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Legal Counsel - Hybrid | Cary, North Carolina

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We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

About The Job

The Legal team is looking for a Legal Counsel to provide legal advice and assistance throughout our organization. You will independently perform a full range of legal services and maintain a diverse workload, but your primary focus will be on negotiating a wide variety of contracts, including software licenses, hosted managed services agreements, and professional services agreements.

As a Legal Counsel, You Will

• Work with internal groups including Sales, Finance, Professional Hosting and Services, and other departments to structure customer proposals and agreements.
• Prepare and negotiate transactional agreements with customers, including license agreements, professional services agreements and hosted managed services agreement
• Manage legal business matters pertaining to SAS as assigned.
• Provide a variety of general corporate and commercial legal services to in-house clients.
• Regularly interact with senior internal and external individuals.
• Research and analyze proposed transactions, assess risks and rewards, and recommend strategies to minimize risk to the company.
• Lead contractual negotiation s.

Required Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of five years of related experience.
• Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school.
• Licensed to practice law by being admitted to and a member in good standing of at least one state bar.
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above.
• A seasoned, experienced and creative professional with a full understanding of area of specialization.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house corporate legal counsel.
• 2 years of contracts experience at a mid-size to large-size law firm.

World-Class Benefits

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights . Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

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