Legal Counsel

The Opportunity

• Adobe is looking for an attorney to fill a position as Legal Counsel on the North America Digital Experience Licensing Team.
• This position will be based out of Adobe's Lehi, Utah office.

What you'll Do

This attorney will be handling complex commercial contracts, including enterprise software & SaaS licensing agreements. This attorney must be prepared to negotiate and drive strategic transactions, and handle a significant volume of sales/revenue agreements. This attorney provides counsel to Sales and Sales Management.

What you need to succeed

• A Juris Doctor degree and active bar membership in any state bar.
• 2-5 years experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts (preferably technology or licensing agreements).
• To be able to work well as part of a diverse team and have a positive, problem solving, and business focused demeanor with the ability to prioritize workload appropriately in a fast-paced environment.
• To be able to jump into the work with limited guidance and work independently. This position will allow candidate to work remotely 2-3 days per week, if desired, so the ability to self motivate and manage schedules and workloads is crucial.
• The ability to understand, draft, review and negotiate a variety of license, professional services and other commercial agreements and documents, including non-disclosure agreements, pre-release agreements, services agreements as well as statements of work, resale, distribution, sales and licensing agreements.
• The ability to provide general commercial legal support to the various business units, including preparing and delivering training in-house, when appropriate, on key legal areas of interest.
• The ability and willingness to train new attorneys or outside counsel.
• Good technical writing skills, as well as a keen interest in and some experience with the software/IT industry.
• Strong social skills, along with the ability to coordinate projects.
• To be customer-friendly and an excellent teammate and the ability to travel within the United States on a limited basis, as required.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted … See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $126,700 - $230,700 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices

California

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.