Senior Corporate Counsel

Emerald AI•Washington, DC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Emerald AI is hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel to support a broad range of legal matters across the company. The role partners closely with business, product, engineering, commercial, technical, and leadership teams, providing timely, practical legal guidance that enables day-to-day operations and responsible growth. The counsel will be embedded in the business and lead or support commercial and strategic transactions, including customer, vendor, partnership, data center, and energy-related agreements. The role also helps establish foundational legal processes, templates, and systems as the company scales. Emerald AI develops the Emerald Conductor software platform, which enables AI data centers to adjust power usage dynamically, helping data centers scale while supporting the grid and renewable energy expansion. The company works across AI, cloud, software, and energy and is backed by Radical Ventures and NVIDIA. This position reports to the Head of Legal and Policy. The role can be based in D.C., Boston, or the Bay Area, with two work-from-home days per week. The company offers competitive pay and equity, along with medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) matching benefits.

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
6–10 years of legal experience; experience spanning both a leading law firm and an in-house legal team is strongly preferred.
Deep experience drafting, negotiating, and structuring commercial agreements, including complex and strategic transactions.
Hands-on experience with data center transactions or the broader data center ecosystem, including experience at or advising data center operators, neoclouds, hyperscalers, energy technology companies, or related businesses.
Experience working cross-functionally with business, technical, and executive teams.
Strong business judgment and ability to assess legal and commercial risk, make pragmatic recommendations, and help teams reach decisions effectively.

Nice To Haves

Experience with utility, interconnection, energy services, or other energy-related agreements.
Experience with energy technology, AI/ML, cloud, or infrastructure-related companies.
Exposure to regulated industries, such as energy.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate customer, vendor, and partnership agreements.
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements across the data center and energy ecosystem, including SaaS, customer, vendor, partnership, utility, interconnection, and energy services agreements.
Develop templates and playbooks to streamline contracting and transactional activities.
Advise on product, data usage, privacy, and intellectual property matters.
Partner with engineering, commercial, and product teams to identify and manage legal risks.
Identify legal and regulatory considerations relevant to commercial transactions, product development, and company operations.
Assist with corporate governance, entity management, and internal policies.
Build internal legal processes that improve speed and consistency.