About Ontra
Ontra is the leader in AI-powered solutions for the private markets. Powered by industry-leading AI, data from over 2 million contracts, and a global network of legal professionals, Ontra automates critical private market workflows across the fund lifecycle. Ontra’s solutions transform unstructured data trapped in static documents into actionable intelligence, enabling firms to accelerate contracts, streamline compliance, and automate entity management. Trusted by more than 1,000 global GPs, investment banks, law firms, and advisors – including nine of the top ten PEI-ranked firms worldwide – Ontra helps firms focus on what’s important.
Our Culture
Ontra is a remote-first company that values the power of connection. We find innovative ways to stay connected, both virtually and in person. By promoting ownership, inspiring creativity, and championing collaboration, Ontra enables you to shape your impact and growth. Our commitment to innovation extends beyond our technology; it’s embedded in our culture, and AI plays a crucial role in everything we do.
Our culture is one where belonging is the cornerstone of every interaction, rooted in acceptance and respect for all. Our commitment to inclusion begins at the application process, ensuring a fair and equitable hiring experience that values the unique contributions you bring from day one.
For this job we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States.
About the Role
Ontra is seeking an Associate Commercial Counsel to join our Legal team.
We’re looking for an excellent customer-facing generalist who is excited to serve as a trusted, friendly partner to our Sales and Customer Success teams, navigate customer contract negotiations firmly yet collaboratively, streamline customer success support, and optimize sales and vendor contract review processes.
If you are a skilled problem-solver, possess a business-oriented mindset, and demonstrate meticulous attention to detail along with strong organizational skills, we’d love to get to know you!
What You’ll Do
- Review and Negotiate Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate complex customer contracts (including MSAs, SaaS agreements, and AI-related terms), as well as a variety of other commercial and vendor contracts.
- Manage Templates: Update and maintain playbooks and templates for commonly negotiated agreements.
- Research and Compliance: Support corporate governance and compliance initiatives, stay sharp on changes to AI and tech laws, package and present key learnings to legal and business teams.
- Support Customer Success: Provide direct support to and serve as the primary contact for our Customer Success team.
- Provide Training and Enablement: Translate complex legal topics (AI, compliance, contract terms) into clear, actionable training materials and deliver regular enablement sessions for our Sales and Customer Success teams.
- Boost Operational Efficiency: Identify friction points and implement solutions to streamline processes and upgrade our knowledge management practices.
- Flex and Scale: Jump in to provide assistance with tasks outside of your core duties when workload demands shift.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience: 2+ years in a legal role, with a focus on commercial law.
- Legal Background: Licensed to practice law and in good standing in at least one U.S. state, with practical experience gained in a law firm, in-house, or a combination of both for 2+ years.
- Contract Negotiation: Proficient in negotiating various contract forms and identifying key issues, with an emphasis on software licenses and services agreements.
- Data Privacy Knowledge: Familiarity with data privacy regulations is preferred.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaboration & Partnership: A team-oriented mindset with a focus on building strong relationships and enabling cross-functional success.
- Curiosity & Continuous Improvement: A proactive learner eager to get a breadth of experience, strengthen their technical and business expertise, and look for ways to improve processes and outcomes.
Pay Transparency
Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below.
Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission, variable compensation, profits interest units, or other equity-based compensation, which are not included in the below base pay range.
If you are selected to participate in our interview process, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more details about the total compensation package for the role.
Hiring Locations
We currently hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs.
United States
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
APAC
Hong Kong
EMEA
United Kingdom
Benefits Snapshot
- Remote-first working policy, with office hubs in SF, NYC, Santa Barbara, and London
- Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
- Paid flexible time off policy
- Paid parental leave and benefits
- Employer-supported retirement contributions, varying by country
- Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
- Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, and robust onboarding program
- Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance
Travel
Occasional travel is required for Ontra employees, including typically at least twice per year to attend team and larger group off-sites for in-person collaboration. For some roles, additional travel may be required based on the requirements of the role and business need.
Inclusivity
Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
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Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Ontra will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.
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What We Do
Ontra is the global leader in Contract Automation and Intelligence. The Ontra platform combines the best of artificial intelligence and software with a global network of talented lawyers to offer a complete and scalable solution for recurring legal workflows, such as processing routine contracts and tracking obligations in complex agreements. Ontra delivers purpose-built contract workflow and data management tools to easily manage obligations, answer key questions, and analyze trends and benchmarks. By streamlining repetitive legal processes and transforming contracts into data, Ontra helps customers lower costs, improve quality, reduce turnaround times, and provide actionable insights, ultimately freeing internal resources to focus on impactful and engaging work.
Ontra is headquartered in San Francisco, with global operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Learn more at www.ontra.ai.
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