Apply on Employer Site

Synthesia · 2 days ago

Senior Commercial Counsel

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Synthesia is on a mission to simplify video production through their AI video communications platform. As a Senior Commercial Counsel, you will support various teams by drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, advising on legal matters, and providing guidance to balance business objectives with legal risk.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Content CreatorsFoundational AIGenerative AISoftwareVideoVideo Editing

Responsibilities

Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements to support sales, partnerships, and our purchase of software and services from vendors

Advising on a variety of areas ranging from intellectual property, data privacy, data security, software licensing agreements, and go-to-market strategy

Providing input on processes, policies, and playbooks to help scale the organization and make our team more effective and efficient

Providing effective advice by staying up-to-date on relevant industry, commercial, open source, IP, privacy, employment, and other laws, regulations, and developments

Developing the company’s knowledge in areas of special interest, including intellectual property, data protection, financial services, healthcare, and other regulatory matters

Operating independently and providing practical, decisive guidance to our business teams that balances business objectives with legal risk, taking into account our company policies and practices negotiation positions

Qualification

Commercial agreements negotiationData processing agreementsIntellectual property lawSoftware licensing agreementsGDPRCCPA knowledgeIn-house legal experienceClean drafting skillsNegotiation with enterprise customersCloud servicesSales operations knowledgeManaging workload under pressureAI terms negotiation

Required

Completion of a law degree from an accredited institution, and qualified to practice law as an in-house attorney

6+ years of post-qualification experience working on different kinds of commercial transactions (e.g., strategic alliance, SaaS, IP licensing, software licensing, product resale, and distribution, working with contractors, outsourcing, facilities, etc.), including with large enterprise companies, companies in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare, etc.), government, and edu companies

Experience working in an in-house legal department, ideally in the tech sector

Comfortable negotiating data processing agreements, including a working knowledge of GDPR and CCPA as they relate to commercial contracts

Clean and concise drafting of documents, policies, Slack messages, emails, and other communications in a manner that is digestible for non-lawyers

Experience negotiating with enterprise customers, including on the customer's form

Understanding of cloud services, technology, and professional services contracts

Knowledge of non-legal business processes gained in-house relating to sales operations and revenue recognition

Experience managing workload on tight timelines with multiple competing demands

Exposure and experience negotiating artificial intelligence terms, including an understanding on AI models and the use of training data for building such models