General / Corporate Counsel, Staff
Mountain View, CA 
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Posted 14 days ago
Job Description
Corporate Counsel

49761BR

USA - USA

Job Description and Requirements

Corporate Counsel
Synopsys (SNPS: NASDAQ) is looking to hire a highly motivated Corporate Counsel with excellent judgment and interpersonal skills. The candidate must thrive in a customer-centric team and have outstanding relationship-building skills. This is an amazing opportunity to work with a dynamic legal team at a well-established company with a culture that encourages teamwork and innovation. The position will support transactions in North America by handling commercial contracts (including, software license agreements, SOWs, NDAs, SaaS agreements, purchase agreements, and others).

To succeed in this role the candidate must possess excellent business judgment and critical thinking; can work independently as well as cross-functionally and demonstrate flexibility in a collaborative, dynamic team environment; have excellent writing skills; and strong negotiation and communication skills.


Job Requirements and Responsibilities

  • Five to seven years of legal experience in a software company
  • Substantive transactional experience with complex contract and/or licensing agreements
  • High attention to detail
  • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities
  • Contract review, drafting, and negotiation for the Synopsys' Sales team
  • Attend Customer negotiation calls and represent the company's position on contract issues
  • Analyze and interpret complex provisions in contracts and liaise with business group stakeholders
  • Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, impeccable integrity, good judgment, and be flexible and pragmatic
  • Ability to work with sales and engineering teams in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
  • J.D. from an accredited law school
  • Licensed to practice law in California preferred

The base salary range across the U.S. for this role is between $132,000 - $198,000. In addition, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package. The compensation will be based on several job-related factors: location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request.


At Synopsys, we're at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we're powering it all with the world's most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

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Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.



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Job Category

Legal

Country

United States

Job Subcategory

General / Corporate Counsel

Hire Type

Employee

Base Salary Range

$132,000 - $198,000


Synopsys maintains a workplace where all personnel, customers, and vendors are treated with dignity, fairness, and respect. We maintain worldwide policies in our Work Rules Policy, which is applicable to all employees in furtherance of these principles. We pride ourselves on providing a healthy and productive work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, and any other characteristic protected by law. For applicants and employees with disabilities, we also make reasonable accommodations consistent with applicable laws and regulations. We are each expected to do our part to create a healthy and productive work environment for everyone. This includes bringing issues to management’s attention when you believe certain conditions are distracting from a good work environment. Our Work Rules Policy also allows you to raise concerns with other Synopsys managers. If employees are still unable to resolve their concerns, their disputes may be resolved through our Internal Issue Resolution Process Policy. In addition, all managers and employees in positions of authority have a special obligation to maintain and support a healthy and productive work environment.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
5 to 7 years
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