Head of Commercial, Legal

Location: Redwood City, California, United States (Hybrid)

Salary: $295,000–$315,000 base salary per annum, with potential additional bonuses, incentives, and equity.

Company

hirify.global provides an AI Agents platform for customer experience, enabling organizations to deploy specialized AI Agents across customer conversations, frontline support, and operations.

What you will do

• Lead the commercial legal strategy and operations for a scaling private SaaS business.
• Draft, negotiate, and close high-volume SaaS agreements, including MSAs, DPAs, NDAs, and enterprise procurement contracts.
• Structure and negotiate channel partnerships, technology alliances, and co-selling agreements with global partners.
• Create contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and streamlined legal workflows.
• Advise on data privacy, IP, employment law, cross-border transactions, equity matters, board governance, M&A, and investor-related legal needs.
• Manage and develop one direct report, with future scope to grow the legal function.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of legal experience, including at least 5 years in-house at a high-growth B2B SaaS company preferred.
• Hands-on legal leadership through scaling phases from approximately $25M to $150M+ ARR in a private company environment.
• Experience managing complex commercial contracts for strategic and upper-enterprise segments and negotiating high-impact partnership deals.
• Deep understanding of SaaS contracting models, data protection laws including GDPR and CCPA, and IP considerations.
• Business-first judgment with strong negotiation, risk assessment, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing people and serving as the sole or most senior legal authority in a fast-paced environment.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and a license to practice in California.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid role with monthly mobile and internet support and pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Competitive base pay, performance incentives, and meaningful equity ownership.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Unlimited flexible PTO, 10 company holidays, annual company-wide Winter Break, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan and quarterly lifestyle spending account supporting wellness, learning, professional development, and personal growth.
• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity, belonging, and equal employment opportunity.