Commercial Counsel Fellowship
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Commercial Counsel Fellow negotiating SaaS, partnership, vendor, and data agreements for Runway’s generative AI platform. Building in-house legal processes while researching emerging AI law.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including B2B SaaS customer contracts, DPAs, partnership agreements, and vendor agreements
- Take on increasingly complex deals as experience develops
- Partner with the sales team to provide fast, practical answers that help close deals
- Scale and automate commercial processes and tools, including templates, playbooks, contract review automation, and the legal tech stack
- Learn the technical aspects of generative AI products
- Research and track technical, legal, and policy developments in generative AI and share relevant developments with the team
- Contribute to broader legal team projects involving privacy, IP, product counseling, or compliance
- Work alongside the Commercial Counsel team on live deals with training and mentorship
Requirements:
- A J.D. plus admission in good standing with at least one state bar, or sitting for the bar before the fellowship starts
- 0–3 years of legal experience
- Strong academic record
- Excellent legal writing and analytical skills
- Bias for action and willingness to take ownership
- Growth mindset and eagerness to learn quickly, take feedback, and improve how things get done
- Clear, practical communication with non-lawyers
- Operational mindset
- Excitement about generative AI and motivation to continuously learn about the legal landscape governing the industry
- Comfort working in a highly technical, rapidly evolving area of law
- Exposure to technology transactions, SaaS agreements, IP, or data privacy is nice to have
- Experience using AI tools in legal work is nice to have
- Familiarity with how AI or software products are built is nice to have
- Candidates must be located in the US and currently authorized to work in the US
Benefits:
- Hands-on training in commercial contracting and in-house practice, with real ownership from early on
- Mentorship from experienced in-house lawyers, with regular feedback on your work
- Exposure to cross-functional teams across sales, partnerships, product, and marketing, and to the Runway Executive Team
- Potential to convert to a full-time role at the end of the fellowship
- Equal opportunity to succeed
- Future contact consent for job opportunities for up to 4 years
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