Vice President, Legal Commercial
Core
Own the vision, strategy, and execution of GitLab's global commercial legal function, acting as a strategic business enabler for the CRO, CFO, and GTM organization to transact at scale.
Role type
Senior IC Vice President, Legal Commercial
Builds
Global commercial legal infrastructure, strategic partnerships, and AI governance frameworks for an enterprise SaaS company.
Domain
Enterprise SaaS, DevSecOps, AI governance, Public Sector contracting
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Commercial legal strategy, team leadership (15-20 professionals), CLM implementation, AI governance contracting, enterprise SaaS contracting, public sector compliance (FedRAMP/FAR/DFARS), executive partnership
Preferred skills
Async-first remote leadership, AI-powered legal workflows, hyperscaler partnership structuring
Technologies
CLM systems, AI tools for legal operations
Responsibilities
Define long-term strategy for global commercial legal; advise C-suite on complex deal structures and AI contracting; build and lead a distributed team of attorneys; set enterprise-wide contracting standards; lead strategic partnerships and public sector agreements; oversee procurement legal function.
Seniority
Executive, VP level