Senior Commercial Counsel, Data Acquisition & Licensing

Socure Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Hybrid - US

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Advise on a broad range of commercial matters, serving as legal partner to Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Security, and Product on deal structure, contract negotiations, risk, and compliance.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of technology and commercial contracts, including SaaS agreements, partner/reseller agreements, NDAs, evaluation agreements, and vendor contracts.
• Independently identify and resolve legal and regulatory risks related to IP, licensing, data use, privacy, and compliance in commercial contracts.
• Become an expert on Socure's products and business models, and help bring new offerings to market.
• Identify and advise on risk, and offer creative, pragmatic risk-mitigation solutions.
• Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, and operational guidance to help the sales and legal teams move faster.
• Use AI tools as part of your everyday contract workflow — including AI-assisted drafting, redlining, and review — to accelerate turnaround on sales contracts, and surface ideas for where automation could further improve the team's efficiency.
• Ensure that customer contract terms addressing data usage rights or restrictions are consistent with the rights Socure has secured under its underlying data-acquisition and vendor agreements, coordinating as needed with the Senior Corporate Counsel, Data Acquisition & Licensing, the Data Acquisition team, Product Counsel, and Privacy.

🎯 Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and active Bar membership in good standing.
• 4-8 years of post-JD experience independently negotiating SaaS, technology, licensing, partner, and vendor agreements with minimal oversight.
• Working knowledge of consumer data privacy laws relevant to commercial contracting (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, FCRA) and how they shape customer-facing data terms.
• Law firm, data use/licensing, and fintech experience preferred.
• Experience with public sector (SLED and/or Federal) sales contracting, such as supporting RFP/RFx responses or government procurement processes, is preferred.
• Comfort using AI tools (e.g., contract drafting, redlining, or review assistants) as part of your daily workflow; interest in helping the team adopt and refine AI-supported processes is a plus.
• A drive for continuous improvement, and the willingness to voice your opinion.
• Ability to independently manage and own multiple projects with varying deadlines; comfortable making decisions under ambiguous circumstances.
• A focus on closing deals and finding pragmatic solutions to any issue you encounter.
• Ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Collaborative partnership and diplomatic communication with multiple constituencies.
• An understanding of the commitment and hard work involved in working at a successful, fast-growing start-up.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with a fast-growing, innovative company.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements.

Skills & Technologies

Design

Senior

Hybrid

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About Socure Inc.

Socure Inc. provides digital identity verification and fraud prevention software for financial services, fintech, e-commerce and government clients. The platform applies machine learning and graph-based analytics to link and validate identity elements in real time, detecting synthetic identities, account takeover and document fraud. It integrates via APIs and SDKs for onboarding, KYC/AML compliance and transaction monitoring, aiming to reduce false positives and manual reviews while improving approval rates for legitimate users worldwide.

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