Senior Commercial Counsel (AI)

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, New York City, or Austin, United States

Base compensation: $223K–$263K in San Francisco and New York City; $201K–$236K in other US locations, plus equity.

Company

Writer is an AI platform for marketing and revenue teams, using autonomous agents and an Enterprise Brain to support enterprise growth with governance and compliance.

What you will do

• Review and negotiate inbound and outbound commercial contracts, including SaaS licensing, strategic partnership, data processing, customer, and supplier agreements.
• Develop and manage contract templates and negotiation playbooks.
• Improve sales contracting processes and create scalable processes for internal legal and business stakeholders in collaboration with sales operations.
• Enable and train go-to-market teams through practical legal guidance.
• Partner with sales and procurement while reporting to the head of commercial legal.

Requirements

• Law degree from an accredited law school and admission to practice law in the US.
• 7+ years of experience negotiating commercial contracts, ideally at a SaaS company or a law firm serving technology clients.
• Experience contracting with large enterprise companies and strategic partners, preferably in regulated finance, healthcare, or insurance industries.
• Exposure to privacy, IP, or AI-related legal issues and a basic understanding of AI.
• Experience with contract management tools and familiarity with legal operations, project management, and CLM tools such as Asana, Salesforce, or Linksquares.
• Strong work ethic, ability to think on your feet, prioritize, multitask, and work efficiently under tight deadlines.
• Business-oriented approach, ability to explain complex legal concepts in non-legal terms, initiative, reliability, curiosity, adaptability, collaboration, and low ego.

Nice to have

• Experience at a SaaS company or with a law firm serving technology clients.
• Experience supporting a global sales team with international offices.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced legal team focused on creativity, collaboration, practical business support, and low-ego communication.
• Generous PTO and company holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families, plus paid parental leave of 16 weeks.
• Fertility and family planning support, early-detection cancer testing, FSA options, and HSA contributions for eligible plans.
• Annual wellness and learning and development stipends, company and team off-sites, stock options, and 401(k).