Senior Corporate Counsel – Atlassian Ventures In San Francisco

Atlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it’s necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

We have big plans for Atlassian Ventures! This is an incredible opportunity for you to join the founding team of Atlassian Ventures, build a world-class venture capital investment operation, shape its operational and investment strategy. Are you an attorney who is as excited to work on cutting-edge venture deals as you are to build and scale the Atlassian Ventures team? If so, read on!

Atlassian is looking to grow its Corporate Legal team with its first-ever dedicated Atlassian Ventures legal team member! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the founding team of Atlassian Ventures and build and scale the Atlassian Ventures legal function and execute exciting deals at every stage along the way – from investment committee to term sheet to public announcement. This key hire will own all things Atlassian Ventures. Grow your skills and experience alongside Atlassian’s rocket ship. This is a rare and tremendous opportunity to own and grow your career in a dynamic and values-oriented environment.

Atlassian Ventures was established in late 2020 with an initial investment of $50M to propel our mission to unleash the potential of every team. Our goal was simple: support awesome companies driving collaboration for teams on the cloud. Today, just shy of 1.5 years since its inception, we have committed over $110M in funding, with plans to invest significantly more over the coming years. Through our investments, we now support over 30 organizations growing with Atlassian’s cloud products and platform. And we’re just getting started. Our goal is to build a world-class venture capital fund, not just a great corporate venture program. We measure our success by how well we help founders grow their companies through Atlassian. That success is accelerated by helping you access and integrate with Atlassian’s cloud platform, our 200,000+ cloud customers, and tens of millions of active users.

Matters You’ll Take On:

• Partner with the Atlassian Ventures deal team to lead cross-functional teams to complete transactions in a timely and cost-efficient manner
• Evaluate, structure, negotiate, draft and provide advice on equity and debt venture investments
• Lead legal due diligence across cross-functional legal areas such as corporate, commercial, IP, export control by using internal legal specialists and outside counsel
• Develop and scale Atlassian Venture’s legal and operations function and “future proof” it for additional volume and complexity
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Tax, Accounting, Total Rewards, Communications, Corporate Development, Product, and Engineering to manage corporate transactions and initiatives
• Take ownership and accountability for key projects and decisions and see them through — doing the legwork to make sure that the appropriate stakeholders are engaged and providing rigorous follow through and iteration
• Own regulatory reporting and compliance matters related to Atlassian Ventures and its investment portfolio
• Support the Corporate legal team in additional corporate governance and disclosure matters, as needed
• Stay current on industry trends and best practices, including research or benchmarking projects on the first day, you’ll be expected to have:

Senior Corporate Counsel

• JD and admission to one State Bar
• 7+ years of relevant experience practicing corporate venture capital law, ideally at a leading law firm and in-house
• Highly collaborative, intellectually curious, and has a great sense of humor
• Comfortable navigating complicated and nuanced issues
• Detail-oriented with excellent legal judgment, strong organizational skills, and proven ability to deliver creative, thoughtful, and business-oriented results
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to connect with, and gain the respect of, stakeholders at all levels, including our Atlassian Ventures, product, and partnerships teams

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To support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget paid volunteer days, and so much more.

The world’s best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we’re motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians drive our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone’s perspectives and experiences, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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