--- title: Commercial Legal Lead at fal in San Francisco, CA description: fal is hiring for the Commercial Legal Lead role in San Francisco, CA. Pays $300K–$350K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/head-commercial-legal-at-fal-01a0b333-b6af-7461-b486-b768774f91dc date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join fal as Commercial Legal Lead in San Francisco, CA. Pays $300K–$350K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/p0x6wm.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [fal](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/fal?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA | | **Salary** | $300K/yr - $350K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 23, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** fal sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 8 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** fal uses E-Verify. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $143,000 – $160,000 a year (median $148,000). ## Description fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products. We build the infrastructure, tools, and model access that teams need to move from idea to production, and do it at scale without compromise. For developers and enterprises, fal is the foundation that makes generative media not just possible, but practical: a unified platform where high-performance inference, orchestration, and observability come together to unlock new categories of AI-native products. As generative media reshapes industries across a market projected to grow by hundreds of billions over the next decade, fal is becoming the ecosystem that ambitious teams build on. ## **About this role** fal is hiring its Commercial Legal Lead— the first dedicated commercial hire on our legal team. You'll own the commercial legal function end-to-end as an individual contributor: drafting and negotiating the deals that power our business, and building the templates, playbooks, and processes from the ground up. This is a builder's role for someone who wants the ownership of a founding hire without stepping into a department-management seat. ## **What you'll do** - Draft and negotiate complex commercial transactions on both buy-side and sell-side: enterprise customer agreements, SaaS and API licensing, IP and model/content licensing, and data center/capacity and hyperscaler/infrastructure partnerships - Build our commercial legal foundation from scratch — templates, playbooks, contract processes, and CLM - Partner directly with GTM, sales, and leadership to move deals quickly while managing risk - Advise on privacy and related matters as the business scales ## **Requirements/Nice to have:** - 8+ years of relevant commercial legal experience - A top-tier law firm foundation combined with in-house experience at a technology, cloud infrastructure, SaaS, or AI company - Proven track record drafting and negotiating complex commercial deals, both buy-side and sell-side - Active US bar membership in good standing (California or NY preferred; registered in-house status acceptable) - An IC operator who wants to own and build the commercial function — not a General Counsel seeking to run a large legal department - Based in San Francisco and able to work in-office 5 days/week - Experience coming from a model lab, AI startup, or high-growth company (e.g. Series D-stage) where you built systems from scratch rather than inheriting them - Exposure to infrastructure capacity, data center, procurement, GPU, or model/content licensing **What we offer at fal** - Interesting and challenging work - A lot of learning and growth opportunities - We offer visa sponsorship and will help you relocate to San Francisco. - Health, dental, and vision insurance (US) - Regular team events and offsites ### **Compensation** - $300,000 - $350,000 + equity + comprehensive benefits package **U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION:** fal provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by applicable law. ## Skills - Content Licensing - Licensing - Artificial Intelligence - Data Centers - Google Tag Manager - Sell-Side M&a Advisory - Procurement - GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) - Cloud Infrastructure - Leadership - Software as a Service (SaaS) - Buy-Side - Sales - Hyperscaler Cloud Platforms ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Company Events ## Related - [More jobs at fal](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/fal?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Operations & Administration jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/operations-and-administration?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Procurement & Sourcing jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/operations-and-administration/procurement-and-sourcing?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Contract Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/operations-and-administration/procurement-and-sourcing/contract-manager?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260754 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118919 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27904 jobs - [fal](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/fal?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 38 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260754 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118919 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27904 jobs - [fal](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/fal?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 38 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)