Senior Commercial Counsel

• First in-house legal hire for fast growing AI platform
• Working closely with senior business leaders on a daily basis

About Our Client

Agentic-AI SaaS platorm.

Job Description

• Lead the negotiation, drafting, and execution of a broad range of commercial agreements, including master services agreements, data processing agreements, order forms, amendments, and renewals.
• Review and respond to customer contract redlines in a timely and business-oriented manner.
• Develop and maintain contract playbooks, approved language libraries, and self-service templates to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Partner closely with sales and commercial stakeholders to support strategic transactions and drive successful deal outcomes.
• Manage external counsel on specialized legal matters, including international regulatory, compliance, and complex commercial issues.
• Advise on global privacy and data protection requirements, including jurisdiction-specific contractual obligations.
• Collaborate with customer success and account management teams on renewals, expansions, and ongoing customer relationships.
• Design and implement scalable legal processes that balance risk management with operational efficiency across a growing customer base.

The Successful Applicant

• J.D. and strong academic credentials, with admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction preferred.
• Approximately 7-12 years of commercial and transactional legal experience, ideally gained within a high-growth technology or software environment.
• Extensive experience negotiating complex enterprise agreements, data processing agreements, privacy-related terms, and information security provisions.
• Demonstrated success developing contract playbooks, standardization initiatives, and scalable legal processes.
• Strong understanding of data privacy frameworks and cross-border commercial contracting.
• Comfortable operating as a business partner to sales and revenue teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing outside counsel and determining when matters should be handled internally versus escalated.
• Familiarity with information security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 is preferred.
• International commercial experience, particularly supporting customers across multiple jurisdictions, is highly desirable.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently while building a legal function from the ground up.

What’s on Offer

• Hybrid from NYC or Silicon Valley
• Competitive base salary
• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits

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Jennifer Pettigrew

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Job summary

Function Legal Subsector Legal Subsector Industry Technology Media & Telecoms Location New York Contract type Permanent Consultant name Jennifer Pettigrew Job reference JN-

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