Overview
This role provides senior legal advisory support across AI, product development, and legal technology matters. The Senior Counsel, AI & Legal Technology reports directly to the General Counsel and serves as a go-to advisor for issues spanning AI law and regulation, customer and vendor agreements, and product and go-to-market initiatives.
Posting Type: Remote/Hybrid
Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary legal advisor for issues related to AI, product development, and marketing.
- Monitor, interpret, and communicate domestic and international developments in AI law and regulation, translating complexity into actionable guidance.
- Develop internal policies, frameworks, agreement terms, and best practices to help the business move quickly while staying compliant with applicable and emerging laws.
- Advise on and help develop 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, 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.
- Support marketing and external-facing initiatives through legal review of marketing activities, joint initiatives, and external-facing technology collaborations.
- Act as a 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, delivering timely and accurate responses.
- Engage with customers to ensure their needs are heard and to support successful outcomes.
- Work directly with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, Partner, and Strategy teams.
- Suggest and help implement improvements in legal and operational processes (e.g., standard approaches to beta testing and variations in product documentation and contract language).
- Use AI legal technology tools effectively, identifying which tools work for which purposes and evaluating new tools as appropriate.
Requirements
- 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, open source licensing issues (including OSI-approved license compliance), OEM licensing, and 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 and legal technology topics, including 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.
- Demonstrated skills and attributes including intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, resourcefulness, responsiveness, and strong communications.
- Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset—identifying risk and proposing 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 and legal technology tools, Microsoft O365, Salesforce, and Ironclad.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
Minimum Qualifications
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
- Active bar membership in good standing.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong exposure to computer and software technology concepts.
- Solid proficiency with MS Office, Salesforce, and contract management software.
Compensation & Benefits
This position is eligible for total compensation, including:
- Competitive base salary
- Annual performance bonus
- Long-term incentives
The expected salary range for this role is $183,000 to $275,000.
The 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.