Perplexity
Senior Commercial Counsel, Enterprise
$200K–$290K
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- At least 7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience, with a substantial in-house component.
- Education
- JD
About the job
Leads enterprise commercial contracting and advises on legal, data, and regulatory issues for Perplexity’s enterprise AI, SaaS, and API products.
What you'll do
- Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise agreements, including SaaS/API terms, DPAs, BAAs, security exhibits, and public-sector contracts.
- Advise sales and cross-functional teams on live deals, AI-specific contract terms, and practical legal risk.
- Maintain negotiation playbooks, templates, and contract positions as products and regulations evolve.
What they ask for
- JD and active U.S. state bar membership in good standing.
- At least 7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience, with a substantial in-house component.
- Track record independently owning complex vendor-side enterprise SaaS or API deals, including with regulated-industry customers.
- Experience with SaaS/API commercial terms and pricing, familiarity with named data-protection and security frameworks, and hands-on DPA negotiation.
Nice to have
- Prior public-sector contracting or on-prem deployment experience.
- Experience with AI-native agentic-product contracting or contracting with regulated entities, especially in the EU/UK.
Pay
$200K – $290K USD base salary
Tools
Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max, Computer, API, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, DORA, EU AI Act
AI focus
Advises on AI-specific enterprise contract terms, including data postures, output ownership and liability, agentic-feature risk allocation, and translating product operations into contract commitments.
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