Director, Legal — AI/GPU Commercial

WebHosting; United States; On-site; USD 186,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Equity awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Rackspace Technology seeks a lead commercial counsel to draft and negotiate enterprise and strategic partner terms for GPU/AI infrastructure offerings. You will craft master service agreements and orders with enterprise customers and partners, in collaboration with Sales and Sourcing.

You will monitor AI infrastructure regulations, advise on data protection, and partner with the Chief Privacy Officer on privacy issues related to AI training and customer data in GPU compute environments.

Qualifications

• Lead commercial counsel for enterprise and strategic partners.
• Draft and negotiate master service agreements and orders.
• Advise on AI infrastructure and data protection issues.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead commercial counsel for GPU/AI infra offerings and negotiate terms with enterprise customers and partners.
• Partner with Sales and Sourcing on capacity transactions and related agreements.
• Negotiate with chip/hardware suppliers and hyperscalers on novel structures.
• Monitor regulatory landscape affecting AI infrastructure and licensing.
• Advise on privacy/data protection with AI training and customer data.
• Support M&A, partnerships, and diligence on AI/GPU targets.
• Act as internal SME on GPU/neocloud landscape for various teams.
• Develop playbooks and templates for standard GPU/AI terms.
• Provide business-focused guidance balancing speed and risk.

Skills

Commercial counsel

Contract negotiation

M&A support

Regulatory risk

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Commercial & Transactional

• Serve as lead commercial counsel for Rackspace’s GPU-as-a-service, bare-metal, and AI infrastructure offerings, drafting and negotiating solution and product terms, master service agreements, and order forms with enterprise customers and strategic partners.
• Partner with Sales and Sourcing on complex GPU/AI capacity transactions, including customer-facing sales agreements and supply-side arrangements such as hyperscaler/OEM capacity reservations, data center colocation, partner agreements (including semiconductor manufacturer backstop agreements) and power/infrastructure agreements supporting AI workloads.
• Negotiate directly with sophisticated counterparties, including chip and hardware suppliers, hyperscalers, and other neocloud/GPU providers, on novel commercial structures.

Regulatory & Risk

• Monitor and advise on the evolving legal and regulatory landscape affecting AI infrastructure and advanced computing items, including export control policy (EAR requirements, end user/end-use screening, deemed export issues, RASA and complex licensing matters), data sovereignty, and emerging AI-specific commercial risks.
• Partner with the Chief Privacy Officer on privacy and data protection issues specific to AI training, inference, and customer data handling in GPU compute environments.

Corporate Development

• Support M&A, strategic partnership, and investment activity involving AI/GPU infrastructure targets or counterparties, working directly with the VP & Deputy General Counsel on diligence, deal structuring, and integration.
• Act as RackLaw’s internal subject-matter expert on the GPU/neocloud competitive and regulatory landscape, advising Sales Legal, Sourcing, Solutions Counsel, and other practice leads on AI/GPU-specific issues that intersect their existing matters.
• Develop and maintain playbooks, templates, and self-service tools for standard GPU/AI commercial terms consistent with RackLaw’s tiered self-service model.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal guidance that balances deal velocity with legal and regulatory risk, consistent with RackLaw’s self-service and risk-tiering framework.

Education and experience:

Preferred Qualifications

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several geographic markets. The compensation range for this position ranges from $185,709.00/year in our lowest geographic market up to 272,373.20 USD/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

• incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives
• equity awards
• an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Learn more about benefits at Rackspace.

About Rackspace Technology

We are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies – across applications, data and security – to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.

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