Associate General Counsel, Commercial – APAC

3 days ago


Singapur, Singapore OpenAI Full time

Associate General Counsel, Commercial – APAC

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Overview

OpenAI is seeking an experienced commercial attorney to serve as our first commercial legal hire in the APAC region. Based in Singapore, you will lead commercial legal support for OpenAI’s rapidly growing business across APAC, working with teams such as GTM, Partnerships, Procurement, Finance, Product, Infrastructure, and Engineering. This is a unique opportunity to shape OpenAI’s commercial legal presence in the region, negotiating high-impact agreements and helping to build scalable frameworks for responsible growth. We operate on a hybrid work model of three days per week in the office and offer relocation support for new employees.

Responsibilities
  • Serve as the primary legal partner for OpenAI’s business transactions, partnerships, and operations in APAC.
  • Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to teams including Sales, Partnerships, Finance, Procurement, and Operations.
  • Identify and address commercial, product, regulatory, privacy, and other legal issues arising from APAC commercial transactions.
  • Develop strategies and processes for handling legal issues in creative and scalable ways that support growth.
  • Monitor and advise on APAC-specific regulatory and compliance matters affecting AI and technology.
  • Collaborate with colleagues across OpenAI’s global legal team to ensure alignment across jurisdictions.
Qualifications
  • 15+ years of experience across in-house and technology-focused law firm roles.
  • Comfortable operating as a “first hire” in-region—entrepreneurial, proactive, and independent.
  • Strong background in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
  • Deep knowledge of APAC legal frameworks and cross-border contracting.
  • Clear communication and business judgment, tailoring advice to enable responsible growth.
  • Ability to build cross-functional relationships and adapt communication styles to diverse audiences.
  • Strong sense of ownership, intellectual curiosity, and enthusiasm for technology.
  • Sound judgment in ambiguous or fast-changing situations.
About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is a powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. We may require access to secure and protected information technology systems as part of the role.

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Job details
  • Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type: Full-time
  • Job function: Legal
  • Industries: Research Services
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