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Salary: USD 240,000 - 340,000 / annual
Icertis is the global leader in AI-powered contract intelligence, trusted by over one-third of the Fortune 100. This is a strategic, customer-facing role at the intersection of legal expertise, business strategy, technology, and AI.
As Senior Director of Legal Advisory, you will serve as a trusted advisor to legal executives, helping organizations transform contracting, risk management, compliance, and business performance through Contract Intelligence and AI-driven solutions. This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Act as a trusted advisor to General Counsel, CLOs, and Legal Operations leaders on contract transformation, legal innovation, and AI-driven contract intelligence
- Lead executive-level discussions, workshops, and briefings on legal transformation, contract intelligence, governance, compliance, and risk management
- Represent Icertis as a legal thought leader through industry events, webinars, customer engagements, and market-facing activities
- Partner with Sales and Solution Engineering to support strategic enterprise opportunities, drive deal success, and accelerate revenue growth
- Develop compelling business cases demonstrating value, ROI, and business impact of Icertis solutions
- Provide legal domain expertise throughout the sales cycle, including customer requirements, solution design, best practices, and RFP responses
- Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to influence product strategy, AI innovation, and roadmap priorities based on customer and market insights
- Build strong cross-functional relationships across Sales, Marketing, Services, Customer Success, and external industry stakeholders
You will work closely with Sales, Solution Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive business growth, influence product strategy, and strengthen Icertis' market leadership. The role is hybrid-based from New York or anywhere in the United States, with travel up to 30% for customer engagements and industry events.
Requirements:
- Law degree; active or previous legal practice experience strongly preferred
- Experience in legal technology, legal operations, enterprise software, consulting, or corporate legal environments
- Deep expertise in contract lifecycle management (CLM), commercial contracting, governance, compliance, risk management, and legal operations best practices
- Proven ability to engage and advise General Counsel, CLOs, Legal Operations leaders, and other senior legal stakeholders on complex legal and business challenges
- Strong understanding of legal transformation, process improvement, and the application of technology and AI within legal organizations
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills with experience influencing executive and C-suite audiences
- Strong business acumen with ability to build value propositions, ROI models, and strategic roadmaps connecting legal initiatives to business outcomes
- Passion for AI and innovation, combined with ability to collaborate across global teams
- Willingness to travel up to 30% for customer engagements, industry events, and internal collaboration
