Senior Commercial Counsel

🕒 August 5

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $146.6k - $174k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Ancestry

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Healthcare • Marketing

Ancestry is a consumer-focused family history company that helps people discover, preserve, and share their family stories through online genealogy tools, historical records, and consumer DNA testing. The company operates a subscription-based platform and eCommerce offerings (such as DNA kits), maintains a large consumer DNA database, and combines technology, data science, and content to power personal discovery and research. Ancestry emphasizes customer experience, diversity and inclusion, and employs global teams across product, engineering, marketing, and science-related roles.

📋 Description

• Advise the procurement team and lead negotiations for vendor and supplier contracts supporting technology, laboratory, and data operations • Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS, technology license, master services, marketing, and professional services agreements • Draft and negotiate Data Processing Agreements and security addenda with the privacy team • Provide legal guidance on contract interpretation, risk mitigation, and compliance • Partner with cross-functional teams to align contractual terms with company policies and objectives • Develop AI-enabled legal playbooks, contract templates, and internal policies • Monitor legal and regulatory changes affecting commercial and corporate activities, especially privacy and data security • Support senior legal leadership on strategic transactions, corporate governance, and corporate development initiatives • Use AI for contract review, drafting, legal research, and analysis • Champion, select, build, test, and refine legal AI tools and workflows

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school with strong academic performance • Active membership in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar • 5+ years of relevant experience focused on technology transactions and complex commercial agreements • In-house experience at a technology or data-driven company • Ability to independently negotiate complex procurement, vendor, supplier, and technology agreements globally • Deep knowledge of GDPR and CCPA/CPRA • Hands-on experience negotiating Data Processing Agreements • Demonstrated, hands-on proficiency using AI in daily legal work, including drafting, review, research, and analysis • Fluency with legal technology and CLM systems • Experience negotiating agreements involving AI and machine learning • Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills • Strong business judgment and excellent communication abilities • Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment • CIPP/US certification highly preferred; CIPP/E or other international certifications a plus • Experience at a top-tier law firm preferred • Experience building prompts, workflows, automations, or AI/CLM tooling is a strong plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonus • Equity • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits • Location-flexible work approach: nearest office, home, or hybrid, subject to location restrictions • Collaborative workplace • Opportunity to make a meaningful difference