Commercial Counsel

Posted:
4/9/2025, 10:39:34 PM

Location(s):
Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia ⋅ New South Wales, Australia ⋅ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Legal & Compliance

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.


About the Role

We’re looking for a business-minded Commercial Counsel, with experience drafting and negotiating partner and sales agreements with leading global and domestic organizations. This legal team member will report to a Director and Assistant General Counsel, Commercial, and will be a key partner and liaison to other impacted Fivetran departments and stakeholders.

This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Sydney office.


Technologies You’ll Use

  • Ironclad, SFDC


What You’ll Do

  • Draft and negotiate a wide variety of partner agreements, including reseller, referral and marketplace agreements.  
  • Provide support for the commercial legal team supporting GTM, negotiating and drafting Fivetran MSA’s and related revenue-bearing agreements. 
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of best practices for commercial contract lifecycle management, ensuring efficient review, negotiation, and approval processes. 
  • Complete other special projects given your interest areas and the needs of a rapidly scaling company and team.


Skills We’re Looking For

  • 5-7 years’ experience negotiating and drafting partner and sales agreements. 
  • A process-oriented lawyer with a passion for building and optimizing processes and procedures in partnership with legal operations. 
  • A proven track record of achieving high-volume, quick turn on execution of agreements constructed to mitigate risk and support revenue growth. 
  • A strong communicator with exceptional written and verbal skills, you can clearly articulate complex legal concepts to both technical and non-technical audience.
  • Working knowledge of data protection laws (including GDPR, CPRA, etc.) and experience negotiating data protection agreements.  
  • High attention to detail, with demonstrated self-initiative that drives a desire for impact and achievement. 
  • Admitted to practice law in the applicable jurisdiction.


Bonus Skills​

  • CIPP (US or EU) certification is a plus.

 

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Perks and Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
  • Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
  • RSU stock grants*
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.


We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.     

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.

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We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.

Fivetran

Website: https://www.fivetran.com/

Headquarter Location: Oakland, California, United States

Employee Count: 1001-5000

Year Founded: 2012

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Debt Financing

Industries: Analytics ⋅ Cloud Data Services ⋅ Data Integration