Legal Counsel negotiating commercial contracts for CARFAX, which provides vehicle - history information and automotive intelligence. Advising business teams on data, technology, privacy, and customer agreements.
About the role
- Senior Corporate Counsel building ODAIA’s legal function for its AI-powered life-sciences intelligence platform. Negotiating enterprise agreements and developing privacy, data-governance, and AI-compliance programs.
Responsibilities
- Report directly to the CFO and build ODAIA's legal function from the ground up
- Work with the CFO, Chief Commercial Officer, and sales leaders on complex negotiations with enterprise customers and strategic partners
- Draft, negotiate, and close enterprise SaaS, data licensing, MSA, and DPA agreements with pharma customers
- Build contracting templates and playbooks to enable scalable contracting
- Bridge Legal and Engineering by reviewing technical specifications and contract schedules for risk
- Translate AI-related obligations such as bias testing, audits, and model documentation into internal action items
- Manage export-control and restricted-party obligations
- Architect the privacy and data-governance program across applicable legal and AI-governance frameworks
- Manage board resolutions, equity plan administration, IP assignment hygiene, insurance, and vendor agreements
- Partner with Sales, Revenue Operations, Technology, and Business Acceleration to identify risk early and accelerate reviews and negotiations
- Represent ODAIA directly with external procurement teams
- Contribute legal and risk updates for the executive team and Board
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- J.D. or LL.B. required
- Good standing with a Canadian provincial bar required
- Familiarity with AI, machine learning, or legal technology sectors
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills for commercial agreements, including MSAs, order forms, DPAs, and NDAs
- Ability to redline and iterate contracts and provide clear recommendations with minimal guidance
- Excellent communication skills and ability to explain legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders
- Technical or engineering background, or strong fluency working with engineering teams, is a plus
- Builder mentality and ability to create playbooks and systems
- Ability to manage multiple high-stakes, confidential matters simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Meaningful stock option grants
- Immediate medical/dental enrollment
- Flexible time off
- Work-from-home flexibility
- Intentional, high-value in-person collaboration and socials
- Career development opportunities
- Frequent team and company socials, events, and meetings both in-person and virtually
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