Remote Commercial Transactions Counsel — SaaS, Cloud & AI

Relativity; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity in Boston is seeking a Counsel for Commercial Transactions to draft, review, and negotiate customer-facing and strategic commercial agreements, focusing on SaaS, software licensing, cloud services, and AI-enabled offerings.

You will partner with Sales, Finance, Security, and Compliance to enable growth, manage legal risk, and streamline contracting using AI-driven tools to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• Four to six years of relevant experience in-house or at a law firm supporting technology transactions.
• Experience negotiating SaaS, software, cloud services, professional services, data processing, and enterprise commercial agreements.
• Experience supporting complex commercial contracting environments.
• Understanding of technology, including legal technology, cloud services, software licensing models, information security, privacy, IP, and regulatory considerations.
• Experience supporting AI-enabled products and emerging technology issues.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer, procurement, strategic commercial negotiations, transactions, and technology-related legal work by drafting, reviewing and negotiating software, SaaS and hybrid, cloud services, AI-related offerings, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Provide legal advice and business counsel on commercial, and operational legal issues, negotiating a high volume of contracts with clear, practical recommendations.
• Engage with customers to ensure they feel listened to and deliver.
• Suggest and implement process improvements to forms and variations to align with business needs.
• Support pricing initiatives and governance projects with Finance and business stakeholders.

Skills

Contract negotiations

SaaS agreements

AI tools

Legal research

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Salesforce

Ironclad

Asana

Microsoft Office

Job description

Relativity in Boston is seeking a Counsel for Commercial Transactions to draft, review, and negotiate customer-facing and strategic commercial agreements, focusing on SaaS, software licensing, cloud services, and AI-enabled offerings.

You will partner with Sales, Finance, Security, and Compliance to enable growth, manage legal risk, and streamline contracting using AI-driven tools to improve efficiency.