Director of Commercial Legal

Join Veeam, a leading provider of backup, recovery, and data management solutions. As the Director of Commercial Legal, you will lead the Americas Commercial Legal team, support our fast-paced sales organization, and negotiate complex software transactions. You will also partner closely with your EMEA counterpart to drive consistency across contracting positions and processes. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role that combines team oversight with direct involvement in complex software transactions.

• Lead and manage the Americas Commercial Legal team, overseeing a team of four to five lawyers while actively participating in complex software transactions.
• Negotiate and close a significant portfolio of complex, high-value agreements, including software, SaaS, BaaS, professional services, and channel transactions.
• Develop and deliver training and practical guidance that enables Sales and other stakeholders to navigate contracting processes effectively and efficiently.

• The ideal candidate is an experienced technology commercial lawyer and proven people leader who thrives in a collaborative environment and stays closely connected to the business
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex legal issues, provide clear and practical guidance, and challenge stakeholders constructively
• Experience advising on privacy and data protection matters arising in commercial technology transactions
• A credible and supportive leader who leads by example, effectively balancing a significant personal caseload with team leadership as business priorities evolve
• Strong commercial judgment and the confidence to make pragmatic, risk-based decisions, including in situations where there may be limited precedent
• Extensive hands-on experience negotiating and closing complex software and SaaS agreements in a fast-paced sales environment, with a desire to remain actively involved in transactions
• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in at least one U.S. state, with 12+ years of post-qualification experience gained at a leading law firm and/or in-house, including significant in-house experience within a software or technology company
• Flexible, creative, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to balance the needs of Sales with appropriate legal and business risk, while exercising sound judgment on when to escalate
• You will be a collaborative, team-oriented leader who views success as shared, contributes effectively as part of a broader leadership team, and brings a global perspective beyond their own region
• Proven people leadership experience, with a track record of managing, coaching, and developing lawyers
• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, with demonstrated experience partnering closely with Sales and other business stakeholders in the technology sector