Commercial Counsel
Location
San Francisco, CA
Level
Senior
Department
Operations
Type
Full - Time
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
January 14, 2023
We’re looking for a Commercial Counsel to help OpenAI draft, review, and negotiate inbound and outbound agreements, including customer, licensing, partnership, and other sales and supply agreements. You’ll work within a small and tight-knit team of commercial lawyers and go-to-market, engineering, and product teams to help scale up the commercial legal function as we offer our cutting-edge technologies for use. This role reports to our Head of Commercial Legal.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and licensing agreements with customers, vendors, and partners, and manage regulatory, compliance, and operational issues that arise.
- Partner closely with technical, product, and commercial teams to proactively manage risks, identify legal issues and drive decision-making.
- Negotiate commercial agreements that enable OpenAI to move quickly while protecting the company’s resources and systems.
- Analyze and navigate cutting-edge legal and technological issues in AI
- Help ensure commercial agreement processes and systems evolve to serve new initiatives.
Job Requirements
- Have at least 4-8 years of legal experience at a technology-focused law firm and/or reputable technology company.
- Have significant experience with drafting and negotiating complex licensing and commercial agreements. Proficiency with IP, product, privacy, and/or regulatory issues is a big plus.
- Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
- Have a JD from an accredited law school and a license to practice in California.