OpenAI
Associate General Counsel, Commercial – Infrastructure
$381K–$423K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jul 30, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of legal experience, primarily in commercial legal roles.
- Education
- JD
About the job
Leads commercial legal strategy and advises on high-value data center development, colocation, power, construction, and related infrastructure transactions.
What you'll do
- Lead legal strategy and risk management for data center development and colocation transactions; draft and negotiate related agreements.
- Advise on first-party data center projects, including land and power rights, construction, EPC, build-to-suit structures, and leasebacks.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and outside counsel, and develop scalable legal playbooks and contracting approaches.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of legal experience, primarily in commercial legal roles.
- Deep hands-on experience with colocation and data center agreements.
- Track record leading sophisticated, high-value commercial infrastructure transactions.
- JD and license or qualification to practice in California.
Nice to have
- Experience in one or more of first-party data center builds, construction and EPC agreements, power arrangements, raw-land development, build-to-suit projects, or leasebacks.
- Experience at a hyperscaler, cloud or compute provider, data center developer, major colocation company, or comparable law firm practice; a mix of in-house and top-tier law firm experience.
Pay
$381K – $423K USD base salary
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