Senior Counsel

Fieldguide

Own legal function for Fieldguide, an audit SaaS startup. Negotiate commercial agreements and build legal infrastructure for compliance and governance.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Open Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own negotiation and execution of all commercial agreements—MSAs, SaaS subscription agreements, DPAs, BAAs, and NDAs—with Fieldguide's enterprise accounting firm customers
Build and maintain a contract playbook with tiered positions by clause type and a standard paper library so nothing starts from scratch; leverage AI / Agentic solutions to scale legal operations, build institutional memory that compounds in value over time
Own AI and data licensing negotiations such as data use rights, model risk provisions, output ownership, IP indemnification, and maintain Fieldguide's AI commercial policy framework and open source compliance program
Review and maintain employment agreements, contractor agreements, and offer letters; advise People team on multi-state and international compliance
Serve as the company's primary legal liaison to the board on corporate governance matters, including board documentation, equity records, and corporate filings in coordination with Finance

Requirements

What you’ll need

J.D. from an accredited law school; active bar admission in good standing
8-10 years of legal experience, including 3-4 years at a law firm working across many client types and deal structures, followed by 5-6 years in-house at a B2B SaaS company, preferably at Series B-D
Deep fluency in commercial SaaS contracts (MSAs, DPAs, BAAs, SLAs), with substantive AI and data licensing experience: you have negotiated AI vendor agreements, advised on model and IP risk, and understand the underlying technology well enough to negotiate it, not just the legal wrapper
Demonstrated data privacy experience with GDPR, CCPA, and SOC 2 legal obligations; credible in DPA negotiations with enterprise customers
Track record of building legal infrastructure from scratch: contract templates, playbooks, and CLM implementations, or compliance programs that created institutional memory and reduced cycle time
Comfortable operating as the only lawyer in the building—approaches legal risk as a trade-off problem, not a binary; delivers practical, business-oriented guidance under time pressure
Experience at a B2B SaaS company serving professional services, fintech, or regulated industries is a plus; familiarity with agentic AI or AI infrastructure agreements is a meaningful advantage.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership
Flexible PTO
401k
Wellness benefits
Technology & Work from Home reimbursement
Flexible work schedules

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Hard Skills & Tools

commercial agreementsMSAsSaaS subscription agreementsDPAsBAAsAI licensing negotiationsdata use rightsmodel risk provisionsIP indemnificationdata privacy compliance

Soft Skills

negotiationlegal risk assessmentbusiness-oriented guidancetime managementindependent operation

Certifications

J.D.active bar admission