Associate Corporate Counsel

MaxMind (www.maxmind.com) is looking for a talented Associate Corporate Counsel to join our team. We help protect thousands of companies worldwide from fraud, screening over five billion online transactions each year, and we provide IP geolocation and intelligence data to thousands more. This work requires us to take on exciting challenges and we want you to help!

We are hiring anywhere in the following US states: CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, LA, MA, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, NY State (excluding New York City and Yonkers), OR, PA, RI, TX, WA, & WV. There is some flexibility with working hours, but the role will require you to work closely with the legal team located in the Eastern Time zone.

This is a full time remote position.

MaxMind does not currently sponsor US employment visas. You must be eligible and authorized to work in the US.

The Position 

As Associate Corporate Counsel, you will spend most of your time working with our business  development, customer success and legal teams to negotiate and revise contracts with enterprise-level customers.   You will also work with other teams within the company on matters relating to data privacy, trademark enforcement, employment law, etc. 

Our salary range for this role is $110,000 - $130,000 USD, with the specific offer depending upon skills and experience. Everyone participates in a company wide performance-based bonus plan. See more about benefits and compensation below.

About You

As a member of MaxMind’s legal team, you're driven by real passion for helping the company navigate contractual arrangements and regulations, often dealing with new and changing areas of law (especially data privacy).

• 1-2 years experience in corporate or contract law
• Bar admission
• Strong communications skills, including explaining complex legal concepts to non-attorneys

• Familiarity with data privacy frameworks and laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, LGPD).
• Familiarity with trademark enforcement

Working at MaxMind

Our culture is very important to us. We’re friendly, collaborative, and work-focused. We don’t like office politics and unnecessary stress. We like to have productive workdays and don’t like work to chase us when we’re done for the day. We maintain a set of core, overlapping hours, but are flexible with specific start and end times and are understanding about appointments and life events. We care about helping each other succeed.

In a recent survey, employees listed having a supportive work culture, good co-workers, autonomy, and feeling trusted, valued, and respected as some of the things they liked most about working here.

MaxMind has a social mission. MaxMind donates over 60% of profits to charities. 

MaxMind’s compensation strives to reward getting stuff done, quality of work, and working well with others.

We are a fully remote company, so communication centers around video chat, and direct and group messaging tools. 

Benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, our US benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and short and long term disability insurance, a Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer contribution, Health Savings Account, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care, and paid parental leave.  

MaxMind offers a $2,000 professional development budget and five days for professional development annually. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to diversity and inclusion and are mindful of incorporating them into all aspects of our company. 

We encourage and sincerely welcome applications from candidates of color, women, queer candidates, candidates with family caregiving responsibilities, transgender candidates, and from other communities not well represented in the tech world.

See our complete diversity and inclusion statement - https://www.maxmind.com/en/company/working-at-maxmind. 

Our Interview Process

The first step in our interviewing process is a brief homework assignment so we can gain insight into your work. The second step of our interview process would be a first round interview with our hiring manager and our Corporate Counsel. This interview will cover questions specific to the role. Next, there would be a final interview with our COO and Director of Business Development. That interview would be a more general / behavioral interview. The final step of our hiring process is reference checking.

Being a Successful Candidate (Cover Letter and Resume)

Your application should include a cover letter that describes your interest in MaxMind and why you would be a good fit for the advertised role. 

If desired, share any relevant projects or accomplishments so we can learn more about you.