Corporate Counsel

Overview At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, Partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us! Your Role: We are looking for a bright, energetic, highly collaborative attorney to join our Legal Department as Senior Counsel in Cork, Ireland. This role will primarily support the commercial function including sales and procurement. This will be a highly interactive role that will interface regularly with the company’s Vice President of Legal, Associate General Counsel and Senior Corporate Counsel, as well as members of executive leadership, and stakeholders cross-functionally at all levels of the organisation. Responsibilities Your Impact: Based in Cork, Ireland and reporting to the Senior Corporate Counsel, this team member will: Draft, revise, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including software license agreements (SaaS and on-premise), maintenance and support agreement, partner agreements, OEM agreements, vendor agreements and other commercial contracts. Negotiate data processing addenda and security statements and interface frequently with information security and IT teams. Assist with and respond to ad-hoc queries from sales teams globally, help optimize the commercial function by seeking efficiencies, assist with updating and maintaining playbooks and standard contracts, and work collaboratively with other members of the legal team. Provide support on other legal issues relevant to a software and technology business including those relating to open source, encryption, and data security. Provide substantive support to other members of the Legal Department as needed. Perform other special assignments, strategic projects or duties as assigned. Interpersonal skills and competencies Be passionate about technology and energized by the challenges of serving a dynamic, global company. Be extremely bright but also have an EQ that matches IQ, and the ability to engage effectively with all levels of employees and management. Have excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Be organised, efficient and resourceful. Be highly analytical and have exceptional business and legal issue identification and problem-solving skills. Have a practical, business-oriented approach and be able to counsel internal stakeholders by providing clear and concise legal advice with an appreciation for commercial priorities. Be able to propose creative solutions where necessary, on established timelines, to address business needs while mitigating risk. Be a strong and astute negotiator. Have impeccable professional ethics, integrity and judgment. Have a sense of humour and can-do attitude. Be able to simultaneously manage multiple workflows, client demands and shifting priorities within a fast-paced, high-intensity and rapidly evolving environment while maintaining composure and a positive attitude. Have a strong desire to learn the business and new areas of law. Qualifications Your Experience: A lawyer qualified in Ireland. 3+ years PQE in a top UK or Irish law firm and/or fast-paced, in-house legal department. Knowledgeable and experienced in contract law and commercial contract negotiations. Experience supporting Sales transactions at a SaaS and/or software provider preferred. Familiar with data privacy and security considerations, particularly GDPR. Some familiarity with other areas of law relevant to in-house practice such as compliance, intellectual property, insurance, employment/HR matters, contract management, operations, etc., is a plus Adept at translating legal advice into actionable guidance. Flexible thinker with the ability to make sound independent decisions.