Corporate Counsel

The Corporate Counsel reports to the Director of Legal, and is responsible for collaborating with key business partners in order to help advance strategic corporate initiatives. They work closely with all company divisions, including the sales, security, IT, HR, software development, and marketing, as well as, colleagues across the legal department.

About Us

Champions for industrial automation innovation, we create and deliver solutions that relieve pain points. Driven by a mission statement to empower our customers to swiftly turn great ideas into reality by removing all technological and economic obstacles, we enhance operations with sweet software and infuse integration with easy-peasy processes.

But it’s about more than customers. We celebrate and support our teams who develop the software and deliver solutions. We find that great work-life balance inspires teams to do their best work and empowers people to live their best lives. That's why diversity, fun, and flexibility are ingrained into our work culture.

Inductive Automation is a remote-first company and will stay that way. People can make a difference anywhere. We provide meaningful work on both established and greenfield projects and leave the "where" part up to you.

Choose to work in our fantastic Folsom, CA headquarters and enjoy views and adventures of the adjacent nature reserve to energize and inspire you. Other in-person perks like food trucks, frequent social activities, ice cream days, and games keep us engaged.

Or, work from anywhere in the U.S. We provide quality equipment for home offices, and honor 40-hour work weeks mindful of your time zone. Professional development and virtual social activities are baked into the schedule to encourage personal growth and team connection.

About the Role

The Corporate Counsel’s job skills, qualifications, and responsibilities, include but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality, proactive, service- and business-oriented legal advice on a wide variety of legal matters, helping maximize value and mitigate risk
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, including software license agreements, master services agreements, cloud/SaaS agreements, data processing agreements, vendor contracts and nondisclosure agreements
• Developing templates and providing contracts training to business leaders involved in contract negotiation and management
• Assisting the intellectual property manager as needed to file and prosecute patent and trademark applications
• Working with the Director of Legal and outside counsel as needed in the management of litigation and dispute matters, including intellectual property and contract disputes
• Drafting, reviewing and updating compliance policies and procedures; developing and delivering compliance training to employees
• Collaborating with outside counsel and assisting in the maximization of quality, cost and efficiency of acquired outside legal services
• Collaborating with internal clients on contracting process improvements to facilitate greater consistency and efficiency and drive best practices in overall contract management
• Providing advice and counsel to business leaders and employees in respect to data privacy and regulatory issues, including GDPR and CCPA