Associate General Counsel - Commercial/Technology Transactions

You will...

• Draft, analyze, negotiate and complete complex commercial transactions with the company’s enterprise customers and strategic partners, including AI Service Agreements, IP licensing agreements, and procurement agreements.
• As a relatively small legal team supporting big things, each attorney practices across multiple areas. We’d love to hear where else you’d be interested to pitch in, whether as a function of your experience or interests.
• Collaborate with the product, sales and procurement teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver strategic, business-minded, and solutions-focused counsel.
• Develop and implement use of templates, “playbooks,” and policies.

You might be a good fit if...

• You enjoy wearing many hats in a fast-growing startup environment and are comfortable operating outside your areas of expertise and in uncharted legal territory.
• 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 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 prefer straightforward, concise explanations to legalese and overwrought drafting.
• 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 solve difficult problems.
• You are quickly able to understand Anthropic's mission, what’s important in the context of a partnership or negotiation, when to be flexible, and when to draw a hard line.
• You have a knack for identifying and implementing efficient processes and policies.
• You are a strategic thinker and have experience building and/or leading a world-class, highly efficient commercial function at a rapidly growing company.

Requirements

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

Annual Salary (USD)

• The expected salary range for this position is $275k - $300k.

• 401(k) plan with 4% matching.
• Stipends for education, home office improvements, commuting, and wellness.
• Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area.
• Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant.
• Unlimited PTO – most staff take between 4-6 weeks each year, sometimes more!
• 21 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Fertility benefits via Carrot.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents.
• Daily lunches and snacks in our office.

• This compensation and benefits information is based on Anthropic’s good faith estimate for this position, in San Francisco, CA, as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors, including where you place on our internal performance ladders, which is based on factors including past work experience, relevant education, and performance on our interviews or in a work trial.