Senior In-House Counsel

Join Tenstorrent, a cutting-edge technology company focused on building the future of computing. As a Senior In-House Counsel, you will take ownership of key legal functions, guide teams through the entire contract lifecycle, and serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders and external partners. You will have the opportunity to shape the legal foundation of a global, open-hardware technology company and work on novel legal, compliance, privacy, and risk issues involving modern semiconductor and AI technology.

• Assumer la responsabilité de l'ensemble du cycle de vie des contrats, de l'introduction à la rédaction, en passant par la négociation, l'exécution et la gestion continue.
• Établir des processus et des manuels qui aident l'entreprise à se développer rapidement et en toute confiance, en créant des modèles, des manuels et des politiques adaptés à la cohérence régionale et mondiale.
• Fournir des conseils juridiques pratiques et équilibrer les priorités commerciales avec une gestion réfléchie des risques, en menant des négociations de bout en bout sur des transactions stratégiques de grande valeur.

• We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting
• A builder, not just a reviewer. You create the templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and CLM workflows that let Sales, Channel, and Supply Chain scale without a legal bottleneck, and you reach for AI tooling to make legal operations faster and better
• A commercial contracting generalist. You move comfortably across MSAs, SOWs, software and technology licenses, SaaS and cloud services agreements, NDAs, data processing and AI addenda, marketing arrangements, and vendor/supplier agreements, and you manage them through the full lifecycle rather than handing them off at signature
• A practical, solutions-oriented advisor. You balance business priorities with thoughtful risk management and can tell a real risk from a theoretical one, which is what lets you lead end-to-end negotiations on high-value strategic transactions and close impactful deals without leaving the company exposed
• An owner and a people-first communicator. You carry your work end to end, manage competing priorities independently, pivot quickly as a startup's priorities shift, and communicate with clarity and purpose across every team and level of the organization
• Data privacy & security. Experience advising on global data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and cross-border data transfer issues: DPAs, SCCs and transfer mechanisms, security terms, audit rights, breach and incident notification, and permitted data use, under frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, and APPI
• General commercial contracting. Experience drafting, structuring, negotiating, executing, and managing complex commercial agreements across the full contract lifecycle (MSAs, SOWs, software and technology licenses, SaaS and cloud services agreements, NDAs, data processing (DPA) and AI addenda, hardware sales, channel partner agreements, marketing arrangements, and vendor/supplier agreements), including the templates, playbooks, and fallback positions that let the business contract at scale
• Cross-functional partnership. Experience providing practical legal advice across functions (Leadership, Engineering, Product, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Security, IT, People, and Operations), with exceptional negotiation and organizational skills
• Qualifications. A JD and active state bar membership, with 5+ years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department. Experience in a technology, semiconductor, hardware, chip manufacturing, or supplier environment is strongly preferred
• Supply chain & manufacturing. Experience drafting and negotiating supply chain and manufacturing agreements, including foundry, manufacturing, procurement, supply, logistics, and third-party logistics (3PL) agreements