Modal
Senior Commercial Counsel
$250K–$300K
New York · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- Approximately 5–10 years of combined law firm and in-house experience.
- Education
- JD
About the job
Serve as Modal’s first commercial lawyer, negotiating commercial agreements and building the templates, playbooks, and processes that support the company’s operations.
What you'll do
- Manage customer contracts and negotiations, including MSAs, service orders, NDAs, DPAs, and BAAs, through the full deal cycle.
- Lead vendor contracting and build and maintain contract repositories, templates, playbooks, and CLM workflows.
- Review operational policies and customer-facing marketing materials.
What they ask for
- Approximately 5–10 years of combined law firm and in-house experience negotiating commercial technology agreements, including meaningful enterprise sales support.
- JD and active bar membership in good standing in New York or California.
- Deep familiarity with SaaS contracting and extensive experience with Ironclad or a similar CLM.
- Working knowledge of privacy and regulatory data protection frameworks, such as GDPR and HIPAA.
Nice to have
- Experience with infrastructure, compute, or datacenter supply agreements.
Pay
$250K – $300K (base salary)
Tools
Ironclad, GDPR, HIPAA
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