Coursera + Udemy lets you choose the best way to work, whether it’s from home, an office, or a collaboration space. We’re a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones — creating opportunities for teams to come together. If you’re ready to make a global impact, help scale unique products across Coursera + Udemy, and grow your career, apply below. Although we collaborate globally, this opportunity is specifically aligned to our team presence in Dublin.

About your skills

• Exceptional business judgement and a proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in fast-moving deal environments.

• Executive-level communication skills: able to distill complex issues into clear, actionable guidance and influence stakeholders from SMB to large enterprise and C-suite.

• A track record of using approved AI tools to increase legal productivity, and staying current on AI governance obligations.

About this role

• We are looking for an exceptional Senior Commercial & Privacy Counsel to join our growing Commercial Legal team. You will serve as a strategic legal partner to our go-to-market teams — driving complex deal negotiations, building scalable contracting frameworks, and fuelling our expansion with enterprise clients and organisations across all market segments.
• This is a high-impact, highly autonomous role for a commercially sharp, privacy-fluent lawyer who thrives in fast-paced, technology-forward environments. You will guide sophisticated transactions across diverse industries and jurisdictions, providing strategic counsel on the commercial and regulatory dimensions of AI platform deployment.

 

What you’ll be doing  

• Serve as a key strategic advisor to Sales leadership on complex commercial transactions, bringing sound judgement and a solutions-first approach to every deal.
• Lead and close negotiations across the full range of commercial agreements — MSAs, SaaS subscriptions, PaaS, SOWs, professional services agreements, reseller and channel agreements, and government and public sector contracts.
• Design and implement scalable contract frameworks, playbooks, and processes to support a high-velocity sales organisation.
• Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Partner & Alliances, Finance, Security, Product, and other business units to facilitate reviews, drive sales enablement, and contribute to continuous process improvement.
• Serve as the internal lead on data privacy matters, embedding privacy expertise into commercial deals and raising data privacy awareness across the organisation.
• Provide mentorship and support to other members of the legal team, supervising and coaching junior lawyers on commercial matters.
• Foster trusted relationships with enterprise clients, external partners, advisors, and regulatory bodies across the region.
• Anticipate emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting AI and technology and provide proactive strategic guidance to cross-functional leadership.
• Develop training materials and deliver education to Sales, channel, and internal teams on contract terms, commercial risks, and legal process.

 

What you’ll have  

• A law degree and qualification to practise in an EU jurisdiction.
• At least 8 years of relevant legal experience supporting commercial transactions across diverse client segments and industries.
• Significant experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, with a strong intellectual property law and technology transactions background preferred.
• Experience with cross-border transactions and multi-jurisdictional contracting spanning EU, UK, APAC, and North America.
• Exceptional business judgement and a proven ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in fast-moving deal environments.
• Executive-level communication skills: able to distill complex issues into clear, actionable guidance and influence stakeholders from SMB to large enterprise and C-suite.
• Strong understanding of AI technology and governance trends; data privacy expertise spanning GDPR, UK GDPR, CPPA, and key international regimes; and working knowledge of ISO 27001,  SOC 2, or similar frameworks.
• Experience leading and mentoring lawyers, with the ability to operate independently in fast-paced, evolving technology environments.
• Fluency in English; additional European language skills are a plus.

Preferred

• In-house experience at a leading technology company with EMEA operations.
• Experience negotiating privacy and AI-specific or machine learning-related commercial agreements.
• Public sector and regulated industry contracting experience.
• Multi-jurisdictional experience across European and international markets.
• A track record of using approved AI tools to increase legal productivity, and staying current on AI governance obligations.

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Posting Date: June 25 2026
Application Window: 6 weeks
We anticipate the application window will be open until 6 August 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.

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