Remote Commercial Counsel — SaaS & AI Contracts

Canto; Maine; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Canto is hiring its first in-house legal leader to build and scale a modern legal function from the ground up. This role is focused on commercial contracting as a strategic driver of growth - not just risk mitigation.

Within your first six months, you will own our end-to-end contracting operations, implement foundational systems and playbooks, and establish yourself as the primary legal partner across Sales, Finance, and the executive team.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of legal experience in SaaS or technology.
• Experience negotiating commercial SaaS agreements (MSAs, subscriptions, DPAs, NDAs).
• Working knowledge of GDPR, CCPA or related privacy frameworks.
• Ability to build processes and legal infrastructure in scaling environments.
• Experience partnering with Sales and GTM teams in high-velocity settings.

Responsibilities

• Own negotiation and execution of commercial SaaS agreements.
• Enforce company positions on non-standard terms and manage escalation paths.
• Train and enable Sales to handle routine negotiations.
• Lead end-to-end contracting operations and implement a CLM system.
• Lead legal aspects of data privacy across GDPR/CCPA and related frameworks.
• Partner with Security, Product and exec leadership on AI, data governance and IP issues.
• Serve as primary legal advisor across commercial and operational matters.

Skills

SaaS contracts

Data privacy

Contract lifecycle management

AI tools in legal ops

Cross-functional partnering

Negotiation

Dispute management

Regulatory compliance

Tools

CLM systems

AI-enabled review tools

Job description

Canto is hiring its first in-house legal leader to build and scale a modern legal function from the ground up. This role is focused on commercial contracting as a strategic driver of growth - not just risk mitigation.

Within your first six months, you will own our end-to-end contracting operations, implement foundational systems and playbooks, and establish yourself as the primary legal partner across Sales, Finance, and the executive team.