Head of Legal

About the company

Braintrust is building the modern platform for evaluating and deploying AI systems. Our mission is to help enterprises build trust in their AI by making it easy to test, monitor, and improve models using real-world evaluation frameworks. We work with cutting-edge customers in finance, healthcare, and tech who are building production-grade AI systems.

About the Role

We’re looking for our first in-house legal hire to join Braintrust. This role will be critical as we scale our sales and customer base, helping us close deals, navigate data privacy, and build a scalable legal function from the ground up.

You’ll work closely with sales, product, engineering, and leadership to negotiate enterprise contracts, ensure compliance with data regulations, and design the processes that allow us to move quickly without unnecessary risk. This is a hands-on role where you’ll set strategy and also roll up your sleeves to get deals across the line.

What You’ll Do

Contracts and Commercial Support

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including SaaS and on-prem agreements, MSAs, NDAs, vendor agreements, consulting agreements, DPAs, and partnership agreements.

Lead legal support for complex, high-value enterprise sales transactions, and work closely with our sales team to close deals.

Build strong working relationships with customer legal teams to accelerate adoption.

Scaling the Legal Function

Develop contract playbooks, template agreements, and streamlined processes for the sales team.

Implement tools and systems to increase visibility, improve workflows, and maintain deal velocity.

Support governance, risk, and compliance programs.

Cross-Functional Partnership

Collaborate with Sales, Finance, HR, Product, and Engineering to ensure legal alignment across the business.

Provide strategic guidance on commercial legal matters, emerging regulations, and market trends.

Support leadership with corporate governance and fundraising as needed.

What We’re Looking For

JD from an accredited law school and admitted to the bar and in good standing in California, or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status)

3-5 years of relevant legal experience, including at least 2 years in-house at a high-growth SaaS company

Extensive experience with enterprise software agreements and technology transactions

Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives and keep deals moving

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels

Comfort operating as a team of one while building the function for scale

Nice to Have

Experience with AI, developer platforms, or cloud infrastructure

Familiarity with the legal considerations around AI-assisted development and enterprise adoption

Background working with customers in regulated industries such as healthcare or finance

Experience building legal processes through a hyper-growth phase

Benefits include

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan

Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages

Flexible time off

Competitive salary and equity

AI Stipend

Equal opportunity

Braintrust is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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