Sr. Corporate Counsel, Commercial

Overview

A Senior Corporate Counsel – Commercial is sought to serve as a key legal partner supporting high-impact, global commercial transactions within AI infrastructure, memory, and advanced computing sectors. This role involves managing a high-volume, diverse portfolio of commercial transactions ranging from routine vendor and procurement agreements to complex, high-value deals enabling production-scale AI deployments for enterprise and next-generation customers.

The position requires close collaboration with sales, operations, supply chain, and product teams to structure, negotiate, and execute agreements that support strategic growth and customer expansion. The ideal candidate will have a strong commercial foundation, thrive in a dynamic environment, and be able to translate legal risk into business velocity while knowing when to escalate novel or high-risk issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements including:
  • Enterprise customer agreements for AI infrastructure and hardware solutions
  • Vendor, supplier, and procurement agreements
  • Supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and distribution arrangements
  • NDAs, amendments, and related documentation
• Independently manage negotiations across a range of deal complexities from standard to highly customized, strategic transactions
• Balance legal risk, deal velocity, and commercial objectives in a fast-moving environment
• Provide clear, actionable guidance to business stakeholders on contract structure, risk allocation, and negotiation strategy
• Support transactions involving AI infrastructure deployments, hardware systems, and memory-driven architectures
• Advise on delivery, acceptance, performance standards, warranty frameworks, support models, liability allocation, and downstream customer and ecosystem obligations
• Partner with operations and supply chain teams to ensure contracts align with deployment and scaling requirements
• Identify recurring risk patterns and drive standardization and scalability in contracting approaches
• Act as a trusted advisor to sales, product, finance, and operations teams
• Enable efficient deal execution by delivering practical, business-oriented legal solutions
• Support expansion into enterprise, neocloud, and sovereign AI markets, including longer-cycle, high-value deployments
• Contribute to development of contract templates, playbooks, scalable processes, and training for business teams
• Exercise strong judgment in determining when to act independently versus escalate
• Spot and escalate regulatory, compliance, or non-standard risk issues
• Support transactions involving regulated or government-adjacent customers as applicable

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
• Active bar membership in good standing
• 8+ years of relevant experience with substantial commercial contracting expertise
• Demonstrated ability to independently negotiate complex customer and vendor agreements
• Experience supporting technology, hardware, infrastructure, or supply chain-driven businesses
• Strong business judgment with ability to translate legal risk into practical guidance
• Excellent communication skills with legal and non-legal stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in a remote, fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• Highly pragmatic, business-oriented, and solutions-driven
• Ability to operate with autonomy and accountability
• Strong collaborator across technical and commercial teams
• Organized and capable of managing multiple priorities
• Positive, low-ego, and team-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in AI infrastructure, data centers, memory systems, or advanced computing environments
• Familiarity with FAR/DFARS, TAA, export controls, or regulated customer environments
• In-house experience at a high-growth technology or infrastructure company
• Prior law firm experience handling complex commercial transactions

Location

This is a remote position based in the United States.

Travel

No travel is required for this role.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $180,000 - $220,000 (may vary based on knowledge, skills, experience, and education)
• Bonus eligible
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) savings plan
• Paid Time Off
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, creed, gender, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.