Director, Legal — AI/GPU Commercial

Job Summary

A senior commercial and transactional attorney who structures, negotiates, and closes complex commercial and product agreements for Rackspace's GPU-as-a-service, bare-metal, and broader AI infrastructure offerings. This role operates as an embedded subject-matter expert across RackLaw's sales, sourcing, privacy, and corporate development functions, providing GPU/AI/neocloud market fluency the department does not currently have in-house. The role is RackLaw's primary point of contact for legal issues distinctive to GPU compute, AI training and inference workloads, and the neocloud competitive landscape. Reports to the VP & Deputy General Counsel and partners with existing practice leads (Sales Legal, Sourcing, Privacy, and Solutions Counsel) rather than displacing them.

Job Responsibilities

Commercial & Transactional

• Serve as lead commercial counsel for Rackspace's GPU-as-a-service, bare-metal, and AI infrastructure offerings, drafting and negotiating solution and product terms, master service agreements, and order forms with enterprise customers and strategic partners.
• Partner with Sales and Sourcing on complex GPU/AI capacity transactions, including customer-facing sales agreements and supply-side arrangements such as hyperscaler/OEM capacity reservations, data center colocation, partner agreements (including semiconductor manufacturer backstop agreements) and power/infrastructure agreements supporting AI workloads.
• Negotiate directly with sophisticated counterparties, including chip and hardware suppliers, hyperscalers, and other neocloud/GPU providers, on novel commercial structures.

Regulatory & Risk

* Monitor and advise on the evolving legal and regulatory landscape affecting AI infrastructure and advanced computing items, including export control policy (EAR requirements, end user/end-use screening, deemed export issues, RASA and complex licensing matters), data sovereignty, and emerging