Commercial Counsel
Yext
$111,600 - $229,000 / year
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Description
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the enterprise agentic marketing platform. Built on the world's most comprehensive structured data platform for local businesses, Yext gives brands and their partners the visibility intelligence to win every moment of discovery – across AI and traditional search. Yext's API-first architecture connects structured data to APIs, MCP servers, and generative interfaces, so partners and developers can build purpose-built experiences on the same infrastructure powering Yext's own products. Thousands of brands and digital marketing partners in financial services, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and food rely on Yext to manage, measure, and optimize visibility at scale. For more information, visit yext.com.
Yext is seeking a dedicated and business-oriented Commercial Counsel to join its Legal team! In this position, you will partner with our Enterprise, Mid-Market and Partner (indirect) sales teams in handling, negotiating and implementing customer deals and work with various business lines in reviewing and negotiating vendor/procurement transactions. This position can be based in the New York (preferred) or Washington D.C. areas with a flexible/hybrid work arrangement.
What You'll Do
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements – primarily SaaS subscription agreements – across our Enterprise, Mid-Market and Partner (indirect) businesses
- Improving and maintaining our standard commercial agreements, contract negotiation playbooks and legal processes to help us scale globally
- Proactively working with internal clients to improve and scale all aspects of the sales contract negotiation process
- Conducting periodic employee trainings on all of the above
What You Have
- 3-5 years corporate and/or commercial experience at a leading law firm, in-house, or a combination of the two
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills; prior experience with commercial agreements required, experience with SaaS, content distribution and general commercial agreements within the technology industry strongly preferred
- Experience working through data privacy (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, etc.) and security issues in SaaS/commercial transactions
- Flexibility and eagerness to work hard in fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines
- Highly organized, process-driven and client-focused teammate
- Law degree from an accredited U.S. law school and license to practice law
- Foreign language skills (French, German, Italian, Spanish) a plus (but not required)
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Pay ranges at Yext are established based on an analysis of salaries for positions with a similar level of accountability and impact in the relevant labor market. Salary levels are expected to change to reflect an employee’s job performance (results and impact) over time. Salaries at the time of hire are typically offered in the lower to middle of the above-referenced range in order to provide the opportunity to reflect performance-based increases over time. In addition to base salaries, employees at Yext are typically eligible for a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental and vision benefits; life insurance; short term and long-term disability; 401(k) retirement plan; and vacation and sick leave. Successful candidates may also be eligible for variable pay programs based on performance relative to goals and targets.
Yext is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a results-driven, engaging culture where every employee has the opportunity to contribute to the success of the Company, perform at the highest possible level, and grow their skills and capabilities. Yext welcomes employees and applicants of all backgrounds and demographics, and does not engage in discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic recognized under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. The Company believes a broad variety of life experiences across the Yext team is critical to its mission to help every business in the world be visible everywhere customers search. By seeking out fresh perspectives and fostering a positive interview experience and employee experience, Yext can remain at the forefront of innovation, and better serve its customers.
It is Yext’s policy to provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities as required by applicable law. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the employee selection process, please complete this form.
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Benefits
- health insurance
- 401(k)
- life insurance
- sick leave
About this role
Yext's Commercial Counsel role sits at the intersection of sales enablement and legal risk management for an enterprise SaaS platform. You'd spend your time drafting and negotiating customer contracts across three sales channels—Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Partner—while also refining the company's standard agreements and negotiation processes to support scaling. The work involves balancing commercial flexibility with legal protection, particularly around data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, CPRA) that are central to SaaS transactions in this space.
The ideal candidate has 3 to 5 years of commercial law experience, either at a law firm or in-house, with demonstrated strength in contract drafting and negotiation. SaaS and technology industry background is strongly preferred. Beyond legal chops, the role demands someone comfortable in a fast-paced environment who can work cross-functionally with sales and business teams, meet tight deadlines, and eventually train internal stakeholders on contract processes. You'll need a law degree and active bar license; foreign language skills are a bonus but not required.
This is a contract position based in New York (preferred) or Washington D.C. with hybrid flexibility, offering a salary range of $111,600 to $229,000 depending on experience and performance. The package includes standard benefits plus potential variable pay tied to performance goals.
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