Is the Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM role remote?

It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.

What's the salary range?

Anthropic lists $320,000–$385,000 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM role.

Where is the role based?

Anthropic is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML.

Does Anthropic sponsor work visas for this role?

Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

What seniority level is this role?

Anthropic targets lead candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM role at Anthropic.

Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM at Anthropic

Joblaze summary

In the role of Manager, Commercial Counsel for Go-to-Market at Anthropic, the individual will primarily focus on drafting and negotiating commercial agreements while collaborating closely with sales teams to enhance deal efficiency. Key skills include expertise in commercial contracts and SaaS agreements, along with demonstrated leadership in managing legal professionals. This position is ideal for a seasoned attorney with a strong background in technology transactions, particularly in high-growth environments. Anthropic's emphasis on responsible AI development adds a unique dimension to the role, fostering a collaborative and innovative legal team.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Anthropic's career page.
Anthropic has 406 other open roles including Contracts Manager, APAC, Contracts Manager, APAC, Commercial Counsel, APAC.
1702 active AI/ML roles on Joblaze right now.
Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$113,600).

Quick facts

Is the Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM role remote?: It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.
What's the salary range?: Anthropic lists $320,000–$385,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM role.
Where is the role based?: Anthropic is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML.
Does Anthropic sponsor work visas for this role?: Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
What seniority level is this role?: Anthropic targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM role at Anthropic.

From the original posting

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

We're looking for a Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM to help lead our legal team at the forefront of shaping how cutting-edge AI technology reaches users, researchers, and enterprises worldwide. You'll work alongside experienced colleagues who operate as true strategic partners—moving fast, thinking creatively, and working collaboratively to support deals that matter. In this role, you'll support our enterprise technology and startups Go-to-Market teams, handling enterprise agreements and customer negotiations, as well as team growth and scaling initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned attorney to help lead and grow the commercial legal team while contributing directly to responsible AI development.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, with a primary focus on GTM/Sales agreements with enterprise technology customers and startups.
Partner closely with Sales and Go-to-Market leadership and teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance
Help build and maintain our commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, and process improvements
Manage a team to support enterprise technology and startups segments
Identify and escalate legal risks appropriately while supporting business momentum
Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies

Minimum qualifications

JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, SaaS agreements, or technology transactions
Demonstrated people management experience, including hiring, developing, and leading attorneys or legal professionals
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate legal concepts for non-lawyer stakeholders

Preferred qualifications

8+ years of legal experience, with substantial time spent on commercial contracts, SaaS agreements, or technology transactions
Active membership in the California state bar
Experience leading legal teams through high-growth phases at technology companies
Experience navigating multi-stakeholder agreements involving technical and policy considerations
Curiosity about AI technology and AI policy, and a commitment to responsible AI development
A collaborative, low-ego approach to working with colleagues and external partners
A "doer" attitude—willingness to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed-
Comfort in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities, and a willingness to pitch in across what the team needs

Role-specific policy: For this role, we expect all staff to be able to work from our San Francisco office at least 3 days a week, though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$320,000—$385,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.