Managing Counsel, Commercial

The role

You will lead Waabi's commercial contracting function as senior legal advisor on deals. You will manage the full contract portfolio, from supply agreements to strategic partnerships, and own the process from intake to post-signature compliance.

What you will do

• Lead the commercial contracting function across hardware supply chain, partnerships, software licensing, services, NDAs and vendor contracts
• Structure, draft and negotiate hardware supply chain agreements with Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs
• Lead legal work on OEM and platform partnerships and corporate development deals
• Advise engineering, supply chain, finance and business teams in plain language
• Work alongside technical and business colleagues throughout negotiations
• Build and maintain templates, fallback positions and negotiation playbooks
• Own contract compliance company-wide after signature
• Apply risk judgment across the contract portfolio
• Support other legal work such as IP, open-source licensing, regulatory questions and data privacy

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of legal experience, with significant in-house time on complex commercial transactions in automotive, hardware or technology
• Depth in hardware supply chain agreements, including IP, warranty, liability, quality and change-management terms
• Experience structuring and negotiating strategic partnerships or corp-dev-style agreements
• Ability to give legal advice in plain language to non-lawyers
• Comfort working directly with technical and business teams during a deal
• Sound risk judgment
• Experience building or maintaining a forms library, templates or contracting playbooks
• Ability to handle any contract type independently, at any level of complexity
• J.D. and active bar membership in a relevant jurisdiction (US or Canada)

Nice to have

• In-house experience at an automotive OEM, Tier 1 supplier or autonomous vehicle company
• Familiarity with automotive supply standards such as IATF, AIAG and APQP/PPAP
• Experience applying AI tools to legal workflows and contracting efficiency
• Familiarity with open-source licensing, export control or data privacy in the AV or hardware space

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards
• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (full-time employees)
• Unlimited vacation
• Flexible hours and work-from-home support
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals when in office
• Regular team building activities and social events on-site, off-site and virtually

Before you apply

• Requires a J.D. and active bar membership in a relevant jurisdiction (US or Canada)

About the company

Waabi, founded by Raquel Urtasun, builds autonomous trucks and robotaxis as a Physical AI company. It has offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas and Pittsburgh.