Full Time

Commercial Counsel at Perplexity

Company Perplexity
Salary $200K – $265K
How You'll Work hybrid
Level senior
Sector Technology
Posted Posted 0 days ago

Job Description

Compensation

$200K – $265K • Offers Equity

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements, including MSAs, SaaS and API agreements, DPAs, partnership and reseller agreements, strategic collaboration and co-marketing agreements, procurement and vendor contracts, technology and infrastructure agreements, and IP licensing arrangements.

Serve as a primary legal partner across the business, providing fast, practical, and business-aligned counsel that accelerates deal velocity without compromising on risk management.

Provide strategic counsel on legal risks across AI infrastructure, compute, partnerships, and enterprise deployments as the company scales.

Advise on AI-specific legal considerations in commercial agreements, including acceptable use, data retention and training restrictions, output liability, and evolving regulatory requirements (e.g., EU AI Act, CCPA/CPRA, GDPR).

Build and maintain scalable legal infrastructure,contract templates, negotiation playbooks, fallback positions, and tools (e.g., CLM, self-serve workflows),to support high-volume deal flow and reduce friction in the contracting cycle.

Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Security, Finance, and Compliance teams to surface and address legal risk early, particularly on data use, enterprise integrations, and customer-specific compliance requirements.

Monitor the evolving regulatory landscape for enterprise AI and SaaS products and translate emerging requirements into practical contractual and policy guidance for internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

JD and in good standing with an active U.S. state bar membership.

At least 5+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience, with a track record of drafting and negotiating complex commercial technology agreements.

Strong business acumen and ability to partner effectively with sales, product, engineering, and executive teams.

Deep familiarity with data privacy and security frameworks (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, SOC 2, HIPAA) and experience negotiating DPAs and related compliance agreements.

Ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences and effectively translate legal concepts for non-lawyers.

Hands-on attitude to tackle projects large and small, low-ego approach to working across the organization.

Positive collaborative attitude, comfort with ambiguity and a fast pace, high level of integrity, and intellectual curiosity about AI technology and how these products work.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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