Director of Commercial Legal
New
Based in United StatesFull-TimeDirector
SalaryUp to 240,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
Requirements
- JD degree and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state.
- 10+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house experience in technology, SaaS, or digital services environments.
- Strong background in commercial contracting, product law, data privacy, or technology law.
- Experience working with or advising on AI governance, data ownership, and emerging regulatory frameworks.
- Proven ability to negotiate complex enterprise agreements and support high-value commercial transactions.
- Experience improving legal operations and building scalable processes in fast-paced or high-growth organizations.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate legal complexity into clear business guidance.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence cross-functional and executive stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead all legal aspects of commercial deal execution, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex enterprise agreements across services and software offerings.
- Advise business and executive stakeholders on legal risk, commercial trade-offs, and contract structuring while enabling revenue growth and protecting organizational interests.
- Develop and maintain AI governance and data ownership frameworks, ensuring contracts align with evolving regulatory and technological requirements.
- Partner closely with go-to-market, finance, and product teams to structure pricing models, usage-based agreements, and scalable contracting approaches.
- Manage and coordinate external counsel, ensuring alignment on legal strategy, cost efficiency, and delivery quality.
- Improve and operationalize legal processes, building scalable frameworks for contract management, review workflows, and documentation standards.
- Contribute to cross-functional alignment by translating legal requirements into clear, actionable guidance for business teams.
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