Senior AI Product & Partnerships Counsel

Overview

This role supports the legal team’s work across product, commercial, partnerships, and go-to-market. You will serve as an early lawyer acting in a fast-moving, highly technical environment, advising product and business stakeholders on IP, privacy, and partnership agreements.

The organization is seeking a candidate who is preferable to be near one of our offices in NYC or San Francisco, but open to hiring around the US for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic, product-motivated guidance on product legal matters, from design through launch
• Accelerate AI product development and integrations by building playbooks and streamlining legal review for partnership deals, including:
  • Data partnerships
  • IP and model licensing
  • Procurement, reseller, and marketplace agreements
• Accelerate AI product adoption by closing deals with strategic partners and customers, including:
  • B2B SaaS customer contracts for generative AI SaaS platform and APIs
  • DPAs and order forms
• Learn the technical aspects of generative AI products to inform advice to the business
• Closely follow and help shape technical, legal, and policy developments in AI, translating them into practical product guidance
• Implement practices that allow the legal team to scale impact on the business, including enablement, self-serve resources, and AI-enabled automation

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience, including in-house experience at a fast-paced technology company
• Experience advising product development leaders and executives across a broad range of issues, especially IP and privacy
• Experience closing partnership and go-to-market deals, such as:
  • Data partnerships
  • IP and model licensing
  • Robotics, hardware, and compute agreements
  • Reseller and other partner, customer, and vendor deals
• Experience providing practical recommendations to senior leaders with limited time and information
• J.D. and admission in good standing with at least one state bar

Preferred Qualifications

• Generative AI models and agentic workflow understanding and interest
• Experience closing strategic, IP-heavy partnerships
• Experience in B2C and B2B industries, and in product-led and enterprise businesses
• Experience closing B2B SaaS customer deals
• Big Law and/or hypergrowth tech startup experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for the organization’s size, stage, and industry.
• Salary determination considers factors including relevant experience, skill level, and qualifications assessed during the interview process, as well as maintaining internal equity with peers.
• The posted salary range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S.; outside those regions, the range may change and candidates will be informed.
• Additional compensation includes the overall compensation package beyond salary (details not specified).

Location

Preferable to be near one of our offices in NYC or San Francisco, but open to hiring around the US for the right candidate.