Senior Commercial & Privacy Counsel

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offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is a hybrid position. About your skills Exceptional business judgement and a proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in fast-moving deal environments.

Executive-level communication skills: able to distill complex issues into clear, actionable guidance and influence stakeholders from SMB to large enterprise and C-suite. A track record of using approved AI tools to increase legal productivity, and staying current on AI governance obligations.

About This Role

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Commercial Privacy Counsel to join our growing Commercial Legal team. You will serve as a strategic legal partner to our go-to-market teams — driving complex deal negotiations, building scalable contracting frameworks, and fuelling our expansion with enterprise clients and organisations across all market segments. This is a high-impact, highly autonomous role for a commercially sharp, privacy-fluent lawyer who thrives in fast-paced, technology-forward environments.

You will guide sophisticated transactions across diverse industries and jurisdictions, providing strategic counsel on the commercial and regulatory dimensions of AI platform deployment. What you’ll be doing Serve as a key strategic advisor to Sales leadership on complex commercial transactions, bringing sound judgement and a solutions-first approach to every deal. Lead and close negotiations across the full range of commercial agreements — MSAs, SaaS subscriptions, PaaS, SOWs, professional services agreements, reseller and channel agreements, and government and public sector contracts.

Design and implement scalable contract frameworks, playbooks, and processes to support a high-velocity sales organisation. Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Partner Alliances, Finance, Security, Product, and other business units to facilitate reviews, drive sales enablement, and contribute to continuous process improvement. Serve as the internal lead on data privacy matters, embedding privacy expertise into commercial deals and raising data privacy awareness across the organisation.

Provide mentorship and support to other members of the legal team, supervising and coaching junior lawyers on commercial matters. Foster trusted relationships with enterprise clients, external partners, advisors, and regulatory bodies across the region. Anticipate emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting AI and technology and provide proactive strategic guidance to cross-functional leadership.