Senior Commercial Counsel, Writer
$162.1-227.8k
Salary range dependent on candidate location. Plus equity
AI writing assistant
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AI writing assistant
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$162.1-227.8k
Salary range dependent on candidate location. Plus equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring generative AI to the enterprise.
Role
Who you are
- A law degree from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in the U.S
- 7+ years of experience negotiating commercial contracts, ideally at a SaaS company and/or law firm servicing tech industry clients
- Experience contracting with large enterprise companies and strategic partners, often in heavily-regulated industries (finance, healthcare, insurance). Bonus points if you’ve supported a global sales team with international offices
- Exposure to privacy, IP, and/or AI-specific legal issues, with a basic understanding of generative AI. We don’t need you to be an expert, but it helps if you know the basics
- Experience using contract management tools, in particular to help legal teams like ours continue to be data-driven
- Familiarity with legal operations, project management and CLM tools like Asana, Salesforce, Linksquares, Ironclad, etc
- A strong work ethic, the ability to think on your feet, and a sense of humor - we work hard, but we know how to have fun
- A business person first that also happens to be a lawyer
- Someone who can explain complex legal concepts in a non-legal way
- A redline machine - The end-of-month, quarter and year push is real and we work fast under tight deadlines. Efficiency and the ability to prioritize and multi-task are must-haves
- A self-starter, who finds ways to add value without being told
- A partner - not a roadblock. We get things done!
- Curious, reliable, comfortable moving uncomfortably fast, and - above all else - have a low ego
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a senior commercial counsel who thrives on deal-making and loves turning legal complexity into business clarity
- In this role, you’ll be the trusted legal partner to our sales and procurement functions, reporting to our head of commercial legal
- You’ll be drafting and negotiating SaaS agreements that power our growth and keep our partnerships strong
- If you’re energized by fast-paced negotiations with large enterprise companies, curious about cutting-edge technology, and excited to join a small-but-mighty team that values creativity and collaboration (all with a sense of humor and low ego) then, this may be the role for you
- Come help us redefine what it means to be an in-house legal team - and have fun doing it
- You'll report to our senior director, head of commercial legal
- Review and negotiate inbound and outbound commercial contracts, including inbound and outbound SaaS licensing agreements, strategic partnership agreements , data processing agreements and other important contracts with our enterprise customers and suppliers
- Develop and manage various contract templates and negotiation playbooks and improve efficiency of sales contracting processes in collaboration with Sales Operations
- Create thoughtful processes that benefit the business (not just legal) and how we support our internal stakeholders as we grow and scale - If you see something that doesn’t work, or could be better, we want you to help fix it
- Enable and train our go-to-market teammates by giving them practicable advice and guidance
Our take
AI-assisted writing tools have taken off over recent years. With the likes of high-exposure company Grammarly accelerating adoption of such tools, a flurry of startups have appeared to offer their own takes. Writer’s angle is to leverage AI as a means of standardizing and scaling both content and communications for business teams. The tool offers autofilling and inline suggestions that keep content aligned with pre-determined company language and style guides.
This branded fine-tuning function distinguishes it from full copy-generation competitors, as well as from Grammarly itself, which is a more generalist copyediting tool. It subsequently caters to major enterprise clients looking to maintain standards across multiple and sprawling teams, and the company has managed to net major clients like Deloitte, Twitter, UiPath, and Accenture.
While AI-related buzz remains solidly around generative AIs like ChatGPT and Bard, Writer's narrow target market - in which it has already found success - supplies plenty of scope to grow, as AI copyediting tools look set to rapidly become content industry standard. With continued new launches and updates to its offerings, as well as an impressive $200 million Series C awarded in 2024, the company is well-placed for further success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
229% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2024
$200m
SERIES C
Sep 2023
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $326m
Company benefits
- Selection of employer-covered medical plans, plus dental, vision, life insurance, and FSA
- Flexible location and schedule options
- Competitive parental leave policy
- Company stock options
- 401k plan with employer contributions
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous PTO
- Distributed from Day 1: Our processes and operating cadence are built around a distributed culture
- SF office space: If you prefer working from an office, we have a beautiful sunny one in Union Square, the heart of San Francisco
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
May Habib
(Co-Founder & CEO)Harvard economics graduate, who was previously VP of sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Development Company, and a global shaper at the World Economic Forum. Also co-founded Qordoba.
Waseem Alshikh
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously co-founded CloudAppers, then served as CTO at iMENA. Subsequently co-founded AI content editor Qordoba.
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