Senior Commercial Counsel

Profound • New York, NY

42d • $200,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Profound is on a mission to help companies understand and control their AI presence. As our Senior Commercial Counsel, you’ll be the legal backbone of our sales motion—responsible for reviewing, redlining, and negotiating contracts with a wide variety of customers and partners. You’ll work closely with Sales and Leadership to keep deals moving while protecting Profound’s interests.

Requirements

• 6-10 years of legal experience, with at least 2 years negotiating B2B SaaS contracts at a global in-house data-centric SaaS organization with high deal velocity.
• Above all, you must have excellent judgment and critical thinking skills.
• You have an obsession with internal client and external customer happiness, with a demonstrated history of promoting scalable processes and procedures.
• You are independent, patient, thoughtful, and adept at managing shifting priorities in a demanding, fast-paced environment, but at the same time possess the judgment to know when and how to escalate issues.
• Ability to manage the sales contract review process autonomously
• Skilled in the transactional aspects of GDPR
• Pragmatic approach to balancing legal risk and business needs
• Exceptional communication skills for conveying legal concepts to non-lawyers
• Licensed to practice law in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in-house at a high-growth AI/data-centric products is a major plus

Responsibilities

• Review, redline, and negotiate a variety of outbound (sell-side) commercial agreements, procurement agreements, partnership agreements, and bespoke business development deals
• Act as the primary legal contact for Sales to facilitate the entire deal process from A to Z through contract execution
• Create and maintain contract templates and playbooks for efficiency
• Implement and continue to iterate on the company’s AI legal ops strategy
• Monitor data privacy, AI, and IP regulations to provide actionable guidance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed