Senior Product and Commercial Counsel

The role

You will own commercial negotiations and advise on product and privacy matters. You will work directly with leadership on decisions that shape the business.

What you will do

• Own important commercial negotiations
• Advise on product and privacy matters
• Work directly with leadership on decisions that shape the business

Required qualifications

• A J.D.
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• Eligibility to practice in your work location
• At least 7 years of relevant legal experience
• Substantial experience negotiating technology transactions
• Experience advising technology businesses on customer and vendor agreements, privacy, and data protection
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Judgment and organizational skills to manage multiple matters independently

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or other technology company
• Experience advising Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Security teams
• Familiarity with AI, open source software, intellectual property licensing, or international data protection requirements
• Experience supporting enterprise customers, strategic partnerships, or new business models

Benefits

• Base salary
• Benefits
• Equity

About the company

PlanetScale is a database platform that offers Postgres and Vitess/MySQL databases. The company is backed by over $100M in venture financing.