Legal & Business Operations Director (US)

The role

This person will serve as a legal partner for the U.S. commercial organization and lead strategic operational initiatives. They will negotiate commercial agreements and drive company-wide process improvements to help the company scale.

What you will do

• Serve as the legal partner for the U.S. commercial organization.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements, data licensing agreements, consulting agreements, and vendor contracts.
• Triage legal requests and determine when escalation to specialized counsel is appropriate.
• Coordinate outside counsel when specialized expertise is required.
• Develop scalable contract templates, playbooks, and approval processes.
• Partner with the Legal Director (Israel) to ensure consistent legal support globally.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve how the company operates and scales.
• Partner with finance, legal, operations, BD, and other teams on company-wide process improvements.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and drive improvements across the org.
• Support strategic partnerships, corporate initiatives, and executive projects.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience, incl. law firm experience
• In-house commercial legal experience
• Experience with at least one of the following: high-growth technology, SaaS, AI and/or pharma/ life sciences.
• Familiarity with at least one: privacy, data licensing, AI, IP, and clinical research agreements.
• J.D. and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Experience negotiating commercial agreements.
• Strong business judgment and practical risk assessment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally.

Nice to have

• In-house commercial legal experience (preferably at least 1 at a Series A or later company)

Benefits

• base salary
• performance bonus
• additional earning potential for exceeding target
• equity participation
• comprehensive benefits
• 401(k) match
• flexible hybrid culture

Before you apply

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• PhaseV is not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship for employment visas at this time.

About the company

PhaseV is transforming clinical development through advanced AI and ML.