Corporate Counsel Lead

The OpenAI Deployment Company
New York, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 260,000 - 470,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic advising","Negotiation","Risk management","Building organization","Operating in ambiguity"]

Build and lead DeployCo’s legal function from inception through scale, partnering closely with OpenAI Legal to support commercial contracting, corporate governance, and regulatory frameworks. Negotiate complex enterprise customer and partner agreements, establish policies and compliance structures built for speed, and support structuring, financing, investor matters, and M&A diligence. Develop scalable contracting processes and manage outside counsel globally while advising executives on legal risk and strategic decisions.

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The OpenAI Deployment Company
The OpenAI Deployment Company
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Corporate Counsel Lead

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Job Summary

Build and lead DeployCo’s legal function from inception through scale, partnering closely with OpenAI Legal to support commercial contracting, corporate governance, and regulatory frameworks. Negotiate complex enterprise customer and partner agreements, establish policies and compliance structures built for speed, and support structuring, financing, investor matters, and M&A diligence. Develop scalable contracting processes and manage outside counsel globally while advising executives on legal risk and strategic decisions.
Location: New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and lead DeployCo’s legal function across commercial, corporate, employment, and regulatory matters.
  • •Draft and negotiate complex enterprise customer and partner agreements.
  • •Establish governance structures, policies, and compliance frameworks that are rigorous and usable.
  • •Support corporate structuring, financing, investor-related matters, and manage investor requirements.
  • •Lead M&A legal diligence and integration, including intercompany agreements and shared services with OpenAI.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 260,000 - 470,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •12–15+ years of legal experience in technology, professional services, or corporate environments.
  • •Strong experience in commercial contracting and corporate governance.
  • •Experience supporting high-growth or PE-backed companies.
  • •Comfort operating as the first legal leader in a new organization.
  • •Ability to pragmatically manage legal risk while enabling business execution in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
Experience:12+ yearsTechnologyProfessional servicesCorporate environmentsHigh-growthPE-backed
Skills:Strategic advisingNegotiationRisk managementBuilding organizationOperating in ambiguity

Company Brief

The OpenAI Deployment Company
OpenAI Deployment Company (DeployCo) is OpenAI’s deployment arm, built to help enterprises design, test, and run AI systems in core workflows using forward-deployed engineers. It appears to be a newly launched, subsidiary-like enterprise services venture focused on production AI adoption. ([deploy.co](https://deploy.co/?utm_source=openai))
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2026
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