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Remote commercial counsel jobs are open at remote-first firms, distributed tech companies, and enterprise organizations across a wide range of sectors, including software, fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce. Employers hiring remotely right now include AECOM, FCT, and Nebius. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
About the Role:
We are seeking a seasoned Associate General Counsel, Commercial to lead the legal function behind Motive's revenue, partnerships, and procurement as the company scales globally. This is a senior, high-visibility role: you will be the trusted legal advisor to our CRO, CFO, and Procurement leaders, helping them move fast and take smart risks across the contract lifecycle.
This is a player-coach role. You will build and lead a team of attorneys and contract managers, and mentoring and developing junior attorneys will be a core part of the job. You will stay close to the work by personally drafting and negotiating the most complex and strategic deals. You will also be a builder of systems, creating playbooks, approval matrices, and deal desk processes, and bringing an AI-first approach to legal work. You will report to the VP, Legal and play a central role in shaping the legal team's strategic impact and operational excellence.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as the senior legal partner to the CRO, CFO, and Procurement leadership, advising on deal strategy and balancing speed against risk.
- Lead the negotiation of complex enterprise, strategic, and reseller agreements, including MSAs, SaaS and hardware/software bundles, SLAs, warranty, and data and security terms, and personally draft and negotiate the highest-impact deals.
- Structure and negotiate strategic partnerships, resellers, OEM and integration arrangements, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.
- Support international expansion, including local entity setup, regional partners and distributors, localized contract frameworks, and coordination with local counsel across the EU, UK, APAC, LATAM, and other regions.
- Lead procurement and supply chain legal for technology, manufacturing, and logistics vendors.
- Build and manage a team of attorneys and contract managers.
- Actively mentor and develop junior attorneys through coaching, delegation, and regular feedback, setting clear career paths and growing the next generation of legal leaders.
- Create and maintain contract playbooks, fallback and approval matrices, templates, and deal desk processes that let the business scale efficiently and consistently.
- Drive an AI-first approach to legal work by deploying AI-assisted drafting, redlining, and review, CLM automation, and intake and triage workflows, along with self-service templates and tiered approval thresholds.
- Track and report on the impact of the function, including cycle time, cost per contract, and outside counsel spend, and manage outside counsel effectively.
What We're Looking For:
- Senior commercial legal depth. 15+ years of total experience across law firm and in-house practice, including at least 5 years in an in-house leadership role (Associate General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or Head of Commercial Legal) at a company of scale.
- Top-tier pedigree. In-house experience at a recognized high-growth or category-leading technology company (SaaS, IoT, hardware, marketplace, or platform), paired with a top law firm background.
- Proven revenue impact and global growth. Supported a company's growth in revenue to $1B+ in annual revenue or ARR, including growth driven by international expansion. Experience on individual deals and programs worth $50M+ is a plus.
- Leadership and business partnership. Built and managed teams (a mix of attorneys and contract managers). A trusted advisor to the CRO, CFO, and Procurement leaders who balances speed against risk. You still draft and negotiate personally, with recent experience in the weeds, not just overseeing.
- Committed mentor and developer of junior attorneys. A track record of structuring, mentoring, and developing attorneys through hands-on coaching, thoughtful delegation, real-time feedback, and clear career paths, and of growing future leaders. You take genuine pride in the people you have developed and see their growth as part of your own success.
- Full-cycle sales and enterprise contracting. Led negotiation of complex enterprise, strategic, and reseller deals, with a record of shortening sales cycles.
- Builder of systems and AI-first efficiency. Created contract playbooks, fallback and approval matrices, templates, and deal desk processes. Has adopted AI-first approaches to legal work.
- A true team player who’s happy to pitch in wherever needed, whether that’s your own deal queue or someone else’s fire drill at quarter-end.
- Someone who genuinely enjoys working with others, actively shares knowledge, fosters strong working relationships, and can partner with others to achieve shared goals.
- Someone with a great sense of humor and no ego who shares our vision that the legal team can be both a center of excellence and fun at the same time!
**The posted salary range reflects the national range. Candidates located in San Francisco, New York, or Seattle may be eligible for a salary adjustment based on geographic location and experience.
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:
United States
$235,000 - $290,000 USD
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.
UK Candidate Privacy Notice here.
The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.
Regarding US-based roles, depending on your role and primary work location, Motive Technologies, Inc. (“Employer”) discloses candidates may be required to execute a non-compete covenant with the Employer. This requirement does not apply to lawyers, interns, or employees working in CA, MN, MT, ND, OK, or where otherwise prohibited by law.
Non-compete covenant terms in all other jurisdictions will be subject to the applicable statutory requirements, including but not limited to, procedures, industry related prohibitions, or salary and compensation thresholds.
All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.
Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
About the Role:
We are seeking a seasoned Associate General Counsel, Commercial to lead the legal function behind Motive's revenue, partnerships, and procurement as the company scales globally. This is a senior, high-visibility role: you will be the trusted legal advisor to our CRO, CFO, and Procurement leaders, helping them move fast and take smart risks across the contract lifecycle.
This is a player-coach role. You will build and lead a team of attorneys and contract managers, and mentoring and developing junior attorneys will be a core part of the job. You will stay close to the work by personally drafting and negotiating the most complex and strategic deals. You will also be a builder of systems, creating playbooks, approval matrices, and deal desk processes, and bringing an AI-first approach to legal work. You will report to the VP, Legal and play a central role in shaping the legal team's strategic impact and operational excellence.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as the senior legal partner to the CRO, CFO, and Procurement leadership, advising on deal strategy and balancing speed against risk.
- Lead the negotiation of complex enterprise, strategic, and reseller agreements, including MSAs, SaaS and hardware/software bundles, SLAs, warranty, and data and security terms, and personally draft and negotiate the highest-impact deals.
- Structure and negotiate strategic partnerships, resellers, OEM and integration arrangements, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.
- Support international expansion, including local entity setup, regional partners and distributors, localized contract frameworks, and coordination with local counsel across the EU, UK, APAC, LATAM, and other regions.
- Lead procurement and supply chain legal for technology, manufacturing, and logistics vendors.
- Build and manage a team of attorneys and contract managers.
- Actively mentor and develop junior attorneys through coaching, delegation, and regular feedback, setting clear career paths and growing the next generation of legal leaders.
- Create and maintain contract playbooks, fallback and approval matrices, templates, and deal desk processes that let the business scale efficiently and consistently.
- Drive an AI-first approach to legal work by deploying AI-assisted drafting, redlining, and review, CLM automation, and intake and triage workflows, along with self-service templates and tiered approval thresholds.
- Track and report on the impact of the function, including cycle time, cost per contract, and outside counsel spend, and manage outside counsel effectively.
What We're Looking For:
- Senior commercial legal depth. 15+ years of total experience across law firm and in-house practice, including at least 5 years in an in-house leadership role (Associate General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or Head of Commercial Legal) at a company of scale.
- Top-tier pedigree. In-house experience at a recognized high-growth or category-leading technology company (SaaS, IoT, hardware, marketplace, or platform), paired with a top law firm background.
- Proven revenue impact and global growth. Supported a company's growth in revenue to $1B+ in annual revenue or ARR, including growth driven by international expansion. Experience on individual deals and programs worth $50M+ is a plus.
- Leadership and business partnership. Built and managed teams (a mix of attorneys and contract managers). A trusted advisor to the CRO, CFO, and Procurement leaders who balances speed against risk. You still draft and negotiate personally, with recent experience in the weeds, not just overseeing.
- Committed mentor and developer of junior attorneys. A track record of structuring, mentoring, and developing attorneys through hands-on coaching, thoughtful delegation, real-time feedback, and clear career paths, and of growing future leaders. You take genuine pride in the people you have developed and see their growth as part of your own success.
- Full-cycle sales and enterprise contracting. Led negotiation of complex enterprise, strategic, and reseller deals, with a record of shortening sales cycles.
- Builder of systems and AI-first efficiency. Created contract playbooks, fallback and approval matrices, templates, and deal desk processes. Has adopted AI-first approaches to legal work.
- A true team player who’s happy to pitch in wherever needed, whether that’s your own deal queue or someone else’s fire drill at quarter-end.
- Someone who genuinely enjoys working with others, actively shares knowledge, fosters strong working relationships, and can partner with others to achieve shared goals.
- Someone with a great sense of humor and no ego who shares our vision that the legal team can be both a center of excellence and fun at the same time!
**The posted salary range reflects the national range. Candidates located in San Francisco, New York, or Seattle may be eligible for a salary adjustment based on geographic location and experience.
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:
United States
$235,000 - $290,000 USD
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.
UK Candidate Privacy Notice here.
The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.
Regarding US-based roles, depending on your role and primary work location, Motive Technologies, Inc. (“Employer”) discloses candidates may be required to execute a non-compete covenant with the Employer. This requirement does not apply to lawyers, interns, or employees working in CA, MN, MT, ND, OK, or where otherwise prohibited by law.
Non-compete covenant terms in all other jurisdictions will be subject to the applicable statutory requirements, including but not limited to, procedures, industry related prohibitions, or salary and compensation thresholds.
All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote commercial counsel jobs.
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts including MSAs, SOWs, and NDAs
- Ability to advise cross-functional teams on legal risk in commercial transactions
- Familiarity with SaaS or software licensing agreements and cloud-service terms
- Experience with data privacy frameworks such as GDPR or CCPA as applied to commercial deals
- Proficiency using contract lifecycle management tools or document management systems
Tips for Your Remote Commercial Counsel Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote commercial counsel openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your practice area and apply directly without bouncing between multiple sources.
Show async contract management experience
Remote employers screen for candidates who can move contracts forward without in-person check-ins. Highlight experience with digital redlining tools, contract lifecycle management platforms, and written negotiation so hiring teams can picture you operating independently.
Build a writing-forward application package
Remote commercial counsel hiring leans heavily on written samples because day-to-day work is almost entirely async. Include a clean contract redline, a short negotiation summary memo, or a client-facing issue spotting memo alongside your resume.
Target remote-first companies by their legal infrastructure
Companies that have operated distributed legal teams for several years are more confident hiring remote commercial counsel than companies newly experimenting with remote work. Look for employers who list contract management tools in their job postings as a signal of a mature remote setup.
Remote Commercial Counsel Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote commercial counsel job?
Remote commercial counsel roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong written communication, self-direction, and the ability to manage a contract pipeline without in-person oversight. Remote-first tech companies, SaaS platforms, and distributed legal teams are the most active hirers. Candidates who show experience with async workflows, digital contract management tools, and clear written legal reasoning tend to stand out from the pool.
Which companies hire remote commercial counsels?
Employers currently hiring remote commercial counsels include AECOM, FCT, and Nebius, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote commercial counsel roles concentrate at remote-first technology firms, fintech platforms, and enterprise software companies that operate distributed legal teams across the U.S.
Can you get a remote commercial counsel job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level commercial counsel roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one with minimal supervision. Early-career candidates can target smaller remote-first startups, which are more open to developing junior commercial counsel talent. Showing contract drafting samples, law review work, or relevant clinic experience helps bridge the gap when direct experience is thin.
Do you need a degree for remote commercial counsel jobs?
Usually, yes. Commercial counsel is a licensed legal role, so a J.D. and active bar admission are standard requirements at virtually every employer. Remote employers do weigh practical contract experience, specific practice area depth, and demonstrated ability to operate independently alongside credentials. Candidates with relevant transactional experience sometimes advance even if they were admitted in a different state, depending on the role.
Which industries hire the most remote commercial counsels?
Most remote commercial counsel openings sit in Technology & Software, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire commercial counsels remotely because their distributed teams negotiate and close high volumes of vendor, customer, and partner contracts across multiple time zones.
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