Legal Counsel (Commercial)

About the role

The Role
Wayve is looking for a Commercial Counsel based in Sunnyvale, California to support a broad range of commercial matters across the business. This is a mid-level position that will play a critical role in shaping Wayve’s commercial legal function in the United States as we scale globally and bring embodied AI technology into real-world deployment.

Responsibilities

• Advising the business on a broad range of commercial matters, with a primary focus on global procurement, supply chain, technology, and vendor management, as well as general US commercial work
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including procurement, supplier, services, software/SaaS, data, licensing, consulting, and other operational contracts
• Supporting large, complex strategic transactions involving OEM partnerships and Tier 1 suppliers, including development, proofs of concept, integration, deployment, production, and related commercial arrangements
• Advising on product, marketing, intellectual property, data privacy, and general corporate matters on an ad hoc basis, in partnership with other members of the Legal Team and external counsel where required
• Partnering closely with engineering, procurement, finance, privacy, communications, commercial, and operational teams to provide practical and commercially focused legal advice
• Helping to develop scalable processes, templates, playbooks, and governance structures to support Wayve’s growth and contracting volume
• Managing external counsel and coordinating cross-border legal advice where required
• Supporting strategic initiatives, market expansion, and new product deployments from a commercial legal perspective
• Helping to build and shape Wayve’s broader US commercial legal capability as the team grows
• Education and enabling the business on commercial risk, contracting best practices, and legal process matters

Requirements

• Licensed attorney admitted to practice in California
• 3+ years of relevant legal experience, with a minimum of 2 years of law firm experience and some in-house experience (preferably at a high-growth B2B tech or AI company)
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including procurement, supply chain, technology, and vendor contracts
• Excellent legal analysis, pragmatic communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to assess legal risk in the context of broader business objectives
• Able to work autonomously, take initiative, and operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Interest in helping to build and scale Wayve’s US commercial legal capability

Desirable

• Experience in one or more of the following areas will be a major plus:
• Commercial or product counseling experience within the automotive, mobility, or broader technology sector, particularly at an OEM, Tier 1 supplier, or similarly complex engineering-led organization
• Experience supporting OEM, strategic partnership, or other large-scale B2B transactions involving hardware, software, data, or integrated technology solutions
• Familiarity with procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, or other operational contracting matters in a global business
• Exposure to autonomous vehicle, AI, product, data privacy, intellectual property, or marketing legal issues
• Cross-border commercial advisory experience across the US, the UK, Europe, Asia, or other international markets
• Experience helping to establish or scale legal processes, templates, or commercial legal functions within growing businesses

Pay

Annual Base Salary Range $120,000 - $160,000 USD