About the role
Come join our legal team to work on the most exciting commercial, intellectual property, and operational issues at the leading edge of AI. We're seeking a strong, business-minded lawyer with deep expertise in both commercial contracting and intellectual property law.
As Associate General Counsel, Commercial & IP, you will be the second member of the legal team and have an opportunity to advise across the business, but with a focus on enterprise sales, data licensing, IP transactions, and trademark and patent portfolio management.
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable history of providing practical counsel to solve complex, time-sensitive problems in close partnership with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams. You will act as a strategic partner to the business, ensuring we can close enterprise deals efficiently while safeguarding Arena Intelligence’s critical intellectual property.
You'll
- Drive Commercial Agreements: Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of complex enterprise agreements, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), software licenses, vendor agreements, and strategic partnership contracts.
- Strategic IP Advice: Lead IP strategy for our product development and machine learning teams, including advising on open source and IP considerations with respect to AI model training.
- Process & Technology Optimization: Build and scale our commercial legal processes, creating playbooks, standardizing templates, and implementing systems to support a high-growth sales organization. Build agents and internal software to support our operations, and procure cutting-edge legal tech tools that allow us to integrate home- grown and vendor-built software with ease.
- IP Portfolio Counsel: Support the management of Arena Intelligence's worldwide IP portfolio including patents and trademarks; assist with patent prosecution, trademark registration, and enforcement.