Senior Counsel (Commercial)

• This position is needed to enable the growing commercial legal team to support the Go-to-Market Sales team at Twilio
• You will partner with the enterprise sales team to manage the full life-cycle negotiation of complex enterprise sales deals
• Twilio’s legal team prides itself on the trust it has built across the business through consistently providing practical and sound legal advice
• Your unique skill set and experience are critical to help support our thriving and growing business and reinforce the trust and partnership we have cultivated with teams across the company
• Take ownership of the review, negotiation, drafting and management of a wide range of legal agreements
• Advise Twilio’s internal clients on contract interpretation and negotiation
• Champion Twilio’s mission, ethics and integrity by ensuring Twilio’s compliance policies are in practice and protect the company from risk, comply with all applicable local laws and regulations, and are in line with Twilio’s values
• Seek to understand the context of the positions of Twilio’s customers and the requests from Twilio’s internal clients. Strive to solve problems and address issues from their perspectives
• Evaluate and prioritize which matters and issues are most worthy or in need of your attention at any given time

Benefits

• Build and present a Twilio app to earn your Twilio track jacket and receive $30 per month for e-books for continued learning and education
• Work from home opportunities
• Generous annual time off in all countries
• Comprehensive health programs
• Programs to help our employees plan for their retirement needs
• Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leaves, as well as family medical care leave
• Variety of snacks, drinks, and catered meals in each of our locations- Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to advocate for a position while maintaining a collaborative and open-minded approach
• Must be able to take complex legal concepts and explain them in a way that allows a non-lawyer to understand the issue and the associated risk
• Ability to structure, draft and negotiate a high volume and broad range of commercial contracts, including Master Services Agreements, Professional Services Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, etc
• Proven ability to provide entrepreneurial, quick-thinking, pragmatic, business-oriented advice and recommendations that properly balances the legal risk and business reward
• 6+ years of commercial transactions experience with at least 4 years of negotiating complex technology transactions (e.g., SaaS)
• J.D. with strong academic credentials and demonstrated record of success as a lawyer
• Member of local State Bar or eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel
• Experience supporting a large sales organization
• Ability to triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate expectations with internal clients and delivering results efficiently- Applications for this role are intended to be accepted until August 28th, 2026, but may change based on business needs