Workplace
hybrid
Employment
Full-Time
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Closes
No date supplied
The role
About the Team OpenAI’s Legal team plays a crucial role in advancing our mission by tackling innovative and fundamental legal issues in AI. The team includes professionals from diverse legal fields—technology, AI, infrastructure, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation—who collaborate closely with colleagues across the company. If you are passionate about being a technology lawyer working on cutting-edge challenges, you’ll thrive here. About the Role We are seeking an experienced commercial attorney to join our commercial legal team. You will help lead commercial legal support for OpenAI’s rapidly growing business across the APAC region, working with teams such as GTM, Partnerships, Procurement, Finance, Product, Government Affairs, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering. This is a great opportunity to join OpenAI’s commercial legal team, negotiating high-impact agreements and helping to build scalable frameworks for responsible growth. This role is based in Singapore. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per wee In this role, you will: - Serve as the legal partner for OpenAI’s business transactions, partnerships, and operations. - Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to teams including Sales, Partnerships, Finance, Procurement, and Operations. - Identify and address commercial, product, regulatory, privacy, and other legal issues arising from commercial transactions. - Develop strategies and processes for handling legal issues in creative and scalable ways that support growth. - Monitor and advise on regulatory and compliance matters affecting AI and technology. - Collaborate with colleagues across OpenAI’s global legal team to ensure alignment across jurisdictions. You might thrive in this role if you: - Have 10+ years of experience across in-house and technology-focused law firm roles. - Bring a strong background in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts. - Are comfortable operating in an en
Requirements
Department: Legal; Team: Legal