Remote Senior Commercial Counsel – AI & Data Licensing

Userc Dehradun; Ireland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking an exceptional commercial lawyer to join our lean, high-impact legal team as our second commercial lawyer. This role thrives at the intersection of law and business strategy, acting as a deal-maker with sharp instincts and sound judgment.

You’ll close enterprise sales and partnerships, design scalable processes, and guide privacy, IP, data security, and AI-specific issues across UK/EU and APAC from a remote-first base.

Qualifications

• JD, LLM, or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution, with 5–12+ years of legal practice.

Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate, and close enterprise sales and partnership agreements, along with supporting a range of other commercial deals (including vendor and services agreements, data licenses, and marketing arrangements)
• Serve as a trusted partner to our sales and business development teams, helping them move faster and smarter
• Bring customer empathy to every negotiation, understanding the businesses we serve well enough to craft agreements that close faster and hold up longer
• Design and implement scalable legal processes — standardizing deal terms, building templates, and streamlining the path to signed agreement
• Provide clear, practical guidance on privacy, intellectual property, data security, and AI-specific legal issues as they arise
• Navigate cross-border commercial and regulatory issues across the UK/EU and APAC and structure appropriate data transfer mechanisms (SCCs, adequacy decisions, BCRs) for our voice data processing
• Stay ahead of the evolving legal landscape for AI technologies and their impact on customers, translating developments into actionable guidance for our teams
• Roll up your sleeves on the full breadth of legal issues that come with being a fast-growing startup

Skills

Commercial transactions

Cross-border deals

IP & data privacy

Contract drafting

Education

JD or LLM or equivalent

Job description

Deepgram is seeking an exceptional commercial lawyer to join our lean, high-impact legal team as our second commercial lawyer. This role thrives at the intersection of law and business strategy, acting as a deal-maker with sharp instincts and sound judgment.

You’ll close enterprise sales and partnerships, design scalable processes, and guide privacy, IP, data security, and AI-specific issues across UK/EU and APAC from a remote-first base.