Axon Legal Commercial Counsel at Axon supporting EMEA sales teams with contract negotiation and legal advice. Lead contract lifecycle management and risk analysis for commercial transactions.
Responsibilities
As Axon’s Corporate Counsel, you will serve as a key member of Axon’s contracts and corporate team supporting the sales teams around the world. You will partner with members of external teams such as Sales, Supply Chain, Software and Hardware Engineering, Product and IT to structure and negotiate complex transactions, as well as build processes to help build for a rapidly scaling business.
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands, required to be in-office 4x week (Tuesday - Friday)
Reports to: Deputy General Counsel
Support the EMEA region sales teams with the potential of other regions as demand dictates.
Provide legal advice to global business partners (primarily including a growing and dynamic Sales organization) on transactional matters related to sale of Axon’s market-leading portfolio of public safety technology products, including, for example:
structuring, reviewing and negotiating contracts for the disposition of Axon’s goods, services and SaaS solutions; and
providing and recommending options for business partners with respect to contract negotiations and corresponding risk analyses.
Supervise and review the Contracts Managers’ work.
Set and enforce the risk levels acceptable to Axon through approvals and ownership of the knowledge bank and playbooks.
Lead, support, execute and evolve team processes to help us build Legal contracting support for scale, including, for example:
drafting, updating and maintaining template contract language, risk analyses, and policies and procedures; and
supporting the development and implementation of our contract lifecycle management system.
Qualification
Ability to structureLocated on the east coastExperience negotiating with US
Required
Minimum of 5 years experience negotiating and managing complex commercial contracts
Ability to structure, draft, and negotiate high volume commercial contracts
Knowledge of procurement laws and processes in EMEA, primarily UK and EU
Located on the east coast
Preferred
Deep understanding of other software tools surrounding the contract process, preferably Generative AI, SalesForce, CLMs, and Microsoft Office.
Experience negotiating with US, State, Local governments and Federal.
Knowledge of government procurement laws.
Experience negotiating contracts with international government customers preferably Canada and LATAM.
Previous experience as a sales representative.
Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
