Legal Innovation Manager - Commercial

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people's lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

As a Legal Innovation Manager focusing on Go To Market, you will apply your blend of legal understanding and technical prowess to revolutionize our commercial contracting processes.

This position is an indivual contributor role reporting to the Lead Legal Operations Manager.

Responsibility

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of AI-powered automated contract creation and review systems within the Docusign Intelligent Agreement Management platform, transforming manual drafting and routing for both customer and supplier agreements

• Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) for comprehensive contract reviews and analysis within the GTM context including using AI for precise data extraction (prompt engineering), identifying key clauses, assessing risks, and refining/automating our responses to counterparty edits

• Configure and optimize Docusign Intelligent Agreement Management, to streamline legal workflows across the organization, specifically tailoring them for sales and procurement teams

• Develop and deploy automated workflows for common GTM tasks such as contract requests, NDAs, and cross-functional approvals for customer and supplier contracts which involves disrupting traditional processes to build new, more efficient workflows

• Optimize and evolve commercial contracting playbooks, integrating industry benchmarking, legal best practices, emerging regulatory requirements, and data-driven insights from transaction analysis

• Serve as an internal advocate and evangelist of Docusign's products, deploying them in GTM and other use cases to drive efficiencies and time-savings for the legal team

• Analyze existing commercial contracting processes to identify and eliminate time inefficiencies, contributing to faster deal cycles and increased commercial velocity across the organization

• Stay updated on emerging trends and advancements in legal technology, AI, and contract automation

• Collaborate with Legal and Product team members on developing agentic solutions to contracting processes

• Provide data-driven insights by tracking and analyzing contract performance and process metrics, supporting reporting on KPIs and demonstrating the value of innovation initiatives

Remote: Employee is not required to be in or near an office frequently and works from a designated remote work location for the majority of the time.

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

Basic

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant legal or other experience

• Experience with commercial contracting principles

Preferred

• Law degree (J.D., L.L.B., L.L.M.)

• Proven ability to understand, evaluate, and apply new technologies, particularly AI and automation tools, to solve problems

• Experience with AI prompt engineering

• Familiarity and experience with legal technology platforms, specifically agreement management systems

• Experience with workflow automation tools, document automation software, Google AI tools, and potentially low-code/no-code platforms is highly desirable

• Experience with Docusign's agreement management tools

• Ability to analyze complex legal processes, identify inefficiencies, and design innovative technological solutions

• Experience managing projects, including gathering requirements, planning, testing (UAT), and deployment

• Ability to help colleagues and stakeholders adopt new tools and processes

• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical and legal concepts to diverse audiences, including legal and commercial teams, and foster cross-functional collaboration

• Experience with commercial contracting processes (both customer and supplier)

• Solid legal foundation and eager to innovate and disrupt traditional approaches

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

California: $126,900.00 - $197,800.00 base salary

Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts and Minnesota: $120,800.00 - $166,100.00 base salary

Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $120,800.00 - $174,525.00base salary

Washington DC: $126,900.00 - $174,525.00 base salary

Ohio: $106,300.00 - $146,125.00 base salary

This role is also eligible for the following:

• Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
• Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Global benefits provide options for the following:

• Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
• Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
• Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
• Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
• Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
• Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events

Working here

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what's right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you'll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Accommodation

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at taops@docusign.com for assistance.

Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice

This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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