What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Commercial Counsel New Mountain View, CA (Remote) position at Groq Inc.?
At Groq, we believe AI will change humanity forever, and that making it affordable and universally accessible is the key to human agency in an AI economy. We’re assembling a team of world-class engineers and business minds who believe in this mission. We’re hiring problem-solvers with the skills and desire to build a business that leaves a fingerprint on civilization.
Senior Commercial Counsel
Mission : We are looking for an experienced Senior Commercial Counsel to join our team at Groq. In this business critical role, you will lead commercial deals with our enterprise customers and partners for the development, sale, and distribution of innovative AI hardware and software services. You will focus on closing strategic deals while minimizing risks effectively. You will work closely with key stakeholders across Groq to prepare scalable templates and develop go-to-market motions for the sales and partnerships team.
Responsibilities & Opportunities in this Role :
- Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with global enterprise customers and ecosystem partners, directly achieving business objectives.
- Develop and maintain up-to-date contract templates, annotated guides, fallbacks, and playbooks for Sales and Partnership to execute with agility at scale.
- Maintain a commercial contract intake, review, and approval process, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to create a deal desk function.
- Problem-solve and implement creative solutions that balance business needs and risk.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal clients through thoughtful communication and collaboration.
- At least 5 years of in-house commercial legal experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, in addition to 3 years of law firm experience and training with technology transactions.
- Extensive contract drafting, negotiating, and deal review skills, with experience leading complex commercial agreements, collaborations and partnerships in the Cloud / SaaS / AI space.
- Analytical thinking to understand sales goals and develop legal pathways to resolve deal blockers.
- Led independently and as part of a team, with a high level of integrity and autonomy.
- Proactive, dependable, and adaptable, with limited direction and at times imperfect information, to deliver on several time-sensitive projects at once.
Attributes of a Groqster :
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
Compensation : At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $207,740 - $281,100, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.
Location : Groq is a geo-agnostic company, meaning you work where you are. Exceptional candidates will thrive in asynchronous partnerships and remote collaboration methods. Some roles may require being located near our primary sites, as indicated in the job description.
At Groq : Our goal is to hire and promote an exceptional workforce as diverse as the global populations we serve. Groq is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our organization. We value and celebrate diversity in thought, beliefs, talent, expression, and backgrounds. We know that our individual differences make us better.
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Salary : $207,740 - $281,100
