corporate counsel

Senior Corporate Counsel ABOUT ODAIA ODAIA noun o·da·ia | \ 'oh-day-yeah An Ancient Greek word referring to " ōdē", the word for song, and the root of melody, harmony, and orchestra. We chose it deliberately: the best commercial intelligence doesn't just inform it orchestrates. To learn more visit odaia.ai. ODAIA delivers AI-powered commercial intelligence for life sciences - unifying data, accelerating results, and helping commercial teams deepen engagement to enhance care for providers and patients. ODAIA's SaaS platform transforms complex data into predictive, personalized insights, enabling commercial leaders to understand their customers, anticipate prescribing behaviors, and make the informed, strategic decisions that bring therapies to patients faster. OUR MISSION Reducing patients time to therapy by facilitating meaningful interactions with healthcare providers, through human-centric software powered by AI. WHAT'S ON OFFER As Senior Corporate Counse l reporting directly to the CFO, you will be ODAIA's first dedicated legal hire, the person who builds the legal function from the ground up. We're looking for a commercially minded lawyer, roughly 8 years into practice, who still loves being in the weeds of a contract as much as advising on strategy. You'll own the intersection of legal risk and commercial velocity: negotiating and drafting enterprise agreements with Fortune 500 pharma customers, translating emerging AI-governance obligations into internal policy, and building playbooks that don't exist yet. This role is equal parts lawyer and operator. You'll spend a meaningful part of your time hands-on in contracts drafting, redlining, iterating and the rest building and running the internal programs that keep us in compliance with what we sign. WHAT YOU WILL DO Work closely with the CFO,Chief Commercial Officer and sales leaders to run complex, multi-threaded negotiations with enterprise customers and strategic partners balancing risk against speed, and finding the practical path to signature Draft, negotiate, and close enterprise SaaS, data licensing, MSA and DPA agreements with pharma customers, and build the templates and playbooks that let contracting scale Be the bridge between Legal and Engineering read a technical spec or contract schedule and flag the risk yourself, then translate incoming AI-related obligations (bias testing, audits, model documentation) into concrete internal action items Take on newly-emerging obligations that flow to us through signed contracts including export-control / restricted-party frameworks (e.g. CFR 202-type requirements) and architect our broader privacy and data-governance program across PIPEDA, HIPAA, provincial health-privacy law, and emerging AI-governance frameworks Autonomously manage board resolutions, equity plan administration, IP assignment hygiene, insurance and vendor agreements, and know when to bring in outside counsel. Partner closely with Sales, Revenue Operations, Technology and Business Acceleration to flag risk early and turn around review and negotiation fast including representing us directly with external procurement teams Contribute to the legal and risk narrative for the executive team and Board, with updates that drive strategic discussion WHAT YOU BRING 8+ years of relevant experience with a J.D. or LL.B. and good standing with a Canadian provincial bar (required) Familiarity with AI, machine learning, or legal technology sectors Strong drafting and negotiation skills, particularly with commercial agreements (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, NDAs) redlining and iterating, then turning it into a clear recommendation with minimal guidance Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders A technical or engineering background, or strong fluency working wit