Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Counsel, Policy and Litigation role sits at a point where SaaS products, enterprise deployment, and emerging AI regulation intersect. For SaaS companies building and selling developer and enterprise platforms, questions around liability, IP, antitrust positioning, and product design choices increasingly shape what can be shipped and how it is commercialised. The remit described signals work that tracks external legal change while staying close to real product and go to market decisions.
From a SaaS career perspective, the value is in developing a playbook for handling novel risk in a product-led environment where standards are still forming. Experience translating policy shifts into practical guidance, and negotiating complex commercial arrangements tied to new technology, tends to transfer well across SaaS categories, particularly where enterprise contracts and cross-border considerations are central.
This role is best suited to a counsel who prefers ambiguity over settled doctrine and is comfortable operating as a cross-functional partner rather than a back office reviewer. It will fit someone who enjoys horizon scanning, building internal positions, and advising with a business oriented mindset while still being rigorous on legal exposure.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Who are we?
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.
Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.
Join us on our mission and shape the future!
Why this role?
The legal team at Cohere is dynamic, fast-paced and cross-functional, supporting all areas of the organization by providing timely, robust and practical legal advice and support. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of enterprise AI and work on some of the most interesting and multi-faceted commercial negotiations globally. This role will partner closely with our go-to-market team, product and compliance teams alongside other cross-functional stakeholders to shape and scale Cohere’s deployment of B2B enterprise AI solutions. The successful candidate will be actively involved in negotiating a variety of complex commercial arrangements.
As Counsel, Policy and Litigation, you will:
Horizon scan on emerging and transversal legal risks (e.g. duties of care for AI providers;
liability under common law principles and special regulatory regimes;
litigation risk in product design choices; models for emerging copyright constructs; antitrust positioning, etc.);
participate in industry forums on matters like copyright and robots.txt;
develop recommendations to strategically position Cohere to minimize legal risk across product and commercial decisions; support management of litigation matters.
Support policy function on developing positioning and proposals for emerging legal frameworks (e.g. copyright, antitrust, AI regulatory etc.)
You may be a good fit if:
You have a minimum of 7+ years in private practice and/or in-house, with a focus on technology contracting with sophisticated enterprises.
You have experience with cross-border transactions, negotiating against counterparties in multiple jurisdictions (e.g., Canada, US, UK/EU).
You have some familiarity with existing and proposed regulations and issues impacting artificial intelligence.
You have extensive experience leading legal negotiations on a variety of complex commercial arrangements, ideally with respect to AI issues.
You are able to operate independently, have experience supervising and mentoring lawyers, and are comfortable with the fast-paced and evolving nature of new technology and technology startups.
You are a strong communicator (both written and oral), collaborator and team player.
You are analytical, collaborative, driven and have a passion for new and evolving areas of technology law focusing on AI.
You are focused on solutions and have a practical, business-oriented mindset.
Experience negotiating contracts with AI issues and complex strategic partnerships or collaborations with enterprises will be considered an asset.
Experience in public sector and regulated industry contracting will be considered an asset.
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.
Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:
🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment
🧑💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)
