Overview
This role serves as Senior Counsel for AI & Legal Technology, providing senior legal advice across AI-related matters, product development, and legal technology. The position reports directly to the General Counsel and is available as Remote/Hybrid.
Responsibilities
- Act as the go-to legal advisor for issues relating to AI, product development, and marketing.
- Monitor, interpret, and communicate developments in AI law and regulation (domestic and international) and relevant industry trends; translate 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.
- Advise on industry relationships and 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, Partner, Customer Success, Strategy, Procurement, and other stakeholders to enable growth, 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.
- Serve as the lead legal representative for enterprise AI, product development, marketing, and legal technology.
- Provide creative, strategic legal advice and business counsel on commercial, operational, and strategic legal issues; respond with timely and accurate guidance.
- Engage with customers to ensure they feel heard and supported.
- Work directly with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, Partner, and Strategy teams (not only other lawyers).
- Suggest and implement process improvements (e.g., standardized beta testing approaches; revisions to product documentation and contract language to enhance efficiency and align to business and product requirements).
- Use AI legal technology tools effectively by identifying which tools work for which purposes and being open to testing new solutions.
- Maintain strong working knowledge of AI tools (including legal technology tools), Microsoft O365, Salesforce, and Ironclad.
Requirements
- Six (6) or more years of relevant experience in-house and/or at a law firm supporting technology initiatives, including experience with 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; computer technology; 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.
- Ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-lawyers without oversimplifying.
- Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset; ability to identify risk and propose a path forward.
- 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.).
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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 (desirable but not required).
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.
Compensation & Benefits
- Total compensation is eligible and includes 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 depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.