Anthropic is seeking a highly qualified Commercial Counsel to support commercial and technology transactions at Anthropic. We’ll rely on you to help us develop and negotiate partnerships and commercial agreements to deploy cutting-edge AI systems with key partners, build scalable contracting processes, and support business development and sales teams. This role reports to the Head of Commercial Legal. 

You will:

• Draft, analyze, negotiate and complete complex commercial transactions with the company’s enterprise customers and strategic partners, including customer agreements, research collaboration agreements, government agreements, and procurement agreements.
• Collaborate with the product, sales and procurement teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver strategic, business-minded, and solutions-focused counsel.
• Support and propose projects to scale operations in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

You might be a good fit if:

• You have experience operating in a fast-paced technology startup in which priorities shift rapidly and schedules “move to the left.” You thrive in this dynamic environment and pride yourself on your adaptability and ability to pivot with speed and grace.
• 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 are excited to grow with an organization and help shape the culture of the commercial function. 
• You prefer straightforward, concise explanations to legalese and overwrought drafting.
• You have a knack for identifying and implementing efficient processes and policies.
• You thrive as a member of cross-functional teams building frontier technologies and want to develop a deep understanding of our technical teams and what we are building. 
• You are comfortable operating outside your areas of expertise and in uncharted legal territory.
• You are a “doer” and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done. You’re a team player who doesn’t hesitate to jump in to do work that needs to get done whether glamorous or not.

Requirements:

• JD; active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred)
• 5 years of related legal experience (in-house preferred) with at least 3 years of experience developing and negotiating SaaS agreements and/or technology transactions. 
• Substantive knowledge of enterprise software and other software licensing and distribution, strategic partnerships, research collaborations, government contracting and intellectual property (patent, trade secret, copyright) licensing arrangements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Motivated self-starter able to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Authentic integrity and a deep understanding of the importance of ethics in business.