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GC AI

Senior Commercial Counsel

RemoteUnited States, Canada onlyArchived
Published
Experience
Senior
Employment
Full-time
Company size
Startup
$170k–$225k/yr
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Senior Commercial Counsel with 5-9 years of B2B SaaS tech transactions experience needed for a fast-growing legal AI platform. Must have JD, active US bar membership, and in-house experience. Role involves high-volume customer-side negotiations and building scalable legal processes.

Required skills

MSAsorder formsDPAsNDAs

Optional skills

AImachine learninglegal technologyCIPP/USCIPP/EAI-related legal issues

Required languages

English

What you'll do

  • Directly enable GC AI's revenue growth by keeping deals moving with speed and sound judgment.
  • Strengthen commercial legal processes by contributing to playbooks, templates, and self-serve resources that scale with the business.
  • Build trust with sales and customer success teams as a reliable, business-minded legal partner.
  • Help shape how GC AI uses its own product in day-to-day commercial legal work.
  • Manage a high volume of customer-side negotiations, including reviewing and redlining customer paper and bespoke terms.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, NDAs).
  • Support sales teams through deal cycles, understanding their timelines and quarter-end pressures.
  • Work independently on the full range of commercial matters while knowing when to escalate complex issues.
  • Explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders across sales, product, and customer success.
  • Balance legal risk management with business objectives to maintain deal velocity.
  • Contribute to developing scalable legal processes, templates, and playbooks for go-to-market teams.
  • Support vendor-side contracting as needed.
  • Take on additional projects and tasks as needed in response to the evolving needs of a fast-growing startup.

What they require

  • JD and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction.
  • 5-9 years of technology transactions experience in a B2B SaaS environment.
  • In-house legal experience.
  • Strong drafting and negotiation skills, particularly with commercial agreements (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, NDAs).
  • Ability to manage a high volume of customer-side negotiations, including reviewing and redlining customer paper and bespoke terms.
  • Experience supporting sales teams and understanding their timelines and pressures.
  • Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate complex matters.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to balance legal risk management with business objectives.
  • Comfort working under pressure, particularly during month-end closing periods.
  • Experience at a high-growth startup or scale-up company.
  • Experience at a big law firm in a technology group.
  • Familiarity with AI, machine learning, or legal technology sectors.
  • Privacy certification (CIPP/US, CIPP/E) or substantive privacy experience.
  • Experience advising on AI-related legal issues.
  • Experience developing scalable legal processes, templates, or playbooks for go-to-market teams.
  • Vendor-side contracting experience.
  • You are already a GC AI user.

Benefits

  • Team members in the San Francisco Bay Area and Provo, UT (within 50 miles of the office) work together on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
  • As we grow, we plan to establish permanent offices in more hub cities https://gc-ai.notion.site/faq-careers-at-gc-ai, and we will look to our team members to help build that in-person culture.
  • GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class.
  • GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

GC AI is a legal AI platform for in-house legal teams.

LegalTechStartupgc.ai/
$170k–$225k/yr