Senior Counsel, Commercial (Health and Life Sciences)

We are seeking an experienced attorney to join our commercial legal team at OpenAI. As a Senior Counsel, Commercial (Health and Life Sciences), you will help lead commercial legal support for OpenAI's rapidly growing business, working with teams such as GTM, Partnerships, Procurement, Finance, Product, Infrastructure, and Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the legal partner for OpenAI's business transactions, partnerships, and operations, with a focus on life sciences.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to teams including Go-to-Market, Partnerships, and Research.
• Draft, structure, and negotiate complex commercial agreements with enterprise customers, vendors, and strategic partners, including transactions involving life sciences.
• Identify and coordinate issues involving intellectual property, privacy, security, regulatory requirements, and product use with the appropriate specialist teams.
• Lead negotiations and manage multiple stakeholders, escalating consequential issues with clear options and recommendations.
• Develop and improve templates, playbooks, processes, and training that make routine contracting more efficient and consistent.
• Monitor and advise on regulatory and compliance matters affecting AI and technology in life sciences.
• Collaborate with colleagues across OpenAI's global legal team to ensure alignment across jurisdictions.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant legal experience, including substantial responsibility for drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Experience with life sciences transactions.
• Familiarity with HIPAA and transactions involving health data.
• Ability to translate legal and commercial complexity into clear, actionable advice for business stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Sound judgment, ownership, and ability to move matters forward when facts are incomplete or circumstances change.
• Trust-building skills across functions, with the ability to communicate a principled position while working constructively toward a solution.
• Enjoyment of improving processes and creating practical tools that help a growing team scale.
• Curiosity about technology and motivation to learn about AI and its commercial implications.

Salary: $330K - $366K