to work effectively with, and gain the respect of, stakeholders at all levels.

• You are a strong collaborator, and use your collaboration and communication skills to inspire change across teams.

• You have demonstrated excellent leadership, along with superior organizational and communication skills, in leading teams and programs to deliver successful outcomes.

• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, operate with a sense of urgency, and can ruthlessly prioritize when needed.

• You take ownership, roll up your sleeves, and get things done.

• You are forward-thinking and creative, not afraid to try new things, and love to innovate ways of working to optimize not only efficiency, but also team happiness and job satisfaction.

• You are passionate about technology, and stay abreast of what’s happening in the industry.

• You operate with the highest integrity.

• You have a sense of humor and value building strong relationships with your colleagues.

On your first day, well expect you to have:

• 15+ years of experience as a practicing attorney, with at least eight years practicing as an in-house lawyer (preferably for a multinational, publicly-listed company).

• 3+ years of management experience with legal teams.

• In depth knowledge of commercial and contract law based on working in a law firm and/or in-house on complex technology transactions for a software and/or cloud services provider; expertise in other legal fields like government contracting, intellectual property, privacy, and data protection law an additional benefit.

• Experience working in a matrixed environment, with remote, global, and cross-functional teams.

• JD from an accredited law school and be a member in good standing of at least one state Bar

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, were motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyones perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

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