Commercial Contracts Lead

Overview Our Culture and Impact Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 5,500+ employees and ~30,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we’re transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers the human connection. Cvent's strength lies in its people, fostering a culture where everyone is encouraged to think like entrepreneurs, taking risks and making decisions confidently. We value diverse perspectives and celebrate differences, working together with colleagues and clients to build strong connections. AI at Cvent: Leading the Future Are you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation? At Cvent, we’re committed to continuous learning and adaptation—AI isn’t just a tool for us, it’s part of our DNA. We’re looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you’ll thrive here. Our team values professionals who thoughtfully integrate AI into their daily work, delivering exceptional results while relying on the human judgment and creativity that drive real innovation. Throughout our interview process, you’ll have the chance to demonstrate how you use AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact. If you’re excited to be part of a team that’s leading the way in AI-powered collaboration, we’d love to meet you. Cvent is expanding its Legal department to meet the demands of a fast-growing event technology company. This is an excellent opportunity for commercial contracts professional with significant SaaS contracting experience. The successful candidate will work closely with our Sales team. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the commercial contract process, including drafting, reviewing, revising, and negotiating SaaS customer contracts, specifically for Fortune 1000 clients and prospects, both domestically and internationally. This position will interact directly and frequently with Senior Leadership, and will report to the VP, Deputy General Counsel, Commercial. In addition, this position requires a broad business perspective, the ability to apply this perspective to legal analysis and to devise innovative solutions that meet client needs. All work will require a "business" as well as a "legal" approach, requiring responsibilities and competencies in negotiation, structuring deals and validation of terms against commercial and industry norms, project management, and team leading that is much more than simply documenting the legal terms of an already agreed upon deal. In This Role, You Will: Review, interpret, draft, revise and negotiate terms in customer and vendor contracts, both domestically and internationally. Our goal is to move contracts to completion in as expeditious a manner as possible while staying focused on protecting Cvent’s interests. Demonstrate capabilities in anticipating legal issues, accepting and effectively resolving sensitive legal projects, handling difficult situations diplomatically and independently. Revise, update and maintain the master service, non-disclosure, and other standard form agreements; perform regular internal reviews of existing legacy contracts and ensuring legal and policy compliance prior to customer account activation. Collaborate with various business functions in connection with driving deal negotiations. Post signing contract management, including amendments to existing contracts, business team support and counsel. Here’s What You Need: 5-8+ years of total experience, with 2+ years supporting a sales team to draft and negotiate Enterprise-level Corporate Contracts. SaaS experience is required Working knowledge and experience with commercial contract terms and conditions with particular emphasis on the protection of intellectual property, confidentiality and minimizing liabilities and risks J.D. degree from an accredited, top tier law school and admission to a State Bar or paralegal certification are both a plus, but not required. Ability to prioritize and undertake mission critical tasks, providing exceptional service to various stakeholders. Self‑starter who understands executing with urgency, and the ability to comfortably work in an intensely deadline‑oriented environment. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential requirements for this position. Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, as well as a team player attitude; experience with cross cultural communication a plus. Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and professionally with all levels of management regarding complex employment legal issues. Proficiency with Salesforce.com, Ironclad or other CLM tools, and the ability to adapt and learn new tools. Proficiency with the use of artificial intelligence tools and their application to legal processes, and a curiosity with applying new and evolving tools to the commercial contracting process. Location: West Coast / PT time zone preferred for collaboration with key stakeholders. This job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. Due to the remote nature of this position, if we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, this information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly. The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $100,000 - $140,000 annually plus bonus depending on factors such as job‑related knowledge, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, details of which can be found here. Physical Demands We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr