Commercial Counsel

Outreach Outreach · Enterprise · Seattle, WA · Legal

Commercial Counsel role focused on negotiating customer-facing AI SaaS master service agreements, NDAs, DPAs, and security/AI terms. The role ensures agreements protect customer trust while enabling the company to deliver and improve its AI-powered platform. It also involves ensuring contract terms align with data privacy obligations and supporting other legal team projects.

What you'd actually do

  1. Negotiate, draft, and review commercial agreements, primarily customer AI SaaS master service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, data processing addendums, security and AI terms
  2. Gather internal feedback from other reviewers in the customer contracting process – work with sales and business teams to identify requests and determine with internal departments the best approach to meeting those needs
  3. Protect customer data and personal data by ensuring contract terms align with Outreach’s obligations under GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, UK privacy law, and the EU AI Act
  4. Enforce organizational contract policies and procedures
  5. Assist in the evaluation and updating of company document templates

Skills

Required

  • 3-5 years of legal experience, with at least 1-2 years focused on commercial SaaS agreements (in-house or at a firm representing technology clients)
  • Direct experience negotiating customer-facing agreements (MSAs, NDAs, DPAs, Order Forms)
  • Working knowledge of data privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, or equivalent)
  • Ability to spot issues and recommend practical, business-focused solutions that balance speed with risk management
  • J.D. or equivalent degree from accredited law school
  • Active member of the bar in at least one state in the United States
  • Proficiency with customer and contract management tools (Ironclad, Salesforce, Docusign) and the MS Office suite, including advanced Word skills

Nice to have

  • Interest or experience in privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), the EU AI Act, and other emerging SaaS product topics is a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • customer AI SaaS master service agreements
  • EU AI Act