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Senior Counsel, Strategic Deals

SentinelOne
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Remote or hybrid depending on location$184k - $253kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior technology transactions attorney responsible for strategic partnerships, commercial support for strategic initiatives, and M&A due diligence and integration. New hands-on role on a dedicated team handling the company’s most strategic and complex transactions.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Partnerships: Draft, review, and negotiate complex partnership agreements including OEM, technology licensing and alliance. Own deals end to end and support the Legal Director on the largest transactions.
  • IP Licensing & Technology Rights: Negotiate IP ownership, license scope, data rights, and AI terms.
  • Strategic Product Initiatives: Work with Product and GTM teams on new offerings and translate them into clear customer and partner terms.
  • M&A Support: Conduct commercial contract diligence on acquisition targets, identify material risks in customer, partner, and IP agreements, and support post-close contract integration and assignment workstreams.
  • Advice & Issue Spotting: Give practical, business-focused advice to deal teams. Identify material risks and escalate with a clear recommendation.
  • Process & Playbooks: Help build the templates, playbooks, and processes that let the function scale.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with commercial, product/IP/AI, privacy, security, and procurement legal colleagues so that each strategic deal gets consistent, company-wide positions.

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school or equivalent, with an active license to practice law in a U.S. state.
  • 8 or more years of legal experience with a focus on technology transactions, ideally a combination of top-tier law firm and in-house experience at a technology company.
  • Strong working knowledge of IP licensing and complex technology agreements, including OEM, strategic alliance and SaaS.
  • Fluency with AI tools and a track record of using them to work faster and smarter, whether in drafting, contract review, diligence or knowledge management.
  • Proven ability to independently negotiate complex agreements with sophisticated counterparties.
  • Business judgment and commercial instinct, with an understanding of the business behind the deal, not just the paper.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues in plain business terms.
  • Cybersecurity and/or enterprise SaaS industry experience, as well as channel, OEM, and MSSP/service-provider program experience, is preferred.
  • Experience with terms for agentic or autonomous AI products, including training data, output rights and liability allocation, is preferred.
  • M&A experience, particularly commercial diligence and post-close contract integration (a plus, not required).

Skills

Required:Juris Doctor (JD) with bar admission in the U.S.Technology transactionsIP licensingAI tools fluencyNegotiation & deal structuring
Nice to have:M&A due diligence & integration

Benefits

  • Equity & Rewards: Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Time Off & Wellbeing: Flexible time off, Paid company holidays and paid sick time, Gender-neutral parental leave, Grandparent leave
  • Insurance & Financial Security: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, Life and disability insurance, Health and dependent care FSA, Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), ARAG pre-paid legal, Nationwide pet insurance, Cancer Care program, Global business travel medical insurance
  • Work Perks & Flexibility: Home office allowance, Mobile phone reimbursement
  • Wellness & Lifestyle: Wellness coach, Wellness/gym reimbursement, Fertility coverage, Adoption & surrogacy reimbursement
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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