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Senior Commercial Counsel

Modal· G&A
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New York$250k - $300kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Commercial Counsel to be Modal's first commercial lawyer, responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, building templates and playbooks, and establishing foundational legal operations to support a high-growth tech company.

Responsibilities

  • Own customer contracting, including MSAs, service orders, NDAs, DPAs, and BAAs - negotiating directly with customers and partnering with the Sales team throughout the full deal cycle
  • Lead vendor-side contracting, including capex procurement, SaaS tools, and consulting arrangements, among others
  • Build and maintain contract repositories, template libraries and contract playbooks
  • Partner with Legal operations on CLM management, including approval workflows and escalation logic
  • Review and revise operational policies, including terms of service, privacy policy, acceptable use, and website terms, and customer-facing marketing materials

Qualifications

  • JD and active membership in good standing in New York or California
  • Approximately 5-10 years of combined law firm and in-house experience negotiating commercial technology agreements, with meaningful time supporting an enterprise sales motion
  • Deep familiarity with SaaS contracting
  • Extensive experience working within Ironclad or a similar CLM
  • Ability to build templates and playbooks from scratch
  • Working knowledge of privacy and regulatory data protection frameworks, such as GDPR and HIPAA
  • Sound commercial judgment: you know how to balance risk with the business needs of a high-growth tech company

Skills

Required:Commercial contract negotiationContract lifecycle management (CLM)Templates and playbooks developmentPrivacy/regulatory knowledge
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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