Director, Commerce & Product Legal
Overview
This is a rare opportunity to lead at the intersection of law, AI, product innovation, and commercial scale. As Director, Commercial & Product Legal, you’ll help architect how Pax8 designs, launches, and scales next-generation products in an AI-native organization — while redefining how modern legal teams operate using intelligent tools.
Why Pax8?
At Pax8, we’re building more than a marketplace — we’re building a company where curiosity, empathy, and ambition thrive together. We believe in trust, transparency, and learning fast. As we evolve into an AI-native organization, our people grow alongside the technology, shaping how work gets done rather than reacting to it.
What You’ll Be Doing
Using AI as a force multiplier — embedding AI-powered legal tools into everyday workflows to unlock scale, speed, and insight.
Designing for growth — building programmatic, repeatable, and flexible legal frameworks that support a rapidly expanding marketplace.
Partnering deeply — collaborating with product, engineering, marketing, and commercial leaders to deliver pragmatic, business-aligned legal guidance.
Driving execution — turning strategy into clear roadmaps aligned to business OKRs and measurable outcomes.
Standardizing and simplifying — creating playbooks, templates, and guidance that empower teams to move faster with confidence.
Leading with agility — staying ahead of legal, regulatory, and industry developments in cloud, AI, and emerging technologies.
What You Bring
Extensive experience advising on complex commercial and technology agreements, particularly within cloud and software ecosystems.
Demonstrated success operating both in private practice and in-house at a technology-driven organization.
Proven leadership in building scalable legal processes, templates, and playbooks that support growth.
Strong commercial judgment with the ability to balance legal risk against business opportunity in an AI-native context.
Working knowledge of intellectual property, open-source licensing, software distribution, and evolving AI, cybersecurity, and data privacy considerations.
Exceptional communication skills and a collaborative approach that earns trust across senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
Hands-on comfort with AI-powered tools, modern productivity platforms, and CRM systems.
Trust and How We Hire
We use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change.
Inclusivity Matters
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring, and sharing your transferrable skills.
Career Growth at Pax8
There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace — whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organization. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential.
About Pax8
Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business.
Equal Opportunities
Pax8 is an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country the role is based in. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with Data Privacy best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes.