Legal Counsel at Law

Rapid7's Legal team is seeking a Legal Counsel with a primary focus on supporting our go-to-customer organization as a commercial legal counsel. In this role, you will deliver proactive, practical, and business-focused legal advice across the entire customer lifecycle while partnering closely with internal stakeholders and external customers, partners, and suppliers. This is a hybrid role based in Boston, MA, with an expectation of working from the office three days per week.
The Commercial Legal Team at Rapid7 oversees all customer- and vendor-facing legal contracting. The team partners closely with Sales, Renewals, Channel & Partner teams, Procurement, and other go-to-customer stakeholders, while also collaborating with the broader Rapid7 Legal organization, which covers privacy and data protection, intellectual property, export law, corporate governance, litigation, international legal matters, employment law, regulatory matters, and compliance.
As a Legal Counsel, Commercial, your primary responsibility will be to work closely with internal go-to‑customer stakeholders and external customers and partners across a wide range of commercial engagements. Deliver proactive, practical, and business-focused legal advice across the entire customer lifecycle while partnering closely with internal stakeholders and external customers, partners, and suppliers.
Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including software licensing, SaaS agreements, NDAs, services agreements, SOWs, and order forms.
Translate complex legal requirements into clear, practical guidance for non-legal audiences.
Leverage AI-enabled tools to improve legal processes and efficiency.
Skills and Qualities

Admission to and good standing with the Massachusetts bar (or eligibility for an in-house counsel waiver).
Bring 2+ years of experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, preferably within the technology or SaaS sector.
Demonstrate experience supporting go-to-market teams on software licensing, SaaS agreements, NDAs, services agreements, SOWs, and order forms.
Drive cross-functional collaboration by building networks across Sales, Finance, Privacy, and Information Security teams to deliver sustainable business outcomes.
Communicate complex legal requirements in a clear, concise manner that conveys rationale and fosters commitment from non-legal audiences.
Demonstrate efficient decision-making to resolve commercial challenges and enable business momentum.
Maintain accountability by establishing clear ownership and driving outcomes across customer and vendor engagements.
Leverage AI-enabled tools to continuously refine legal processes and drive efficiency.
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We’re building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome. Protecting 11,500+ customers against bad actors and threats means we’re continuing to push the envelope just like we've been doing for the past 20 years. If you’re ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we’re ready to help you take command of your career. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. This range does not include variable/incentive compensation, equity and benefits (where applicable/eligible).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.
Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research–using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methodology. Trusted by more than 11,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what’s next.
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