This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Synthesia. We are currently looking for a Senior Commercial Counsel in North America.
Join a dynamic legal team at the forefront of AI and video innovation. In this role, you will provide expert legal guidance on a broad range of commercial transactions and contracts, collaborating closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Go-To-Market teams. You’ll help shape operational processes, manage risk, and advise on data privacy, intellectual property, and licensing. This is a high-impact opportunity in a hyper-growth environment where your legal expertise will support strategic business initiatives across a global tech company.
Accountabilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including service agreements, SaaS contracts, NDAs, and software licenses.
- Advise on matters related to intellectual property, data privacy (GDPR, CCPA), data security, and go-to-market strategies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize deal structures and support strategic partnerships.
- Develop scalable legal processes, policies, and templates that improve team efficiency.
- Stay current on industry laws and regulations to provide sound legal advice.
- Offer practical, business-oriented counsel to teams with minimal supervision.
- Contribute legal insight to areas of regulatory relevance, including financial services, healthcare, and AI training data usage.
Requirements
- Law degree from an accredited institution and eligibility to practice in-house.
- Minimum 6 years of post-qualification legal experience in commercial transactions, including SaaS, IP licensing, vendor agreements, and enterprise sales.
- In-house legal experience in the tech sector is highly preferred.
- Strong negotiation skills with data processing agreements; working knowledge of GDPR and CCPA.
- Clear, concise communicator able to translate legal terms for non-lawyers.
- Familiarity with cloud services, software contracts, and sales operations.
- Proven ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
Bonus: understanding of legal implications of AI model training data.
Benefits
- ? Competitive salary ranging from $150K–$240K (based on experience and location) + equity options.
- ? 25 days of paid annual leave.
- ? Company retreats and regular team socials.
- ? Referral scheme with generous rewards.
- ? Opportunity to shape legal frameworks in a fast-growing Series D scale-up with strong product-market fit.
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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