Commercial Counsel (AI SaaS)

Location: Hybrid, based in San Francisco or New York City; office attendance is required on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Base salary: $280,000–$340,000 per year, depending on location, scope, and experience.

Company

Notion builds a collaborative AI workspace for knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools used by individuals, teams, and enterprises.

What you will do

• Negotiate complex AI SaaS, enterprise B2B, privacy, security, and commercial agreements.
• Provide day-to-day commercial legal support to sales, marketing, channel, and customer success teams across the Americas.
• Advise Enterprise customer sales motions and collaborate with Product Legal on product and go-to-market matters.
• Identify and implement process improvements for buy-side support motions.
• Develop and revise contract templates and playbooks as products, the organization, and laws evolve.

Requirements

• Admission to the California State Bar or New York State Bar, or registration as in-house counsel in good standing.
• 10+ years of combined commercial legal experience in a law firm or software technology company.
• 2+ years of in-house experience at a SaaS or AI technology company.
• Expertise in privacy and AI regulations, including GDPR, the e-Privacy Directive, CCPA, and the EU AI Act.
• Experience with commercial transactions, SaaS agreements, enterprise B2B transactions, negotiation, and legal drafting.
• Curiosity about AI and willingness to adopt AI tools; personal AI fluency is required.

Nice to have

• Certified Information Privacy Professional certification or equivalent.
• Experience at a fast-growing technology company.
• Experience supporting channel and reseller partnerships or financial services customers.
• Familiarity with Notion.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits.
• In-person collaboration on designated Anchor Days.
• Focus on craft, durable products, practical judgment, and human-centered collaboration.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.