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About the Role

As Senior Corporate Counsel, you will be ODAIA's first dedicated legal hire, responsible for building the legal function from the ground up. This role requires a commercially minded lawyer to manage the intersection of legal risk and commercial velocity, including negotiating enterprise agreements, translating AI-governance obligations, and building internal policies and playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the CFO, Chief Commercial Officer, and sales leaders to manage complex negotiations with enterprise customers and strategic partners, balancing risk against speed.
• Draft, negotiate, and close enterprise SaaS, data licensing, MSA, and DPA agreements with pharma customers.
• Build templates and playbooks to enable scalable contracting.
• Act as a liaison between Legal and Engineering, reviewing technical specifications and contracts to identify risks.
• Translate AI-related obligations into concrete internal action items.
• Manage emerging obligations from signed contracts, including export-control and restricted-party frameworks.
• Architect the broader privacy and data-governance program across various regulations and AI-governance frameworks.
• Autonomously manage board resolutions, equity plan administration, IP assignment, insurance, and vendor agreements.
• Determine when to engage outside counsel.
• Partner closely with Sales, Revenue Operations, Technology, and Business Acceleration teams to flag risk and expedite reviews and negotiations.
• Represent ODAIA directly with external procurement teams.
• Contribute to the legal and risk narrative for the executive team and Board, providing updates that drive strategic discussion.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• J.D. or LL.B. and good standing with a Canadian provincial bar.
• Familiarity with AI, machine learning, or legal technology sectors.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills, particularly with commercial agreements (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, NDAs).
• Ability to redline, iterate, and provide clear recommendations with minimal guidance.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
• A technical or engineering background, or strong fluency working with engineering teams, is a plus.
• Builder mentality: enjoy creating playbooks and systems, and are drawn to operational, non-legal work as much as legal drafting.
• Strong communicator capable of explaining the 'why' behind a risk collaboratively and building a business case.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, variable-intensity environment.
• Ability to manage multiple high-stakes, confidential matters simultaneously.

Skills

• Commercial agreements negotiation
• SaaS agreement drafting
• Data licensing
• Master Service Agreements (MSAs)
• Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
• Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
• AI governance
• Privacy law
• Data governance
• PIPEDA
• HIPAA
• Export control
• Restricted party screening
• Board resolutions
• Equity plan administration
• IP assignment
• Insurance agreements
• Vendor agreements
• Risk assessment
• Stakeholder communication
• Legal operations

Location

• Remote-First (Canada and US)
• Toronto, ON (Hub location for in-person gatherings)

Work Type

• Remote
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• J.D. or LL.B.

Salary/Compensations

• $170,000 - $185,000 CAD

Benefits

• Meaningful stock option grants
• Immediate medical/dental enrollment
• Flexible time off

About the Company

• ODAIA delivers AI-powered commercial intelligence for life sciences, unifying data and accelerating results.
• The ODAIA SaaS platform transforms complex data into predictive, personalized insights.
• Our mission is to reduce patients' time to therapy by facilitating meaningful interactions with healthcare providers through human-centric software powered by AI.
• We are an AI-Native Environment, using AI and agentic automation to increase efficiency and impact.

Equal Opportunity

• ODAIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and heard.
• We are committed to creating a diverse workplace, free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations or ordinances.
• Accommodations are available upon request for individuals with disabilities or special needs during the recruitment process.