Commercial Contracts Lawyer

Location: Menlo Park, CA (Hybrid, onsite 3-4 days/week)

Job Type: Full time

Compensation: $90-$135/hr

Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension

LHH is partnering with one of the world's most influential investors in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to identify a Commercial Contracts Counsel for a high-impact contract engagement.

This is a unique opportunity to join a cutting-edge organization at the forefront of AI, robotics, and next-generation innovation. The Commercial Contracts Counsel will play a key role in supporting complex commercial transactions, vendor and procurement agreements, and data privacy initiatives while helping to drive operational excellence across the contracting function.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including vendor agreements, services agreements, statements of work (SOWs), software/SaaS and IT agreements, and similar business contracts.
• Handle everyday agreements that internal teams such as Finance, IT, Marketing, and HR need to operate, for example accounting firm engagement SOWs, IT/software agreements, and HR vendor agreements.
• Absorb contract overflow to reduce outside counsel spend.
• Develop playbooks to standardize preferred contract positions, acceptable fallbacks, and escalation triggers.
• Develop templates, and process improvements to support a scalable contracting function.
• Support data privacy matters, including assessing data privacy issues; drafting, reviewing, and negotiating data processing agreements (DPAs) and related data protection terms, working with the privacy team.
• Support requirements-gathering and rollout of a contract management or procurement system (e.g., Zip, Ramp), helping define contract intake, approvals, and workflows.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing
• 5+ years of experience focused on commercial contracting
• Demonstrated experience managing a high volume of contract drafting, review, and negotiation
• Strong experience with vendor, procurement, technology, and commercial agreements
• Working knowledge of data privacy matters, including DPAs
• Experience supporting AI, robotics, procurement, or emerging technology initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house legal experience
• Familiarity with CLM and procurement platforms such as Ironclad, Zip, Ramp, or similar systems

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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Pay Details: $90.00 to $135.00 per hour

Search managed by: Meghna Prasanth

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.