Director, Commercial Legal (Remote - US)

Description

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Anaconda, Inc. We are currently looking for a Director, Commercial Legal in the United States.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead the commercial legal function supporting high-impact go-to-market operations. You will negotiate and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, provide strategic legal guidance, and drive operational improvements across contracting processes. The role combines deep legal expertise with commercial insight, requiring collaboration across sales, partnerships, and professional services teams. You will mentor and develop legal talent while shaping scalable legal solutions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This position is fully remote, providing flexibility while allowing you to make a measurable impact on business objectives and enterprise-level operations.

Accountabilities

• Negotiate, draft, and manage commercial agreements with customers, partners, suppliers, and vendors to support business goals while mitigating risk.
• Provide strategic legal guidance to revenue teams, including enterprise, mid-market, and commercial sales, as well as customer success and professional services teams.
• Lead operational enhancements for contracting processes, software integrations, data reporting, and other go-to-market legal functions.
• Define and implement commercial legal metrics, optimizing performance indicators such as time to markup, time to close, and deal size.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with internal teams, providing training, coaching, and mentorship to legal staff.
• Support complex or strategic litigation matters and intellectual property issues as needed.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to solve legal issues in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and bar admission in at least one U.S. state.
• 12+ years of relevant legal experience, with progressive responsibility in-house.
• Proven expertise in commercial agreements and intellectual property licenses, including SaaS, partnership, professional services, and vendor contracts.
• Strong knowledge of intellectual property law, AI, data protection, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated experience driving operational processes, systems, and scalable legal solutions.
• Excellent ability to manage priorities, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor team members.
• Strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills, with a commercial mindset.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with open-source software legal considerations.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and ecosystem.
• Background in high-growth company environments.
• Curiosity, empathy, and a proactive approach to problem-solving and impact.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary with annual bonus potential and equity participation.
• Flexible vacation policy and paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Monthly wellness stipend and employee assistance programs.
• Fully remote work setup with flexible hours.
• Supportive, collaborative, and mission-driven work environment.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!

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