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Writer is an enterprise generative AI platform that helps leading companies like Mars, Marriott, Uber, and Vanguard build and deploy AI agents grounded in their data. The company is valued at $1.9B and backed by top-tier investors including Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth.
You will serve as a trusted legal partner to Writer's sales and procurement functions, reporting to the head of commercial legal. This is a hands-on role focused on deal-making and translating legal complexity into business clarity.
Key responsibilities:
- Review and negotiate inbound and outbound commercial contracts, including SaaS licensing agreements, strategic partnership agreements, data processing agreements, and contracts with enterprise customers and suppliers
- Develop and manage contract templates and negotiation playbooks; improve efficiency of sales contracting processes in collaboration with sales operations
- Create thoughtful processes that benefit the business and support internal stakeholders as the company scales
- Enable and train go-to-market teammates with practical legal advice and guidance
You'll work in a fast-paced environment with large enterprise companies, often in heavily-regulated industries (finance, healthcare, insurance). The role requires comfort with end-of-month, quarter, and year-end pushes, and the ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines. Writer values creativity, collaboration, low ego, and a sense of humor.
The company has office hubs in San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and London, with a team that thinks big and moves fast.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Law degree from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in the U.S.
- 7+ years of experience negotiating commercial contracts, ideally at a SaaS company and/or law firm servicing tech industry clients
- Experience contracting with large enterprise companies and strategic partners, often in heavily-regulated industries (finance, healthcare, insurance); bonus if you've supported a global sales team with international offices
- Exposure to privacy, IP, and/or AI-specific legal issues, with a basic understanding of AI (expertise not required)
- Experience using contract management tools to help legal teams be data-driven
- Familiarity with legal operations, project management, and CLM tools (Asana, Salesforce, Linksquares, etc.)
- Strong work ethic, ability to think on your feet, and sense of humor
- Business-first mindset with legal expertise
- Ability to explain complex legal concepts in non-legal terms
- Efficiency and strong prioritization/multitasking skills
- Self-starter who adds value proactively
- Reliable, comfortable moving fast, and low ego
About Writer
AI / Data / Infrastructure; SaaS / Enterprise Software — enterprise generative AI platform for business teams.
