Senior Commercial Counsel
关于 Decagon Decagon 是领先的对话式 AI 平台，使每个品牌能够提供客户服务体验。我们的技术使得 Avis Budget Group,Blocks Cash App and Square,Chime,Oura Health 和 Hunter Douglas 等行业界定义企业部署 AI 代理，通过语音，聊天，电子邮件，短信和其他频道来实现个性化，深度满意的互动。我们正在构建一个未来，客户体验将从支持门票重新定义到更快的分辨率，丰富的谈话和更深刻的关系。我们很自豪能够得到世界级投资者支持，他们分享这一愿景，包括 a16z,Accel,Bain Capital Ventures,Coatue 和 Index Ventures 等。我们是一家在办公室的公司，以卓越和速度为共同承诺驱动。我们的价值观 - 简单地完成，发明客户想要的东西，赢家思维方式以及聚合力原则塑造了我们作为团队的工作和成长的方式。关于角色 Decagon 正在寻找一名高级商业顾问加入我们的专业，协作和快速增长的团队。这是位于旧金山和纽约以外的人员的远程职位。该职位将成为企业高级战略法律合作伙伴，负责领导公司一些最复杂的，具有高影响力，产生收入的交易，以及与销售领导层和其他高级利益相关者密切合作，构建，谈判和完成复杂的企业 SaaS,本地和战略商业协议。该角色还将支持更广泛的商业法律倡议，包括咨询战略上市模式，道计划，隐私和监管问题，商业政策，维护和完善商业法律模板和游戏书籍以及与跨职能利益相关者合作开展战略商业倡议。成功候选人将是一个具有特殊商业判断力的创造性和分析思想家，高度细节化，并采用务实态，优先考虑商业的法律咨询方法。获得成功的候选人还将带来丰富经验，领导与财富500强公司进行复杂，高价值商业协议谈判。
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About Decagon
Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences.
Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Block’s Cash App and Square, Chime, Oura Health, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel.
We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships. We’re proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, along with many others.
We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values — Just Get It Done, Invent What Customers Want, Winner’s Mindset, and The Polymath Principle — shape how we work and grow as a team.
About the Role
Decagon is seeking a Senior Commercial Counsel to join our dedicated, collaborative and fast-growing team. This is a remote role for those based outside of San Francisco and New York.
This role will serve as a senior strategic legal partner to the business, with primary responsibility for leading some of the company's most complex, high-impact, revenue-generating transactions and partnering closely with sales leadership and other senior stakeholders to structure, negotiate and close sophisticated enterprise SaaS, on-premises and strategic commercial agreements.
This role will also support broader commercial legal initiatives, including advising on strategic go-to-market models, channel programs, privacy and regulatory matters, commercial policies, maintaining and improving commercial legal templates and playbooks and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders on strategic business initiatives.
The successful candidate will be a creative and analytical thinker with exceptional business judgment who is highly detail-oriented and embraces a pragmatic, business-first approach to legal counseling. They will possess the strategic thinking, executive presence and interpersonal skills necessary to build trusted advisor relationships across the organization while remaining approachable, collaborative and solutions oriented.
The successful candidate also brings significant experience leading negotiations of complex, high-value commercial agreements with Fortune 500 and other sophisticated enterprise customers, frequently negotiating on customer paper and within highly regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services and the public sector. They are comfortable navigating novel legal and commercial issues, balancing risk with business objectives and partnering cross-functionally to help drive strategic outcomes.
This individual is an exceptional drafter and strategic negotiator, who can quickly distinguish material legal risk from negotiable issues and develop practical solutions that keep transactions moving toward successful execution. They have a proven track record of serving as a trusted advisor to business leaders, successfully managing sophisticated counterparties and mentoring attorneys while helping elevate the overall capabilities of the commercial legal team.
In this role, you will
- Lead strategy, negotiation, and execution of complex, high-value enterprise B2B agreements, including SaaS and on-premises licenses, data processing agreements (GDPR, CCPA), business associate agreements (HIPAA), information security agreements, professional services agreements, channel partner agreements, and other commercial and technology-related contracts.
- Serve as a strategic partner to sales leadership on deal structuring, risk assessment, and negotiation strategy to accelerate revenue while protecting the business.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., finance, security, support, product) to resolve complex commercial and operational issues and support new go-to-market models, pricing structures, and programs.
- Develop and improve form agreements and negotiation playbooks to drive consistency and scalability.
- Contribute to the development of workflows and processes that enable the legal team to scale effectively, including contract negotiation, execution, and tracking of contractual obligations.
- Support global expansion efforts, including go-to-market initiatives, privacy-by-design, and security-by-design programs.
- Create and deliver training to business teams on legal best practices, effective engagement with legal, and relevant legal and regulatory developments.
Your background looks something like this
- JD or equivalent U.S. law degree and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 8+ years of commercial legal experience supporting technology companies in the SaaS industry with demonstrated experience leading complex, high-value enterprise technology transactions, including negotiations with Fortune 500 and other large enterprise customers.
- Exceptional judgment with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
- Significant experience with AI, data protection, and privacy laws (e.g., EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA), information security terms and technology contracting.
- Outstanding drafting, negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to independently manage numerous complex, business-critical matters and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to improve legal processes, develop scalable contracting resources and drive operational excellence.
Even better if you have
- Recognition from sales or business teams for exceptional partnership, responsiveness and commercial judgment.
Compensation
$250,000 — $300,000 + Equity
Benefits
We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
- Parental Leave
- Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
- Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
- Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
- Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)
These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon’s policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.