Commercial and Product Counsel (Contractor)

present of AI; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Part time

Job summary

Arceus is seeking a Commercial and Product Counsel (Contractor) for remote work in the US on a part-time, senior level basis. The role covers commercial contracts, product and privacy advice, and general counseling across multiple client companies.

Ideal candidates bring at least five years of tech company experience and comfort closing numerous agreements daily on tight timelines. The job emphasizes building playbooks and templates and contributing to review platform improvements.

Qualifications

• A strong candidate has at least five years of practice with real technology company exposure, ideally as sole or first legal counsel, and can close many agreements per day on tight timelines.
• The work also calls for turning recurring tasks into playbooks and templates and feeding improvements back into the review platform.
• Familiarity with SaaS, AI, or deep tech agreements helps, since the clients are in those spaces.

Responsibilities

• This is a generalist in-house style role serving several client companies at once, covering commercial contracts, product and privacy advice, plus general counseling.
• Close many agreements per day on tight timelines.
• Engage with AI-assisted workflows and provide practical client advice while shaping review processes.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Product & privacy advice

General counseling

Playbook creation

Template building

Negotiation experience

Job description

Commercial and Product Counsel (Contractor)

Finance & Legal · Remote in US · PartTime · Senior level

This is a generalist in-house style role serving several client companies at once, covering commercial contracts, product and privacy advice, plus general counseling. A strong candidate has at least five years of practice with real technology company exposure, ideally as sole or first legal counsel, and can close many agreements per day on tight timelines. The work also calls for turning recurring tasks into playbooks and templates and feeding improvements back into the review platform.

How it fits the AI era

AI takes over much of the first pass on contract review and drafting, so the attorney spends more time on judgment calls, risk flagging, and client advice. The human core stays in negotiation strategy, spotting anomalies, and deciding what practical advice a business needs. The role also sits close to product and engineering, shaping how the AI review tools themselves get better.

How it builds AI experience

The job offers hands on work with AI assisted legal workflows inside a firm that builds its own review software. A candidate can build relevant experience by using AI drafting and review tools in prior contract work and by showing comfort giving feedback that improves those tools. Familiarity with SaaS, AI, or deep tech agreements helps, since the clients are in those spaces.

Worth showing

• In-house or sole counsel


• SaaS and AI agreements


• Privacy and product advice


• Playbook and template building

About Arceus

Arceus is a law firm that pairs licensed U.S. attorneys with AI agents and its own CounselOS software to review, draft, and negotiate commercial contracts, per the company.