Futurex

Senior Counsel, Commercial Transactions

Futurex  •  Texas (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Counsel, Commercial Transactions to lead and support complex commercial negotiations and provide legal guidance across a wide range of business transactions. This role will partner closely with sales, procurement, product, and executive teams to structure, draft, and negotiate strategic agreements that drive business growth while managing risk.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, licensing, vendor, distribution, reseller, partnership, and professional services agreements.
  • Advise internal stakeholders on contract structure, risk allocation, regulatory implications, and dispute resolution.
  • Lead deal negotiations from start to finish, collaborating with sales, finance, and operations teams.
  • Develop and maintain templates, playbooks, and contracting processes to improve efficiency and ensure consistency.
  • Provide legal support for new product launches, go-to-market initiatives, and international expansion.
  • Stay informed on legal developments impacting commercial and technology transactions.
  • Support contract operations improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Qualifications:

  • J.D. from an accredited law school; admitted to practice and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
  • 7–12+ years of experience, with a strong focus on commercial transactions—ideally a mix of law firm and in-house experience.
  • Deep understanding of contract law, risk allocation, and negotiation strategy.
  • Experience supporting B2B technology or SaaS contracts strongly preferred.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and advise business stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strong business acumen and pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.

Preferred:

  • Experience working with global teams or international contracts.
  • Familiarity with data privacy, IP, and regulatory issues in commercial contracting.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth, or evolving business environment.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, and short/long-term disability insurance
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave
  • Competitive compensation and opportunities for advancement
  • Retirement plan with employer contribution match
  • Welcoming, family-style corporate culture uniquely suited to fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and motivated individuals
  • One of San Antonio’s “Best Places to Work” for nine consecutive years
  • This job is at our Bulverde, TX office
Futurex

About Futurex

For over 40 years, Futurex has been an award-winning leader and innovator in the encryption market, delivering uncompromising enterprise-grade data security solutions. Over 15,000 organizations worldwide trust Futurex to provide groundbreaking hardware security modules, key management servers, and cloud HSM solutions. Futurex maintains an unyielding commitment to offering advanced, standards-compliant data encryption solutions, including:

• Hardware security modules (HSM) for general purpose, payments, CloudHSM, and post-quantum environments

• Enterprise key management and data protection including cloud key management (BYOK/EKM), IoT key injection, tokenization, database encryption, and file encryption

• PKI and certificate authority solutions for document & code signing, offline root, issuing CA, EMV CA, and IoT PKI management

• Cryptographic and key management offloading for hundreds of common applications, cloud services, and network appliances

• Advanced automation, monitoring, and orchestration platforms for large, distributed fleets of HSMs.

Throughout every facet of our organization, we focus on providing exceptional customer service, best-in-class technology, and cost-effective solutions for our customers. Our dedication to meeting the growing business needs of our global customers and partners is exhibited by the continuous expansion of our innovative products and services.

Futurex is headquartered outside of San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices worldwide and over a dozen data centers across five continents. Through our results-oriented engineering culture, we have provided many of the world’s top enterprises with custom solutions supporting aggressive timelines to market.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Bulverde, Texas
Year Founded
1981
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