Associate General Counsel Commercial Infrastructure
OpenAIVisit OpenAI website
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
Recently funded151 current maintainers88 active leads20 new active leads99 lead step-downs12 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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About the Role
You will lead legal work for data center development and colocation transactions. You will negotiate infrastructure agreements, advise on land, power, construction, and leaseback matters, manage outside counsel, and develop scalable contracting playbooks.
Requirements
- 12+ years of legal experience primarily in commercial legal roles
- Experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on colocation and data center agreements
- Experience with data center builds, construction and EPC agreements, power arrangements, land development, build-to-suit projects, or leasebacks
- Experience leading sophisticated commercial infrastructure transactions
- Experience at a hyperscaler, cloud or compute provider, data center developer, colocation company, or comparable law firm practice
- In-house and top-tier law firm experience
- JD and license or qualification to practice in California
Responsibilities
- Lead commercial legal strategy and risk management for data center transactions
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on colocation, construction, power, and related agreements
- Support projects involving land, site and power rights, construction, EPC models, build-to-suit structures, and leasebacks
- Partner with infrastructure, finance, procurement, and operations stakeholders
- Manage outside counsel across infrastructure matters
- Develop legal playbooks and contracting approaches
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO or up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- Paid company holidays, office closures, and sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided