Head of Commercial Legal

The role

You will lead the commercial legal team and manage complex commercial negotiations. You will partner with Go-To-Market, Product, Engineering, and Operations to guide product development and design AI-assisted legal workflows.

What you will do

• Manage and develop a team of commercial attorneys and legal professionals
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements
• Oversee counterparty and vendor due diligence
• Navigate cross-border commercial complexity including GDPR and UK data protection law
• Partner with Sales, Partnerships, Product, and Engineering leadership
• Navigate global regulatory complexity across privacy, AI regulation, and sanctions/AML
• Build and maintain commercial legal infrastructure and CLM workflows
• Lead AI-enabled legal operations
• Identify and escalate legal and business risks
• Stay current on legal developments affecting AI and financial crime compliance

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience
• Mix of top-tier law firm and in-house work
• Experience negotiating complex B2B technology agreements
• AI, data, and privacy literacy
• Demonstrated comfort using AI tools for drafting, summarization, research, and workflow design
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
• J.D. (or international equivalent)
• Active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Nice to have

• Experience in SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, or crypto/Web3
• Familiarity with public sector procurement, bank/vendor risk processes, or working with law enforcement or financial institutions

Before you apply

• Most interview processes include a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview
• The use of AI tools of any kind during TRM interviews is not permitted without prior approval

About the company

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. It is a Series C company headquartered in San Francisco.