Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial

Don’t have a ton of knowledge about GitLab yet? Don’t worry. We have an extensive onboarding and training program at GitLab and you will be provided with necessary DevOps and GitLab knowledge to fulfill your role.

What you’ll do in this role

• Engage with customers at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian, military health, state, local and educational organizations.
• Act as the primary contact between the Public Sector project team and/or business unit and Commercial Legal, ensuring that all contractual and legal matters are addressed efficiently and promptly.
• Counsel Public Sector Sales Team Members and Leadership and other key stakeholders on a variety of federal, state and local regulations, licensing and commercial item legal topics, including the following areas: GSA contracting, FAR/DFARS, federal, state and local procurement regulations, FedRAMP, FOCI requirements, managing security clearances, and similar government operational requirements.
• Develop and iterate the Commercial Legal team’s commercial strategy to scale with Public Sector division growth.
• Keep current on federal, state and local contracting and subcontracting compliance requirements.

We’re looking for

• 6 – 10 years’ legal experience, preferably in a multinational company
• JD/LLB or local law degree equivalent and admission to local governing body
• Experience working effectively across business units and internal functions to efficiently resolve business issues
• Practical yet creative problem-solving approach that emphasizes addressing business needs while protecting GitLab’s interests
• Proactive, dynamic, and result driven self starter with strong attention to detail
• Familiarity working across the globe, to support multiple time zones and cultures
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, the ability to interface effectively with all business functions throughout the organization with a highly responsive and service-oriented attitude
• Sound and practical business judgment
• Previous experience in a remote work environment would be an added advantage
• Ability to use GitLab
• A shared interest in our values, and working in accordance with those values

Also, we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role.

Compensation

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently $117,600 – $176,400 for Colorado residents and $117,600 – $239,400 for New York and New Jersey residents only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.

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