Senior Commercial Counsel, Glean
$200-240k
3 days a week in office
Enterprise search and knowledge management
Open for applications
Enterprise search and knowledge management
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$200-240k
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring people the knowledge they need to make a difference in the world.
Role
Who you are
- We’re seeking a Senior Commercial Counsel who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, excels at building strong cross-functional relationships, and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves
- Legal Expertise: J.D. degree with membership in a state bar in good standing, and at least 10+ years of relevant experience, including time spent as in-house counsel
- Commercial Aptitude: Proven ability to draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements in the SaaS/technology industry, including channel / resale models. FED / SLED government contracting a plus
- Risk-Balanced Approach: Skilled at providing clear, actionable advice that aligns with both business objectives and legal best practices
- Business Partnership Mindset: A track record of fostering trust-based relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and delivering exceptional client service
- Adaptability and Drive: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, with a proactive and results-oriented approach to problem-solving
- AI Experience: Demonstrated experience using AI in legal applications, including contract drafting and analysis and AI use for legal research
- Commitment to Glean’s Values:
- Make it Customer-Driven: We put our customers first, ensuring that their needs and success guide everything we do
- Make it Happen: We take ownership, move with purpose, and deliver results
- Make it Better: We embrace curiosity and continuous improvement, always seeking ways to elevate our work
- Make it Together: We believe in the power of collaboration and build strong partnerships to achieve shared goals
What the job involves
- As a part of the Transactions team, and reporting to the Head of Legal Transactions, you’ll support a wide variety of functions, from sales and finance, to product and strategy, embodying our “get to yes” approach
- In this role, you’ll be instrumental in helping Glean move quickly and thoughtfully, ensuring we achieve our ambitious goals while laying the foundation for scalable growth
- SaaS Contracting: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS, channel, vendor, and data processing agreements
- Strategic Legal Advice: Provide timely, practical, and business-oriented guidance on legal and commercial issues to teams across the company, balancing business objectives with legal risk
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build and nurture strong relationships with teams across Glean, including sales, finance, product, marketing, and security, becoming a trusted advisor and valued partner
- Project Management: Handle multiple priorities, balancing short-term transactional needs with long-term strategic goals, adapting to ambiguity and delivering results with limited oversight
- Proactive Problem Solving: Take on a variety of legal projects and responsibilities, stepping in where needed to support the evolving needs of a dynamic SaaS/AI company
Our take
Glean is an intuitive digital assistant which allows employees to search across all their apps and find the information and tools that they need more quickly.
With so many SaaS apps being used by modern day companies, overwhelm and inefficiency inevitably enter the equation. Glean’s search engine is proving popular for how it unifies and centralizes all these distributed tools and data.
It’s been quite a start to life at Glean, having only emerged from stealth in 2021, it received a $1 Billion valuation in early 2022, thus achieving unicorn status, and has received nearly $400 million in funding so far. The SaaS platform is already used by some major companies including Grammarly, databricks, and Rubrik.
That Glean was co-founded by a quartet with senior experience at Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Facebook stands the company in good stead. However, it’s the fact that its search engine is solving a new, but very real problem in the workplace that’s seen its popularity surge so quickly, which it’s likely to continue to do in the future. Its adaptability to include new AI capabilities to its platform, such as generative AI, has Glean well set to see further growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2025
$150m
SERIES F
Sep 2024
$260m
SERIES E
Total funding: $805m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision for you and yours
- Competitive compensation and stock options
- 401k contribution
- Flexible work (3 days a week in the office), though we believe in folks working where they can be most effective
- Company events, from weekly happy hours to our annual company retreat
- Flexible hours, unlimited PTO, and company-wide winter break shutdown
- Transparent culture
- Learning and development stipend
- Free meals with lunch and dinner options every day
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Arvind Jain
(CEO)Former Engineer at Google and Microsoft. Is the co-founder of high growth startup Rubrik, which delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises.
Piyush Prahladka
(Software Engineer)Prior to joining the co-founding team at Glean, they worked as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, then as an Engineering Lead at Uber.
Tony Gentilcore
(Product Engineering Lead)Former Developer at At&T and TJC Labs. For ten years, served as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, including a spell as Founder and Tech Lead / Manager of the Chrome Speed Team.
TR Vishwanath
(Engineering Lead)Before co-founding Glean, was a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook after spending eight years at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, then Principal Development Lead.
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