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.
About the Team
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.
The Legal team is recognized across Rapid7 as a trusted and impactful business partner, delivering practical, solution-oriented legal advice that supports Rapid7’s commercial and strategic objectives.
About the Role
As a Legal Counsel - Commercial, you will work closely with internal go-to-customer stakeholders and external customers and partners across a wide range of commercial engagements. This is a highly collaborative role that requires strong business judgment, technical aptitude, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, global environment. Specifically, your focus will be to:
1. Draft, review, and negotiate standard commercial contracts with customers and vendors
2. Support Sales, Renewals, Channel, and Partner teams during the deal process
3. Help move deals forward by providing clear, practical legal guidance
4. Work with more senior lawyers on complex or higher-risk agreements
5. Partner with internal teams such as Privacy, Security, Finance, and Procurement
6. Communicate directly with customers and partners on contract terms
7. Learn to balance legal risk with business needs in a fast-paced environment
8. Contribute to improving templates, playbooks, and legal processes over time
The Skills and Qualities You’ll Bring Include:
9. A law degree and license to practice law in your jurisdiction with 2+ years of experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, preferably within the technology or SaaS sector
10. Experience supporting go-to-market teams on software licensing, SaaS agreements, NDAs, services agreements, SOWs, and order forms
11. Strong knowledge of or interest in EU and UK data privacy and security regulations, including GDPR
12. Demonstrated history of partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Privacy, and Information Security teams and the ability to support stakeholders across EMEA and collaborate effectively with U.S. based colleagues
13. Strong ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear, practical guidance for non-legal audiences
14. Interest in leveraging AI-enabled tools to improve legal processes and efficiency
15. Fluency in English; additional European languages (e.g., German) are a plus
16. Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and collaborative mindset
17. Strong decision-making skills, including the ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives when negotiating and advising on sales contracts
18. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate legal rationale and recommendations clearly to sales, customers, and internal stakeholders
19. Core Value Embodiment: Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.