Top Senior Legal Jobs in Washington, DC

Provides practical legal advice on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, data privacy, employment matters, and vendor and sales agreements. Drafts and negotiates SaaS, technology, consulting, and service contracts; supports procurement, sales, and HR teams; monitors global legal developments; and advises on compliance. Leads adoption of automation, AI, and legal technology to improve legal operations and supports scalable processes for a fully remote technology company.

Provides legal and compliance guidance on global import and customs matters, including country of origin, valuation, tariff classification, trade remedies, FTAs, CTPAT, customs inquiries, investigations, audits, and regulatory changes. Partners with legal, supply chain, compliance, and business teams to mitigate global trade risks, develop controls and standards, support due diligence and litigation, and deliver employee training.

Provides legal counsel on commercial transactions, infrastructure projects, real estate, land use, procurement, and strategic initiatives. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates agreements; advises business stakeholders on risk and operational objectives; supports energy infrastructure and growth projects; and partners with engineering, construction, procurement, regulatory, and compliance teams. Requires a Juris Doctor, 5+ years of relevant legal experience, active bar membership, and eligibility to practice in DC, Maryland, or Virginia.

Lead government contracting and regulatory legal strategy, including FAR/DFARS compliance, export controls, contract negotiations, licensing, regulatory engagement, risk management, and compliance program development. Advise executives, business development, engineering, finance, operations, and supply chain teams; support audits and government stakeholders; manage outside counsel; and build scalable legal processes while mentoring a growing legal and compliance team.

Senior Legal Counsel serving as Kit’s sole in-house legal expert, advising on privacy, data, AI, compliance, product, intellectual property, commercial contracts, customer security requirements, and scalable legal operations. The role partners with executive, product, engineering, security, sales, finance, and people teams; develops playbooks and self-service processes; oversees GDPR and data compliance; supports security questionnaires; and reduces reliance on outside counsel.

Serve as Kit’s sole in-house legal expert, leading privacy, data, AI, compliance, product counsel, commercial contracts, intellectual property, and customer security support. Advise executive and cross-functional teams, oversee GDPR and data compliance, respond to security questionnaires, and create scalable legal playbooks, templates, intake processes, and self-service guidance. The role reduces reliance on outside counsel while enabling product development and business growth across SaaS, digital commerce, recommendations, and advertising.

Advise ads product, engineering, marketing, and sales teams on privacy, consumer protection, content regulation, and product development matters. Counsel the advertising business on GDPR, CCPA, international regulations, content policies, and risk management. Monitor regulatory trends and collaborate cross-functionally to support compliant ad-tech products and services.

Leads the corporate legal function, advising executive leadership and the board on capital markets, financing, securities, governance, equity, investor relations, corporate structuring, M&A, and strategic commercial agreements. Oversees corporate legal processes, manages a senior paralegal, supports transactions from diligence through closing, and builds scalable legal standards for a rapidly growing aerospace company.

Leads litigation, legal policy, and advocacy strategy affecting pharmaceutical innovation, drug pricing, access, and reimbursement. Advises senior leaders and business functions, manages complex disputes and government investigations, oversees outside counsel and budgets, engages government and industry stakeholders, and monitors legal and regulatory developments. Requires substantial trial and appellate litigation experience, policy judgment, executive presence, and collaboration across a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment.

Provides senior corporate, regulatory, commercial, healthcare, privacy, and intellectual property legal counsel. Drafts and negotiates customer, vendor, licensing, data use, and other business agreements; advises on product compliance, contracts, marketing materials, and risk strategies; manages legal projects and outside counsel; and supports federal, state, and industry compliance activities.

Owns regulatory filings, compliance calendars, KYC and AML processes, legal contract administration, corporate housekeeping, governance records, and investor reporting across UTOPIA’s fund manager and venture studio entities. Coordinates with outsourced compliance professionals, external counsel, regulators, administrators, and internal stakeholders to ensure obligations, filings, registers, and documentation remain accurate, complete, and timely.

Provide commercial and government-contracting legal support across the contract lifecycle, including drafting, negotiation, compliance, risk review, disputes, and contract administration. Advise on FAR, DFARS, procurement rules, state regulatory requirements, flow-down provisions, cybersecurity obligations, and government disclosures. Develop legal templates, playbooks, approval processes, and compliance procedures while partnering with Sales, Finance, Operations, Procurement, and Information Security in a remote, international environment.

The Legal Operations Manager will manage contract lifecycles, negotiate commercial agreements, coordinate clinical and corporate legal matters, maintain governance and equity records, support financing diligence, oversee outside counsel and legal spend, administer contract management systems, and track intellectual property, compliance, and regulatory documentation. The role also develops scalable legal processes, workflows, templates, and reporting for a growing medtech company.

Develop and refine AI-powered legal and contract workflows in collaboration with product, engineering, service delivery, and clients. Create training and enablement materials, monitor legal AI and contract automation markets, evaluate workflow quality, experiment with prompts and prototypes, and advise stakeholders on practical AI applications. The role requires transactional legal experience, hands-on use of legal AI tools, strong communication, and hybrid work in the New York City office three days per week.

Provides legal and policy counsel on government affairs, builds relationships with state attorneys general and federal officials, coordinates litigation and multistate amicus opportunities, monitors legal developments, represents ADF at coalition events, and manages special projects involving legal analysis and political awareness.

Provide legal and regulatory counsel for PayPal-branded U.S. consumer credit products, including distribution, marketing, onboarding, servicing, disputes, and collections. Advise business teams on consumer credit, payments, lending, and consumer protection laws; assess legal risks; research regulatory developments; support examinations and audits; manage legal matters; and deliver practical guidance to cross-functional stakeholders.

Own the commercial contracting lifecycle across intake, drafting, negotiation, approvals, execution, and repository management. Administer and scale Ironclad workflows, templates, playbooks, permissions, reporting, migrations, and automation. Independently negotiate NDAs, prepare agreement markups, manage SLAs, coordinate cross-functional approvals, maintain contract data quality, and improve processes through workflow automation and AI tools.

Own the operational backbone of the Legal function, including intake, matter tracking, contract lifecycle management, corporate records, governance calendars, compliance administration, policy management, legal playbooks, outside-counsel coordination, and cross-functional legal projects. The role also manages legal technology, employee training, reporting, and support for privacy, security, AI governance, accessibility, SOC 2, and CMMC initiatives.

Leads complex data center, infrastructure, procurement, lease, colocation, facilities, and operations agreements for a global cloud platform. Negotiates transactions, advises cross-functional teams on risk and performance, supports international expansion, and develops scalable legal templates, playbooks, and approval frameworks. Requires substantial in-house infrastructure transaction experience, a J.D., and active U.S. bar admission.

Provides enterprise legal leadership and oversees compliance strategy, regulatory risk, governance, audit readiness, investigations, contracting, and executive reporting for a multi-state healthcare organization. Advises senior leadership and the board, translates healthcare regulations into operational guidance, manages outside counsel, and scales the legal and compliance function.

Provides senior legal counsel on AI, product development, marketing, legal technology, technology transactions, and emerging regulations. Advises Product, Engineering, Marketing, Partner, Customer Success, and Strategy teams; drafts policies and agreement terms; negotiates vendor, open-source, collaboration, and customer agreements; supports product launches and go-to-market strategies; and translates complex AI laws into practical business guidance.

Leads legal operations transformation and enablement, including legal technology architecture, AI-enabled workflows, contract lifecycle management, process optimization, metrics, vendor management, change management, and budgeting. Builds scalable contracting infrastructure, improves self-service and legal intake, reduces outside counsel reliance, partners with IT and enterprise teams on technology delivery, and manages legal operations staff while supporting commercial and procurement contracting.

Senior Commercial Counsel supporting Americas go-to-market activities by reviewing and negotiating complex SaaS, software licensing, professional services, reseller, and customer agreements. The role leads multijurisdictional transactions, advises on regulatory and compliance developments, trains stakeholders, maintains legal policies and templates, and develops scalable workflows. Candidates should have strong commercial legal experience, business judgment, communication skills, and a U.S. state bar membership, with experience in high-growth technology companies preferred.

Manages commercial contract intake, triage, and negotiation within approved templates and playbooks. Partners with attorneys on complex matters, improves contracting processes and documentation, enables business teams, and drives legal technology initiatives. Owns CLM, repository reporting, AI adoption, templates, approval workflows, and multiple concurrent projects while coordinating with Sales, Finance, Revenue Operations, Privacy, and Business Systems.

Provides the company’s primary legal support across corporate, commercial, regulatory, contract, governance, compliance, employment, and risk matters. Advises the CEO and leadership, reviews and negotiates contracts and SLAs, manages statutory filings and corporate records, supports board documentation, coordinates external counsel, and assists HR, Finance, and Procurement with legal issues.