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With WRITER, autonomous agents work across the buyer journey, continuously executing on market signals and enterprise intelligence to grow revenue faster. Every agent action and asset is grounded in trust, built on an Enterprise Brain that unites brand, product, and company knowledge with fiduciary-grade governance and compliance.\nFortune 500 companies are transforming how they go to market with WRITER, including 3 of the top 5 US banks, 2 of the 5 largest global CPG conglomerates, and 4 of the top 5 US healthcare insurers. Founded in 2020, WRITER is backed by investors including Insight Partners, ICONIQ, Radical Ventures, Premji Invest, Balderton, B Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Accenture, Citi Ventures, IBM Ventures, WndrCo, and others. Learn more at WRITER.com.\nAbout the role\nWe’re looking for a commercial counsel who thrives on deal-making and loves turning legal complexity into business clarity. In this role, you’ll be the trusted legal partner to our sales and procurement functions, reporting to our head of commercial legal. You’ll be drafting and negotiating SaaS agreements that power our growth and keep our partnerships strong. If you’re energized by fast-paced negotiations with large enterprise companies, curious about cutting-edge technology, and excited to join a small-but-mighty team that values creativity and collaboration (all with a sense of humor and low ego) then, this may be the role for you. 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Bonus points if you’ve supported a global sales team with international offices.\n\nExposure to privacy, IP, and/or AI-specific legal issues, with a basic understanding of AI. We don’t need you to be an expert, but it helps if you know the basics.\n\nExperience using contract management tools, in particular to help legal teams like ours continue to be data-driven.\n\nFamiliarity with legal operations, project management and CLM tools like Asana, Salesforce, Linksquares, etc.\n\nA strong work ethic, the ability to think on your feet, and a sense of humor - we work hard, but we know how to have fun.\n\nYou are:\nA business person first that also happens to be a lawyer.\n\nSomeone who can explain complex legal concepts in a non-legal way.\n\nA redline machine! The end-of-month, quarter and year push is real, and we work fast under tight deadlines. Efficiency and the ability to prioritize and multi-task are must-haves.\n\nA self-starter, who finds ways to add value without being told.\n\nA partner - not a roadblock. 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