Commercial Counsel

Cognition
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Negotiation","Communication","Stakeholder management","Risk assessment"]

Commercial counsel role focused on enterprise US deals, managing high-volume negotiations across AI SaaS licensing, marketing, and partnership agreements. Serves as the bridge between GTM, technical, and operations teams, guiding contract compliance mechanisms and ensuring swift, fair closures while balancing risk and reward in a fast-growing AI software environment.

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Cognition
Cognition
4 months ago

Commercial Counsel

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Job Summary

Commercial counsel role focused on enterprise US deals, managing high-volume negotiations across AI SaaS licensing, marketing, and partnership agreements. Serves as the bridge between GTM, technical, and operations teams, guiding contract compliance mechanisms and ensuring swift, fair closures while balancing risk and reward in a fast-growing AI software environment.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Focus on Enterprise (US) deals and contract work, including redlining and negotiating key legal documents such as Licensing, SaaS agreements, and NDAs.
  • •Manage a high-volume workflow to close deals efficiently while balancing risk and reward.
  • •Provide crucial legal guidance, translating requirements to the technical and operational teams and ensuring compliance with national and international requirements.
  • •Engage with enterprise-level counsel to ensure swift and fair deal closures.
  • •Serve as the connective tissue between the GTM team and technical/operational teams, translating contractual commitments into actionable guidance.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
  • •Experience with high-velocity, high-growth tech company preferred
  • •Diverse body of work, including inbound and outbound contracts
Experience:7+ yearsAISaaSTech
Skills:NegotiationCommunicationStakeholder managementRisk assessment
Languages:English

Company Brief

Cognition
Builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer and AI-native developer tools (Windsurf, DeepWiki) to automate software engineering workflows for enterprise customers.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2023
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