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About the Role

VAST Data is seeking a Global Head of Commercial Legal to build and lead its global technology transactions function. As a key player in the AI Operating System sector, this role involves scaling existing legal frameworks into a world-class enterprise architecture, managing multi-million and billion-dollar infrastructure deals, and building an international team to support global go-to-market velocity. This is a unique opportunity to shape the commercial legal strategy for the AI infrastructure industry.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary executive legal partner on strategic, complex multi-year software and infrastructure commitments.
Design, implement, and refine global commercial contract templates, including master software agreements, product-specific AI terms, and vendor procurement frameworks.
Establish standardized fallback positions and tiered risk-escalation matrices to enable rapid deal closure.
Address novel legal questions at the intersection of parallel computing, massive data ingestion, and real-time data processing.
Ensure commercial terms align with international compliance landscapes, including the EU AI Act, global privacy frameworks, and cross-border data transfer limitations.
Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing, geographically distributed team of commercial counsel and legal specialists.
Build Legal Ops to enable cutting-edge legal AI and CLM infrastructure, implementing automated triage, playbooks, and contract intelligence tools.
Develop structured enablement and training programs for enterprise sales teams.
Establish and monitor team KPIs, evaluating contract volumes, cycle times, and negotiation friction points to optimize resource allocation.

Requirements

12+ years of legal experience, combining top-tier law firm training with significant in-house leadership at a hyper-growth enterprise SaaS, deep tech, or AI infrastructure company.
Experience leading a commercial team through rapid international scale or a pre-IPO transition is highly desirable.
Exceptional background drafting and negotiating complex software licenses, technology partnerships, and cloud infrastructure agreements with highly sophisticated counterparties.
A strong interest in and clear understanding of modern AI stacks, data storage architectures, GPU-accelerated environments, and enterprise data lifecycle management.
Outstanding ability to make rapid, pragmatic business decisions in an ambiguous, evolving regulatory environment where clear legal precedents do not yet exist.
JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.

Skills

Technology Transactions
Commercial Legal Strategy
Deal Architecture
Contract Negotiation
AI Data Governance
Risk Management
Team Leadership
Legal Operations
AI and CLM Infrastructure
Cross-Functional Enablement
Metrics-Driven Management

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

12+ years
Leadership

Education Level

JD from an accredited law school
Active bar membership

About the Company

Provider of the foundational AI Operating System powering the world’s largest GPU neoclouds, enterprise AI factories, and sovereign AI initiatives.
Operating at an unprecedented scale in the AI infrastructure sector.