Head of Legal
Anyscale
Legal
San Francisco, CA, USA · Palo Alto, CA, USA
Posted on Feb 5, 2025
About Anyscale:
At Anyscale, we're on a mission to democratize distributed computing and make it accessible to software developers of all skill levels. We’re commercializing Ray, a popular open-source project that's creating an ecosystem of libraries for scalable machine learning. Companies like OpenAI, Uber, Spotify, Instacart, Cruise, and many more, have Ray in their tech stacks to accelerate the progress of AI applications out into the real world.
With Anyscale, we’re building the best place to run Ray, so that any developer or data scientist can scale an ML application from their laptop to the cluster without needing to be a distributed systems expert.
Reporting to the CFO, we are looking for an experienced attorney to lead our Legal efforts and strategy. In this role, you will be the go-to legal expert, working cross-functionally to create alignment and deliver results. You will own all aspects of negotiations with customers and vendors and work on aspects of intellectual property, privacy, employment, and corporate matters. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, take extreme ownership in being a trusted business partner, this may be the right role for you. The ideal candidate thrives in dynamic settings, leverages their creativity and persuasive skills, and has experience in heavily regulated industries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and Negotiate Deals: Take the lead in structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex customer and vendor agreements
- Autonomous Decision-Making: Exercise significant autonomy in managing legal matters, making calls, and providing practical solutions tailored to our rapidly evolving business environment
- Regulatory Compliance: Significant experience with managing data privacy and processing risk (including GDPR, CCPA, etc;); negotiate deals with regulated business (including healthcare (HIPAA)), including business associate agreements, identifying compliance risks and collaborating with relevant departments
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with teams across the organization, including sales, product, finance, and operations, to support key business initiatives and strategic partnerships
- Creative Problem-Solving: Apply your legal acumen and innovative thinking to craft solutions that address both legal and business priorities, persuasively advocating for outcomes that drive business growth
- External Partner Management: Engage with and manage external counsel when necessary, optimizing efficiency and quality of legal services
- Advise internal stakeholders on legal considerations and provide legal advice to cross-functional teams, including, but not limited to, negotiating strategic customer contracts in partnership with our sales team
- Provide counsel and advise on legal liabilities associated with many areas of the business (i.e. employment law, commissions agreements, real estate leases, international expansion, system tooling, company policies, corporate finance, partnerships, etc.)
- Oversee the management and maintenance of all company legal templates, including our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, PIIA, Employment Contract, etc
Qualifications:
- Education & Credentials: JD
- Experience: 12+ years of legal experience, with a significant portion spent in top law firms and in-house roles. Proven track record of handling SaaS B2B transactions is essential
- Autonomy & Judgment: Demonstrated ability to work independently and make informed decisions with minimal supervision.
- Commercial Acumen: Strong business judgment with a focus on balancing legal risks with business outcomes. Capable of understanding what matters and effectively communicating that perspective
- Creativity & Persuasiveness: Proven capability in crafting innovative legal strategies, and the ability to persuasively advocate for solutions that align with both legal and business objectives
- Broad experience with a variety of legal matters, including strategic business agreements, commercial contract negotiation, information security and compliance, privacy, corporate governance, intellectual property rights, international expansion
- Comfort with business metrics and ability to break down complex legal problems into business and legal risks; ability to explain legal issues to business and technology focused partners
Anyscale Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates are evaluated without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.
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