Cognition Logo

Cognition

Commercial Counsel

Reposted 2 Months Ago
In-Office
New York City, NY, USA
Senior level
In-Office
New York City, NY, USA
Senior level
As Commercial Counsel, you will manage complex negotiations for AI SaaS agreements, balancing risks and providing legal guidance for enterprise-level deals.
The summary above was generated by AI
We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.

We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.

Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.

Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.

About the Role

As Commercial Counsel for US, you will sit at the centre of a fast-moving commercial legal function, managing a high-volume workflow of complex negotiations across AI SaaS licensing, marketing, and partnership agreements. You will work with enterprise-level deals, balancing risk and reward with pragmatism and speed, and ensuring closures that are both fair and commercially sound.

This role carries real weight. You will serve as the connective tissue between the GTM team and technical and operational teams, translating contractual commitments into guidance that non-legal stakeholders can act on.

Beyond day-to-day deal work, you will play a meaningful part in the company's growth, working cross-functionally to establish and grow contract compliance mechanisms. If you want a legal role with genuine strategic scope, this is it.

In this role you will:

  • Focus on Enterprise (US) deals and contract work

  • Manage a high-volume workflow, redlining and negotiating key legal documents, including Licensing, SaaS agreements, and NDAs

  • Provide crucial legal guidance, balancing risk/reward, with an understanding of national and international requirements and parlaying that to the technical and operational team

  • Engage with enterprise-level counsel, ensuring swift and fair deal closures

Ideally you have:

  • 7+ years experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts

  • Experience with high-velocity, high-growth tech company preferred

  • Diverse body of work, including inbound and outbound contracts

Equal Opportunity

Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any.

Similar Jobs

Yesterday
In-Office
New York City, NY, USA
192K-220K Annually
Mid level
192K-220K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Legal Tech • Software
Provides commercial legal support to Growth, Operations, Procurement, and other business stakeholders. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates B2B SaaS customer and supplier contracts; advises on risk allocation, pricing, liability, data protection, and compliance; and develops contracting templates, playbooks, and guidelines. The role requires independent legal judgment, cross-jurisdiction collaboration, and experience enabling efficient commercial transactions in a fast-paced legal technology company.
Yesterday
Easy Apply
Hybrid
New York, NY, USA
Easy Apply
100K-110K Annually
Senior level
100K-110K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Manage Clear Street Retail’s high-volume commercial contracting process from drafting through signature and renewal. Prepare and review agreements, coordinate Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Privacy, and Security stakeholders, maintain contract records, track obligations and renewals, and improve workflows through templates, intake forms, reporting, contract management software, automation, and approved AI tools.
Top Skills: Approved Ai ToolsCollaborative Work ToolsContract Management SoftwareE-Signature Platforms
2 Days Ago
Hybrid
New York, NY, USA
185K-215K Annually
Senior level
185K-215K Annually
Senior level
AdTech • Big Data • Digital Media • Software
Commercial Counsel will lead negotiations and provide legal guidance on complex technology, advertising, data, privacy, security, and commercial agreements. The role advises cross-functional teams on product commercialization, legal risk, contracting processes, policies, and special projects. Candidates need at least six years of relevant transactional legal experience, technology or digital advertising expertise, strong business judgment, excellent communication skills, and authorization to practice law in New York or California.
Top Skills: Advertising TechnologyAudio AdvertisingCtv/StreamingData PrivacyDisplay AdvertisingIntellectual PropertyOnline Video

What you need to know about the NYC Tech Scene

As the undisputed financial capital of the world, New York City is an epicenter of startup funding activity. The city has a thriving fintech scene and is a major player in verticals ranging from AI to biotech, cybersecurity and digital media. It also has universities like NYU, Columbia and Cornell Tech attracting students and researchers from across the globe, providing the ecosystem with a constant influx of world-class talent. And its East Coast location and three international airports make it a perfect spot for European companies establishing a foothold in the United States.

Key Facts About NYC Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 549,200; 6% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Capgemini, Bloomberg, IBM, Spotify
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, Fintech
  • Funding Landscape: $25.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Greycroft, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tribeca Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Two Sigma Ventures
  • Research Centers and Universities: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, CUNY, AI Now Institute, Flatiron Institute, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account