Legal Counsel at Gorgias overseeing commercial agreements and providing legal guidance through contract negotiations. Supports growth and efficiency in legal operations with AI integration.
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end negotiation of commercial agreements: SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, order forms, DPAs.
Be the primary legal point of contact for the sales team — coaching reps on deal risks, unblocking negotiations, and setting clear fallback positions
Build, maintain, and continuously improve our contract playbook and standard template suite
Manage and improve AI-assisted contract workflows (Claude, ChatGpt)
Partner with Finance and RevOps on deal structuring, billing terms, and revenue recognition edge cases
Handle vendor and inbound technology agreements, including SaaS and data processor relationships
Identify patterns across the deal portfolio and translate them into policy, training, or product input
Support general commercial legal work as the team scales
Requirements
3-4 years of commercial legal experience, in-house at a SaaS or tech company, or in tech-focused private practice
Startup or scale-up experience: you've built or improved a process, not just executed within one
Exposure to US market commercial deals — you understand how US enterprise procurement works
Comfortable with ambiguity; you close deals, you don't just flag risk
Strong written communication — your redlines are tight, your emails move things forward
Genuine curiosity about AI tools and a willingness to work *with* AI.
Licensed in both Canada and a US state (dual bar is a strong plus) (Nice to have)
Experience with AI-assisted contract review tools (Nice to have)
Benefits
5-week vacation (We follow each country's appropriate PTO Laws)
Paid sick leave
Paid parental leave (16 weeks)
MacBook Pro
Private health insurance and retirement pension (RRSP with Gorgias matching up to 4%)
For a smooth onboarding, we invite you to our Toronto office for one week (flights and accommodation handled by Gorgias)
Get up to $900 CAD to set up your workstation at home
Get up to $2,600 CAD of learning material per year (books, courses, training, and individual coaching)
Every quarter, we organize a company-wide summit to discuss where we're going and strengthen social bonds. Once per year we organize offsite team retreats and company retreats!
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