Senior Counsel, AI & Legal Technology

Overview

This role provides senior legal advisory support on matters relating to AI, product development, and legal technology. Reporting to the General Counsel, the Senior Counsel, AI & Legal Technology serves as a key legal resource for enterprise AI, product, marketing, and technology partnerships.

Work model: Remote/Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Serve as the go-to legal advisor for issues related to AI, product development, and marketing.
• Monitor, interpret, and communicate developments in AI law and regulation (domestic and international), along with industry trends—translating complexity into actionable guidance.
• Develop internal policies, frameworks, agreement terms, and best practices that help the business move quickly while staying compliant with applicable and emerging laws.
• Develop and advise on industry relationships; negotiate terms with independent software vendors, open source providers, strategic partners, and go-to-market collaborations.
• Review and advise on AI-specific terms in customer and vendor agreements and customer-facing materials.
• Advise on product development, feature launches, and go-to-market strategies, recommending practical and defensible approaches.
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering/Applied Science, Product, Partners, Customer Success, Strategy, Procurement, and other stakeholders to manage legal risk, develop scalable processes, and support strategic initiatives.
• Support the Partner team on collaboration agreements, co-marketing arrangements, and alliance structures with legal technology partners and AI vendors.
• Assist stakeholders with legal review of marketing activities, joint initiatives, and external-facing technology collaborations.
• Act as a reliable advisor by providing creative, strategic legal and business counsel on commercial, operational, and strategic legal issues; identify issues and drive resolutions.
• Engage with customers to ensure their needs are heard and addressed.
• Work directly with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, Partner, and Strategy teams.
• Propose and help implement process improvements (e.g., standard approaches to beta testing and revisions to product documentation and contract language) to enhance efficiency and align with business and product requirements.
• Use AI legal technology tools effectively—understanding which tools fit which purposes, why they work, and staying flexible about testing new tools.

Required Knowledge & Tools

• Skilled knowledge working with AI tools (including legal technology tools), Microsoft O365, Salesforce, and Ironclad.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in good standing.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, responsiveness, and strong communications skills.
• Strong exposure to computer and software technology concepts.
• Solid proficiency with MS Office, Salesforce, and contract management software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Six (6) or more years of relevant experience in-house and/or at a law firm supporting technology initiatives, potentially including intellectual property, M&A, technology transactions, privacy, and data; meaningful exposure to AI, data, and technology legal issues.
• Experience with software development and open source licensing issues, including OSI-approved license compliance, OEM licensing; familiarity with developer and marketplace agreements, including API terms, SaaS agreements, and platform policies.
• Background in marketing law, including knowledge of FTC and applicable state laws.
• Strong understanding of technology, including legal technology, cloud services, software licensing models, open source, information security, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory considerations.
• Experience supporting AI-enabled products, legal technology, and emerging technology issues.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communicator who can explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers without oversimplifying.
• Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, resourcefulness, responsiveness, and strong communications skills.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset—identifies risk and proposes a path forward rather than stopping progress.
• Required: Deep, demonstrable knowledge of the AI regulatory landscape, including emerging U.S. and international frameworks (EU AI Act, EU omnibus, state-level AI bills, FTC guidance, etc.).
• Desirable but not required: Basic knowledge of intellectual property and proprietary rights issues including data, trade secrets and trademarks.
• Desirable but not required: Experience advising product and marketing teams in a fast-paced technology or legal technology company.
• JD degree from an accredited law school and license to practice in the United States.
• Ability to research and analyze legal issues.
• Solid proficiency with AI tools, legal technology tools, MS Office and legal research platforms and tools; familiarity with Salesforce, Ironclad and Asana.

Compensation & Benefits

This position is eligible for total compensation including a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.

Expected salary range: $183,000 to $275,000

Final offered salary will be based on factors including experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range is not typical to allow for future meaningful salary growth.

Location

Remote/Hybrid