Director, Legal – AI/GPU Commercial

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary commercial counsel for Rackspace's GPU-as-a-service, bare-metal, and AI infrastructure solutions.

• Draft and negotiate product terms, master service agreements, and order forms.

• Collaborate with Sales and Sourcing on intricate GPU/AI capacity transactions.

• Manage customer-facing sales agreements and supply-side contracts, including capacity reservations, data center colocation, partner agreements, semiconductor manufacturer backstop agreements, and power/infrastructure contracts.

• Negotiate innovative commercial structures with chip and hardware suppliers, hyperscalers, and neocloud/GPU providers.

• Monitor and provide advice on legal and regulatory matters impacting AI infrastructure and advanced computing items.

• Offer guidance on export controls, end-user/end-use screening, deemed exports, RASA, licensing, data sovereignty, and AI-related commercial risks.

• Collaborate with the Chief Privacy Officer on issues related to AI training, inference, and customer data privacy.

• Support M&A, strategic partnerships, and investment activities involving AI/GPU infrastructure targets or stakeholders.

• Serve as RackLaw's internal expert on the GPU/neocloud competitive and regulatory landscape.

• Advise Sales Legal, Sourcing, Solutions Counsel, and other practice leaders.

• Develop and maintain playbooks, templates, and self-service tools for GPU/AI commercial terms.

• Provide business-oriented legal advice that balances deal speed with legal and regulatory risks.

• Report to the VP & Deputy General Counsel and collaborate with existing legal practice leads.

⛳️ Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.

• Active legal license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, in good standing.

• Over 8 years of post-bar experience in commercial and transactional law.

• Extensive experience with technology, cloud, or data infrastructure transactions.

• In-depth knowledge of commercial contracting for cloud and IaaS/SaaS transactions.

• Familiarity with U.S. export control regulations applicable to advanced computing and semiconductor technology, including EAR / BIS / RASA.

• Understanding of data privacy and protection regulations related to AI training and inference workloads.

• Capability to function as a cross-functional subject-matter expert without direct management authority.

• Strong business acumen.

• Ability to translate rapidly changing and ambiguous business requirements into actionable legal terms.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills suitable for executive-level interactions.

• Independent decision-making skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Preferred prior in-house experience at a hyperscaler, neocloud/GPU cloud provider, semiconductor firm, or AI infrastructure company.

• Experience in export control, data privacy, or M&A matters is preferred.

• Preferred experience negotiating equipment financing, lease, or offtake agreements.

• General knowledge of M&A and strategic transaction structuring is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus or incentives.

• Equity awards.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Equal employment opportunity.

• Disability or special-needs accommodation.