Associate Commercial Counsel, EMEA

Legal and Compliance is responsible for managing all legal and regulatory matters, including contracts, corporate governance, general compliance, academic compliance, employment law matters, intellectual property, product counseling, government relations, and claims. The team includes dedicated teams that support every aspect of Coursera’s platform, including university, enterprise and industry partnerships. 

As Associate Commercial Counsel, the successful attorney will draft, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts and will work with business partners to create and improve processes in support of Coursera’s B2B business. We’re looking for a team member who is passionate about business growth and education. We want a candidate who is energized by the challenges of growing a B2B business globally and being a strategic business partner for a dynamic team experiencing rapid expansion. This role will engage with all levels of employees and management, so interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) are vital to strong working relationships. The position requires a strong background in commercial contracting.

Responsibilities:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, including sales contracts, data protection addenda, NDAs, RFP responses, vendor registration forms, and upsell and renewal agreements.
• Interfacing with our sales, information security, privacy and finance teams to navigate customer requirements.
• Assisting in the creation, implementation, and maintenance of contract templates, playbooks, and procedures with the goal of scaling company activities while ensuring manageable risk.
• Tracking contracts from intake, to signature, to filing, including maintaining electronic filing of agreements and tracking requirements resulting from special terms.
• Provide interpretation of contractual terms and guidance on legal and business risks as well as providing creative solutions to potential issues.
• Keeping abreast of applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact Coursera’s commercial agreements and business practices in the EMEA region.
• On an as-needed basis, support the growth and operations of Coursera by providing counsel on potentially a wide variety of legal matters, in consultation with other members of the Legal and Compliance team and outside counsel.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of relevant post qualification experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency with G Suite and Microsoft Word.
• Demonstrated experience in negotiating, drafting, and managing contracts from start to finish.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior in-house experience at a global technology company strongly preferred.
• Possess a practical approach to problem-solving and be able to counsel internal clients with clear, concise and creative advice on timelines to meet business needs.
• Fluency in one or more of French / German / Russian at a business level considered a plus.
• Operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive, “can do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal and Compliance team and with internal clients.
• Thrives in an ever-changing, start-up environment and works quickly under time-pressure deadlines.
• Have integrity and a commitment to ethics.

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