Description
Compensation
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and various benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
About the Team
OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in advancing our mission by tackling innovative and fundamental legal issues in AI. The team includes professionals from diverse legal fields – technology, AI, infrastructure, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation – who collaborate closely with colleagues across the company.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced commercial attorney to join our Commercial Legal team to support our consumer hardware products and technologies, focused primarily on hardware development and supply chain. Based in the US, you will help lead legal support for OpenAI's consumer electronic business, working with teams such as hardware engineering, product design, manufacturing operations, procurement, finance, tax, and trade.
Responsibilities
- Be the go-to counsel and partner for several teams focused on consumer hardware design and procurement.
- Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to teams including hardware engineering, manufacturing operations, product design, and procurement to support the design, development, and manufacture of consumer hardware devices.
- Draft and negotiate complex supply, development, licensing, manufacturing and other commercial agreements.
- Identify and address commercial, product, regulatory, privacy, and other legal issues arising from commercial transactions.
- Develop strategies and processes for handling legal issues in creative and scalable ways that support growth.
- Monitor and advise on regulatory and compliance matters affecting hardware and technology.
- Collaborate with colleagues across OpenAI's global legal team to ensure alignment across jurisdictions.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience across in-house and technology-focused law firm role.
- Strong background in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, including hardware supply, manufacturing, procurement, and intellectual property ownership and licensing.
- Comfortable operating in an entrepreneurial environment and are proactive and independent.
- Communicate with clarity and business judgment, tailoring advice to enable responsible growth.
- Build cross-functional relationships and adapt communication styles to diverse audiences.
- Strong sense of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and enthusiasm for technology.
- Demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous or fast-changing situations.
- JD and license or qualification to practice in CA.