Commercial Counsel

Roblox is looking for a Commercial Counsel to support commercial and technology transactions. We'll rely on you to help us develop and negotiate partnerships and commercial agreements to deploy the latest AI systems with main partners, build scalable contracting processes, and support business development and internal engineering teams. While drafting, negotiating and advising on a large volume of strategic commercial agreements, you will consider security, IP licensing, compliance, regulatory and privacy/data protection issues, including negotiating DPAs. You will be an important team member of a small group of legal professionals and will partner with appropriate teams to improve the contracting process.

Role is based in our San Mateo, CA location. We work in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

You will:

• Draft, analyze, negotiate and complete complex commercial transactions with the company's enterprise customers and strategic partners, including AI Service Agreements, IP licensing agreements, and procurement agreements.
• Collaborate with the product, partnership, engineering, InfoSec and procurement teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver strategic, solutions-focused counsel.
• Support and propose projects to scale operations
• Maintain laser focus on user experience to develop and deliver organizational change and alternative legal solutions.
• As a relatively small legal team supporting big projects, each attorney practices across multiple areas
• Report to Director/Commercial Contracts

You have:

• JD; active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred).
• 3-5 years of related legal experience (in-house preferred) with at least 2 years of experience developing and negotiating SaaS agreements and/or technology transactions.
• Experience with enterprise software, distribution, strategic partnerships, and/or intellectual property (patent, trade secret, copyright) licensing arrangements such that you are comfortable identifying key issues and improvising language as needed.
• You are familiar with privacy laws.
• You understand what's important in the context of a partnership or negotiation, the organization's mission, when to be flexible and when to draw a hard line.
• You excel as a member of teams focused on customer service and building relationships and want to develop an understanding of our mission and services.
• You are comfortable operating outside your areas of expertise and in uncharted legal territory.