Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 4,800 employees and ~22,000 customers worldwide, including 53% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we’re transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers the human connection.
The DNA of Cvent is our people, and our culture has an emphasis on fostering intrapreneurship – a system that encourages Cventers to think and act like individual entrepreneurs and empowers them to take action, embrace risk, and make decisions as if they had founded the company themselves. At Cvent, we value the diverse perspectives that each individual brings. Whether working with a team of colleagues or with clients, we ensure that we foster a culture that celebrates differences and builds on shared connections.
Cvent is seeking a Vice President/Senior Director to its Legal department. This is a unique opportunity for a business-oriented attorney to serve in a leadership role on the Commercial Legal team. The successful candidate will work closely with our Sales team on a global basis, with responsibility for all aspects of the commercial contracting process, including preparing and negotiating SaaS agreements in support of our global sales organization and performing similar work with respect to vendor and service provider agreements for the procurement, technology and other business departments. This will necessitate partnering closely with all levels of the business, including Sales, Marketing, IT, Information Security, Procurement, Finance and Customer Service to help Cvent mitigate its risk and achieve its high-growth goals.
This individual will be expected to bring a high degree of contracts expertise to the position, and to rely on that expertise along with sound judgment and professionalism to operate independently and as part of a team. All work will require a "business" as well as a "legal" approach, requiring responsibilities and competencies in negotiation; structuring deals; validation of terms against commercial, industry and company norms; project management; and leading and helping manage the commercial team within the legal department. The individual in this role will have opportunities to expand and develop, including opportunities to handle compliance and other legal matters. This role is based at our Tysons headquarters.
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