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# Commercial Counsel at Collibra

- **Company:** Collibra
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://www.collibra.com/us/en/company/careers/job-listing/?gh_jid=8346638

## Job description

Joining Collibra’s Legal team

Collibra is seeking a Commercial Counsel to join our high-impact Legal team. You will be a key individual responsible for drafting, negotiating, and closing enterprise SaaS, software, and technology-related agreements that power Collibra's growth. You will also spend part of your time working on privacy matters. This role provides critical legal and commercial support to our Sales and Procurement organizations, ensuring Collibra continues to close deals quickly while staying protected on risk, compliance, and contractual terms. You will act as a trusted legal partner to the business, working closely with Sales, Finance, Security, and Procurement to move deals forward without cutting corners on legal protection.

Commercial Counsels at Collibra are responsible for

- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating enterprise SaaS, software, and technology agreements including partnership, reseller, supply, and licensing agreements to support Collibra's commercial relationships.
- Managing the commercial contracting process to keep deals moving efficiently while protecting Collibra's legal interests.
- Partnering with Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, Security, and Procurement teams to drive transactions to successful completion.
- Advising on the structure of customer arrangements to support sound legal and business decisions.
- Negotiating data processing agreements, security addenda, AI addenda, and privacy terms with customers and vendors, and advising on how data flows through Collibra’s platform.
- Monitoring regulatory and legal developments, and advising on related legal matters arising from Collibra's operations, to help the company stay ahead of compliance requirements.

You have

- 5+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably as in-house commercial contracts counsel in the software industry.
- A J.D. and active admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state, in good standing.
- Hands-on privacy experience in a SaaS context, including negotiating DPAs, and working knowledge of U.S. state privacy laws (such as CCPA/CPRA), GDPR, and international data transfer mechanisms. A privacy certification (CIPP/US or CIPP/E) is a plus.
- Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Harvey) to solve real-world business challenges, drive measurable outcomes, and  streamline workflows.
- Experience negotiating with large enterprise or public sector customers.
- Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot) to solve real-world business challenges, drive measurable outcomes, or streamline workflows.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience is required.
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

You are

- Applying strong drafting and negotiation skills, grounded in excellent business judgment and critical thinking.
- Attending to detail, catching nuances in complex commercial agreements.
- Communicator with a service-oriented approach, building trusted relationships with legal and non-legal colleagues.
- Someone who prioritizes and manages multiple tasks and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Taking initiative, identifying and acting on opportunities without waiting for direction.

Measures of success

- Within your first month, you will get familiar with Collibra's product, contracting processes, and risk appetite.
- Within your third month, you will independently negotiate contracts with enterprise customers and partners.
- Within your sixth month, you will contribute to process improvements and support broader legal projects.

## Compensation for this role

The standard base salary range for this position is $168,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year. This position is not eligible for additional commission-based compensation. Salary offers are based on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, and location.

In addition to base salary, we offer a competitive total rewards package, including bonus potential, equity for eligible roles, a Flex Fund monthly stipend, pension/401k plans, and more.

## Benefits at Collibra

Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about [Collibra’s benefits](https://www.collibra.com/us/en/company/careers/benefits).

We create inclusion and belonging through how we onboard, meet, connect, engage, and communicate. Learn more about [diversity, equity, and inclusion](https://www.collibra.com/us/en/company/careers/dei) at Collibra.

At Collibra, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.

With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our [Accommodations for Applicants form](https://www.collibra.com/us/en/company/careers/accommodations).

## About Collibra

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Collibra provides a unified platform for data and AI governance, enabling organizations to manage, trust, and govern their data and AI assets at scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (growth-stage, backed by venture capital)
- **Headquarters**: New York, USA (global HQ) & Brussels, Belgium (founding HQ)
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Felix Van de Maele (CEO) and Stijn Christiaens (Chief Data Citizen)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Data governance, AI governance, data intelligence, data cataloging, compliance, and privacy.
- **Target customers**: Large enterprises across industries (700+ customers, including over 100 of the Fortune 500). B2B, enterprise focus.
- **Mission**: "Empower Data Citizens to take command of data and AI, transforming possibility into progress."

## Products & Services
- **Collibra Data Intelligence Platform**: End-to-end platform for data cataloging, governance, lineage, and quality. Helps organizations find, understand, and trust their data.
- **AI Command Center**: A control plane for enterprise AI, providing visibility, traceability, and governance over AI models and usage. Automates risk detection and compliance.
- **Deasy Labs**: Unstructured data processing and AI-ready context extraction, turning documents, images, and text into governed, usable assets.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company). Recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list, indicating significant scale.
- **Key Metric**: Over 700 customers worldwide; ~1,000 global employees; 300+ service partners.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Specific investors not listed in public sources, but strong partnerships with Google Cloud (multiple Technology Partner of the Year awards), Databricks (Data Governance Partner of the Year), and Snowflake (Data Cloud Product Data Governance Partner of the Year).
- **Growth Signals**: Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms (2nd consecutive year); expansion of AI governance capabilities; continuous headcount growth across engineering, sales, and customer success teams.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified governance**: Only platform that converges data and AI governance into a single control plane, reducing fragmentation.
- **Trust signals & automation**: Built-in traceability, risk detection, and automated compliance for AI systems.
- **Ecosystem lock-in**: Deep integrations with major cloud providers (Google Cloud, Databricks, Snowflake) and industry awards reinforce credibility.
- **Enterprise scale**: Proven with 100+ Fortune 500 customers, handling complex hybrid data ecosystems.

## Strategic Focus
- **Convergence of data and AI governance**: Collibra aims to become the "connective layer" for transparency, accountability, and speed across enterprise data and AI.
- **Product innovation**: Continued investment in AI Command Center, Deasy Labs, and lineage automation.
- **Global expansion**: Growing teams in New York, Brussels, Prague, London, and Raleigh.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "One Collibra" – collaborative, ego-free team culture; "show up to win" with a bias for action; "respectfully direct" communication.
- **Values**: Builders and amplifiers, customer-obsessed, ownership, continuous improvement.
- **Benefits**: Competitive total rewards including pension/401k, equity for eligible roles, Flex Fund monthly stipend (for connectivity, gym, groceries, etc.), generous leave policies (20 days short-term sick leave, 10 days caregiver leave, 10 days bereavement), mental health support (6 free counseling sessions per event), global EAP.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/flexible culture with offices in multiple cities; global team with diverse backgrounds.
- **DEI**: Equal opportunity workplace, inclusive onboarding and engagement programs, commitment to ESG beyond checklist.
- **Engineering focus**: Teams work on scalable systems, AI, data infrastructure, and Postgres database engineering. 29 active job openings across engineering, product, sales, finance, and security.

## Sources
1. [Collibra Who We Are](https://www.collibra.com/company/who-we-are)
2. [Collibra Careers](https://www.collibra.com/company/careers)
3. [Collibra Benefits](https://www.collibra.com/company/careers/benefits)
4. [Collibra Leadership](https://www.collibra.com/company/leadership)
5. [Collibra Homepage](https://www.collibra.com/)

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