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About the Role

Navan Legal is seeking a pragmatic, business-forward Procurement Counsel to partner with Sourcing/Procurement and Finance teams, owning the legal aspects of the company's supply chain and vendor ecosystem. This role involves shaping procurement strategies, mitigating third-party risk, and streamlining the procurement lifecycle to accelerate business growth.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary owner of the legal intake queue, triaging and prioritizing inbound requests.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including SaaS, MSAs, hardware purchasing, consulting, marketing, and facilities agreements.
• Build and maintain the procurement legal playbook, standard templates, and clause libraries using AI.
• Implement self-service tools for low-risk agreements.
• Partner with Information Security and Privacy teams to assess vendor risks related to GDPR/CCPA, data security (DPA), and AI governance.
• Act as the dedicated legal liaison to the Procurement/Sourcing organization and build collaborative processes.
• Refine procurement workflows and processes using the Zip platform to ensure Legal focuses on high-value risk.
• Manage pre-litigation vendor disputes, including breach of contract claims, service level failures, and termination rights.
• Ensure vendor compliance with anti-bribery/FCPA, modern slavery acts, and Navan’s code of conduct.
• Handle additional matters such as supply and channel partnerships, feature licensing, and commercial agreements.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to strengthen the connection between the legal team and the business.
• Contribute positively to the culture of the Navan Legal team and the company.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing in your practice jurisdiction.
• 4-7+ years of legal experience with a significant focus on transaction/commercial law.
• Prior in-house experience supporting a procurement or sourcing function is highly preferred.
• Deep understanding of software licensing (SaaS), services agreements, and data privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA).
• Operational mindset with the ability to fix processes.
• Comfortable using AI tools for process improvement and increasing efficiency.
• Ability to manage a high volume of deals simultaneously, prioritizing based on business impact and risk.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to perform well under pressure.
• Ability to explain complicated issues at the right level of detail for the audience.

Skills

• Transaction law
• Commercial law
• Procurement
• Sourcing
• SaaS licensing
• Services agreements
• Data privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA)
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools
• AI tools
• Risk management
• Dispute resolution
• Compliance
• Cross-functional collaboration

Experience Level

• 4-7+ years

Education Level

• J.D.

Salary/Compensations

• $127,125—$282,500 USD

About the Company

• Navan Legal is expanding and is a category-defining company in the travel and expense industry.
• The company is growing rapidly and working with large global customers.
• Navan is redefining travel and expense.