Commercial Counsel

The Role

We're hiring our first in-house commercial counsel to own the legal side of deal execution. This is not a compliance or governance role — it's a deal acceleration role.

You'll own the full contract lifecycle — MSA, DPA, Order Forms, security addenda, and customer redlines — and build the playbook that lets the majority of deals close without legal intervention at all.

What You'll Do

• Own all commercial contract negotiation and execution — MSAs, DPAs, Order Forms, amendments, renewals
• Review and turn customer redlines in hours, not days
• Build and maintain a contract playbook — pre-approved fallback positions, self-serve templates for SMB/MM, approved language library
• Work directly with the sales team — you'll know which deals are strategic and which redlines matter
• Manage outside counsel for complex or novel matters — international compliance, regulatory, M&A-adjacent terms
• Own Japan APPI compliance and addenda for our growing JP enterprise business
• Partner with Customer Success on renewal and expansion contract terms
• Build scalable legal processes so SMB/MM self-serves where possible, while Enterprise gets faster, cleaner turns.

What We're Looking For

• 7-12 years of experience in commercial/transactional law, ideally at a high-growth enterprise SaaS, experienced in series rounds and/or IPO.
• Deep experience with enterprise MSAs, DPAs, data privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, APPI), and security addenda
• Has built a contract playbook before — you know how to turn bespoke legal work into repeatable, scalable processes
• Comfortable working embedded in a sales team, not in a legal silo. You attend pipeline reviews, you know deal context, you move fast.
• Experience managing outside counsel relationships — know when to escalate vs. handle in-house
• SOC 2, ISO 27001 environment experience preferred
• International experience strongly preferred — EMEA (GDPR) and APJ (especially Japan APPI). We have a significant and growing enterprise business in Japan, with EMEA expansion ahead.
• Bar admission in at least one US state preferred.

About Genspark

Genspark.ai is a Palo Alto, CA-based technology company building agentic AI for more than one billion global knowledge workers. Founded by veterans from Microsoft, Google, Meta, YouTube, and Pinterest, Genspark has raised $645 million from investors including Emergence Capital Partners, LG, SBI, UpHonest, and Temasek’s Pavilion Capital. Genspark orchestrates 70+ state-of-the-art AI models to turn business objectives into finished deliverables, including boardroom presentations, financial models, client-ready documents, full-stack web applications, mobile apps, and more. Empowered by partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Microsoft, and many other industry leaders, Genspark serves both individual users and enterprise clients worldwide. Built for every knowledge worker, whether leading a team or just starting their career. Learn more at genspark.ai.

We're scaling our enterprise go-to-market from 7 AEs to 55+ across the US and Japan through 2026 and expanding into EMEA. That means a tremendous number of enterprise deals per year, a growing international footprint, and a legal function that needs to be built from the ground up.

Compensation & Benefits:

The base salary range for this role is $200,000 – $275,000. In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible to receive and/or earn a discretionary bonus, based on Company's plans and in accordance with Company's policies. In addition to base salary, the role includes the opportunity to receive equity and a full range of benefits, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, flexible PTO, and 401(k).

Final compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications and will be determined during the interview process. Ranges for candidates in other locations may differ based on cost of labor and other factors for those locations.

Equal Opportunity

Genspark is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.