Counsel

As part of our Finance team and as a Counsel you will help Jasper draft, review, and negotiate inbound and outbound commercial agreements, including customer, vendor, channel partner, and other sales and supply agreements. 

This is only our second legal hire, so there is significant room for development and growth. You’ll work closely with go-to-market, engineering, and finance teams to help scale the commercial legal function as we offer our cutting-edge technologies for use. This role reports to our Associate General Counsel.

Our teams are passionate about supporting new employees and growing a diverse culture of ideas and collaboration. Our work is about using artificial intelligence to unlock creative potential. We see AI as a partner to creatives that can get them through writer’s block, over hurdles, and out of the content hamster wheel. AI should empower content creators to do their best work and get time and mental space back for new ideas. Our target market is composed of creatives (writers, designers, content marketers) and content-forward companies.  

The role is open to candidates located in the US and can be remote within the United States. We have offices in Austin, TX, and Salt Lake City, UT with employees based across the US. We've built a strong foundation to support remote employees' engagement with other teams. We have a mix of experience levels and backgrounds, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing, mentoring, and career growth. 

What you will do at Jasper:

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and licensing agreements with customers, vendors, and channel partners, and manage regulatory, compliance, and operational issues that arise. 
• Partner closely with technical, product, and commercial teams to proactively manage risks, identify legal issues, and drive decision-making.
• Negotiate commercial agreements that enable Jasper to move quickly while protecting the company’s resources and systems.
• Analyze and navigate cutting-edge legal and technological issues in AI.
• Help ensure commercial agreement processes and systems scale and evolve to serve new initiatives.

What you will bring to Jasper:

• A law degree and admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction 
• 3+ years of legal experience in-house at a reputable technology company, supporting enterprise SaaS sales
• Strong background dealing with SaaS, sales, software licensing, data privacy, intellectual property, professional services, channel partner issues, and evolving go-to-market programs
• Kindness, warmth, patience, and effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think creatively, function independently and work proactively in a fast-paced environment
• Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving practice
• Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude  
• Ideal qualifications include experience with commercial deals involving generative AI and knowledge of intellectual property issues as they relate to generative AI models

Compensation Range: At Jasper, we believe in pay transparency and are committed to providing our employees and candidates with access to information about our compensation practices. The expected salary range offered for this role is $150,000—$200,000. Compensation may vary based on relevant experience, skills, competencies, and certifications.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive Health, Dental and Vision coverage beginning on the first day for our employees and families.
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) program with company matching
• Monthly wellness reimbursement and flexible time-off to encourage a healthy work-life balance
• Generous budget for home office set up 
• Learning and development opportunities 
• Paid parental leave
• Travel perk program 

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels as we know the more inclusive we are, the better our product will be. We are committed to celebrating and supporting our differences and that diversity is essential to innovation and makes us better able to serve our customers. We hire people of all levels and backgrounds who are excited to learn and develop their skills. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.