Commercial Counsel, SPARC

The role

You will draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements focusing on AI safety, research, product, and strategic partnerships. You will partner with various teams to provide legal guidance and build commercial legal infrastructure.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, focusing on AI safety and research agreements, product and strategic partnership agreements
• Partner with beneficial deployments, health, policy, and education partnerships teams
• Draft program terms for the phased deployment of AI models in cybersecurity and health sciences
• Build and maintain commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, and process improvements
• Partner with Policy, Safeguards, and Research teams on novel AI governance initiatives
• Identify and escalate legal risks while supporting business momentum
• Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies

Required qualifications

• Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent)
• Meet local licensing requirements to work as in house counsel where you'll be based
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements
• Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical legal guidance to non-lawyers on complex commercial law matters
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Nice to have

• Commercial experience supporting research collaborations and sponsored research and grant giving programs
• Curiosity about AI technology and AI policy, and a commitment to responsible AI development
• Experience with biotech, clinical research, or other life sciences transactions
• Familiarity with grant-making or grant-funded arrangements, including funding terms and compliance considerations
• Experience advising on partnerships with non-profit foundations, academic institutions, or industry trade groups
• Comfort advising research teams whose work doesn't follow a standard commercial playbook
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate legal concepts for non-legal audiences
• A collaborative approach to working with colleagues and external partners
• Experience navigating multi-stakeholder agreements involving technical and policy considerations
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. The mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.