Senior Enterprise Counsel for AI & SaaS Deals

Perplexity

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 290,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Perplexity in New York seeks a senior commercial attorney to own end-to-end enterprise agreements, including MSAs, DPAs, and API terms. You will partner with Sales, Partnerships, Deal Desk, Security, Privacy, Product, and Finance to move live deals while protecting core terms.

The role requires 7+ years in-house and/or law firm experience with enterprise SaaS or API deals, familiarity with data protection frameworks, and the ability to design scalable, durable legal infrastructure and precedent

Qualifications

JD and active U.S. state bar membership.
7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience in enterprise SaaS or API deals.
Experience advising on commercial terms and pricing for high-growth SaaS/API businesses.
Hands-on DPAs and data protection terms experience.
Strong business acumen; partner with Sales, Product, Security, Finance.
Proven ability to build durable legal infrastructure and playbooks.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end drafting and negotiation of Enterprise agreements across offerings.
Partner with Enterprise Sales, Partnerships, Deal Desk, and Customer Success to accelerate deals.
Maintain and extend the enterprise negotiation playbook and term libraries.
Advise on AI-specific contract terms for enterprise deployments and data postures.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, Privacy, and Compliance early to surface risk.
Monitor regulatory developments and translate into contracts and playbooks.
Represent Perplexity Legal on customer negotiation calls with enterprise counsel.