Commercial Counsel @ AI Risk Automation Enterprise

About the Company

This high-growth technology company operates at the intersection of AI, financial services, and enterprise software. Its platform helps financial institutions make faster, smarter decisions by automating complex risk, compliance, and onboarding workflows. Trusted by leading institutions, the company leverages proprietary data, advanced automation, and machine learning to reduce fraud, streamline operations, and improve customer outcomes.

Backed by a strong leadership team and experiencing rapid growth, the company is building foundational infrastructure for a large and evolving market.

Job Overview

The company is seeking its first in-house legal leader to build and scale the legal function from the ground up. Reporting directly to the founders and partnering closely with senior leadership, this role offers broad exposure across commercial, regulatory, corporate, and operational matters. This is an opportunity for a business-minded attorney who enjoys operating in ambiguity, building systems from scratch, and serving as a strategic advisor rather than a traditional gatekeeper. The successful candidate will help shape legal strategy in a highly regulated and rapidly evolving industry while enabling the business to move quickly and responsibly.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all commercial contracting, including enterprise customer, vendor, and strategic partner agreements
• Support complex sales cycles with large enterprise and regulated customers
• Build scalable contract management processes, policies, and playbooks to support growth
• Advise on regulatory, compliance, privacy, and governance matters
• Partner with product and engineering teams on data governance, AI-related issues, and risk management
• Manage employment, consulting, and advisor agreements
• Support corporate governance, financing activities, and strategic transactions
• Oversee outside counsel and drive efficient legal operations

About You

• JD and active bar membership
• 5+ years of legal experience, ideally spanning technology, financial services, fintech, or SaaS
• Strong commercial contracting and negotiation experience
• Familiarity with regulated business environments, privacy, and compliance frameworks
• Practical, solutions-oriented judgment and strong business acumen
• Comfortable building processes and operating independently in a fast-moving environment
• Prior in-house experience at a high-growth technology or financial services company is ideal
• Demonstrated ability to balance legal risk with business objectives in a scaling organization
• Exposure to AI governance, emerging technology regulation, or data privacy
• Experience supporting financings, board governance, or M&A transactions

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