Legal Counsel at Happyrobot.Ai

Job description

About HappyRobot HappyRobot is the infrastructure for enterprises to build and orchestrate AI workforces. Our AI workers don't just communicate through voice and email - they make decisions, take action, and run operations autonomously across entire enterprise systems. Born in Y Combinator (S23) and backed by a16z, Base10, Prysm Capital and Eurazeo with over $150M raised, we power critical operations for global enterprises worldwide. Our platform is battle-tested in the most demanding environments, where AI has real consequences. We started in logistics, built our own voice stack, models, and orchestration layer from the ground up, and are now bringing that infrastructure to every enterprise that runs the real economy. Learn more about our vision in our manifesto. About the Role We’re looking for a smart, practical, and business-oriented Legal Counsel to support our growing business with a focus on intellectual property and commercial agreements. This role will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, sales, partnerships, and operations teams to ensure our IP is protected and our commercial arrangements are sound, scalable, and aligned with our strategic goals. Responsibilities • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, MSAs, enterprise agreements, licensing agreements, vendor agreements, reseller agreements, partnership agreements, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs, and services agreements. • Advise internal stakeholders on commercial, intellectual property, and data privacy matters related to product development, partnerships, customer relationships, and business operations. • Review and negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs) and advise on compliance with EU data privacy laws and regulations, including GDRP and other applicable state privacy frameworks. • Support the company’s intellectual property strategy, including trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, and IP ownership matters. • Assist with open-source software compliance, employee and contractor IP assignment matters, and IP diligence processes. • Build, improve, and maintain legal templates, negotiation playbooks, internal policies, and scalable contracting workflows to increase operational efficiency. • Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that balances risk mitigation with commercial objectives and enables business growth. • Monitor legal and regulatory developments related to commercial law, intellectual property, SaaS businesses, and data privacy, and assess their impact on the company. • Support fundraising, due diligence, and other strategic corporate initiatives as needed. • Manage external counsel effectively when specialized legal support is required. Requirements • 6+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally combining experience at a reputable law firm and an in-house legal team at a startup or high-growth technology company. • Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating SaaS agreements, MSAs, enterprise agreements, NDAs, DPAs, Order Forms and other commercial contracts. • Solid understanding of EU data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR and other state-specific privacy requirements. • Experience handling intellectual property matters, including trademarks, patents, copyright, licensing, and IP ownership issues. • Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills with a pragmatic, solution-oriented, and risk-based approach. • Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business priorities. • Ability to manage multiple priorities and high contract volume efficiently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. • Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and execution with attention to detail and urgency. • Proven ability to work cross-functionally and build trusted relationships with business stakeholders. Nice to Have • Experience supporting fundraising transactions, due diligence exercises, and broader corporate legal matters. • F