Senior Counsel

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FieldguideB2B SaaS
Remote (USA)Full-TimeSenior
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Experience
8-10 years of legal experience, including 3-4 years at a law firm working across many client types and deal structures, followed by 5-6 years in-house at a B2B SaaS company, preferably at Series B-D

Requirements

  • J.D. from an accredited law school
  • Active bar admission in good standing
  • 8-10 years of legal experience
  • 3-4 years at a law firm working across many client types and deal structures
  • 5-6 years in-house at a B2B SaaS company, preferably at Series B-D
  • Deep fluency in commercial SaaS contracts (MSAs, DPAs, BAAs, SLAs)
  • Substantive AI and data licensing experience
  • Negotiated AI vendor agreements
  • Advised on model and IP risk
  • Understand underlying AI technology well enough to negotiate it
  • Demonstrated data privacy experience with GDPR, CCPA, and SOC 2 legal obligations
  • Credible in DPA negotiations with enterprise customers
  • Track record of building legal infrastructure from scratch: contract templates, playbooks, CLM implementations, or compliance programs
  • Comfortable operating as the only lawyer in the building
  • Approaches legal risk as a trade-off problem, not a binary
  • Delivers practical, business-oriented guidance under time pressure
  • Experience at a B2B SaaS company serving professional services, fintech, or regulated industries is a plus
  • Familiarity with agentic AI or AI infrastructure agreements is a meaningful advantage

Responsibilities

  • Own negotiation and execution of all commercial agreements (MSAs, SaaS subscription agreements, DPAs, BAAs, and NDAs) with Fieldguide's enterprise accounting firm customers
  • Define a risk tiering framework that calibrates review to deal size and complexity
  • Be a deal enabler for the GTM team, not a bottleneck
  • Build and maintain a contract playbook with tiered positions by clause type and a standard paper library
  • Leverage AI / Agentic solutions to scale legal operations and build institutional memory
  • Own AI and data licensing negotiations such as data use rights, model risk provisions, output ownership, IP indemnification
  • Maintain Fieldguide's AI commercial policy framework and open source compliance program
  • Review and maintain employment agreements, contractor agreements, and offer letters
  • Advise People team on multi-state and international compliance
  • Serve as the company's primary legal liaison to the board on corporate governance matters, including board documentation, equity records, and corporate filings in coordination with Finance
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