Description:

Pax8 is hiring a Principal Counsel, Product & Commercial in the United States, with a preference for talent based in Denver or across the West Coast, to help shape the legal foundations behind our evolving technology, marketplace and product strategy.

Step into a brand-new era for Pax8

This isn't about stepping into a role where everything has already been built. It's a chance to join Pax8 as we go somewhere we've never gone before: creating, launching and taking our very own technology products to market.

You'll be right at the heart of that transformation. Working alongside Product, Engineering and commercial leaders, you'll help turn ambitious ideas into products that can scale, shaping the legal thinking and guardrails from the very beginning rather than inheriting them afterwards.

For the right lawyer, that means something genuinely exciting: the opportunity to help write the legal playbook for an entirely new chapter of Pax8.

You won't simply advise on what already exists. You'll help influence what comes next.

Build the future with Pax8

We're passionate, creative and unconventional, and we believe great legal counsel should enable thoughtful innovation rather than simply identify obstacles.

Discover more about Pax8 in the US and our culture, mission and people.

What you'll make happen

Shape product strategy from the start, partnering closely with Product and Engineering teams as ideas develop into market-ready technology.
Connect the dots across complex issues, bringing together considerations spanning privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, data use, consumer protection and commercial strategy.
Lead sophisticated technology transactions, creating practical routes through complex negotiations while balancing opportunity, pace and risk.
Help build scalable Legal infrastructure, developing playbooks, templates, decision frameworks and self-service approaches that empower teams to move confidently.
Transform how contracting gets done, partnering across the business to improve workflows, standardisation and intelligent automation.
Use AI thoughtfully within Legal, identifying where technology can remove repetitive work while recognising where human judgment remains essential.
Influence senior leaders, translating complex legal and technical questions into direct, commercially focused recommendations.
Raise capability across the function, sharing expertise, mentoring colleagues and helping create legal practices built for Pax8's next stage of growth.

The impact you'll have
You'll help Pax8 launch technology with confidence, unlock strategically important commercial opportunities and create legal approaches that scale rather than slow the business down. Just as importantly, you'll help establish what excellent product counselling looks like as Pax8 enters the next chapter of its technology journey.