Sr. Legal Counsel

JOB SUMMARY

The Commercial Counsel will play a key role in negotiating, drafting, and managing complex commercial contracts while supporting Vertiv’s strategic market growth initiatives. This role partners closely with Sales, Strategy and Growth, and Leadership Teams to structure scalable, compliant, and risk-balanced agreements that enable market expansion and deepen customer relationships. The Commercial Counsel provides practical legal guidance on deal strategy and go-to-market approaches, anticipates and mitigates legal and commercial risks, and helps drive revenue growth by facilitating efficient, business-focused contracting processes.

Also, the Commercial Counsel will play a key role in driving efficiency and scalability through effective use of contract lifecycle management (CLM) software and AI-enabled tools.

The Commercial Counsel will play a key role in negotiating, drafting, and managing complex commercial contracts while supporting Vertiv’s strategic market growth initiatives. This role partners closely with Sales, Strategy and Growth, and Leadership Teams to structure scalable, compliant, and risk-balanced agreements that enable market expansion and deepen customer relationships. The Commercial Counsel provides practical legal guidance on deal strategy and go-to-market approaches, anticipates and mitigates legal and commercial risks, and helps drive revenue growth by facilitating efficient, business-focused contracting processes.

Also, the Commercial Counsel will play a key role in driving efficiency and scalability through effective use of contract lifecycle management (CLM) software and AI-enabled tools.

• Negotiate, draft, finalize, and manage various commercial agreements, including but not limited to sales agreements, ensuring clarity and alignment with Vertiv’s business objectives and internal guidelines.
• Serve as a strategic legal advisor to business development teams by providing practical, business-focused counsel on market growth initiatives, go-to-market strategies, and expansion into new products and channels, ensuring alignment with legal, regulatory, and risk management objectives.
• Effectively provide counsel and support for commercial transactions and objectives, leveraging advanced analytical skills and a deep understanding of legal and business considerations.
• Utilize contract lifecycle tools with focus on process improvement, leverage AI-enabled tools to enhance contract review, risk assessment, and drafting efficiency, and identify opportunities to support faster, high quality legal support for the business.
• Effectively provide counsel and support for general corporate and business matters, including but not limited to, strategy and business development, compliance, environmental, social and governance, marketing and communications, and manufacturing and operations, on as needed basis.

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience at a large law firm or in-house publicly traded company having substantial domestic and international operations, in a commercial legal or commercial contracts role
• Demonstrated strong experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating supply and commercial agreements, with strong working knowledge of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and its application to the sale of goods
• Demonstrated strong experience in interpreting and explaining contract language and/or complex commercial matters to internal stakeholders
• Experience with AI-enabled legal technologies and contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms to improve efficiency and streamline contracting processes
• Demonstrated strong broad-based general corporate experience in various areas of law.

The Commercial…