AI Governance, Legal Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead the AI and data governance workstream for customer implementations.

• Determine customer needs for internal approval, coordinate inputs from Spotted Zebra, and ensure governance processes progress smoothly.

• Assist with pre-sales and post-sales inquiries from customers regarding AI governance, human oversight, automated decision-making, fairness, explainability, bias, data protection, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

• Develop, maintain, and customize customer-facing governance documentation, which includes AI governance packs, DPIA materials, risk assessments, model and product documentation, explanations of human oversight, bias-audit evidence, candidate notices, FAQs, and due diligence responses.

• Monitor legislation and regulatory requirements across various operating regions and maintain a jurisdiction-by-obligation matrix.

• Support governance related to data protection, privacy, and automated decision-making.

• Coordinate both external and internal assurance efforts, including independent bias audits.

• Maintain DPIAs, risk assessments, provider documentation, technical files, model cards, risk registers, and evidence for the maturity of the AI management system and ISO/IEC 42001 readiness.

• Convert governance requirements into product and process enhancements that involve consent capture, candidate notifications, human review, retention, contestability, audit trails, reporting, and customer configurations.

• Create templates, playbooks, standard responses, implementation checklists, and governance workflows.

• Serve as the primary in-house legal counsel by reviewing and negotiating customer and supplier agreements, providing advice on contractual risks and daily legal issues, and involving external specialist counsel as necessary.

• Enhance customer-facing governance materials, assist enterprise clients in obtaining AI and data governance approvals, shorten approval timelines, scale internal approval processes, and establish efficient contract review procedures.

⛳️ Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in the UK or another relevant jurisdiction.

• Comfortable engaging directly with enterprise customers and senior stakeholders.

• Capable of clearly and practically explaining legal, regulatory, and governance matters.

• Adept at collaborating with AI governance committees, legal teams, privacy teams, procurement, business leaders, and product/engineering teams.

• Experience in reviewing and negotiating commercial technology or SaaS agreements.

• Strong ability to write clear, high-quality documentation.

• Proficient in guiding customers through complex internal decision-making processes.

• Skilled in balancing governance rigor with commercial pragmatism.

• Experience in creating repeatable processes, templates, and playbooks.

• Interest in responsible AI, particularly in high-stakes hiring and talent workflows.

• Experience within a startup or scaling technology company.

• Valuable experience assisting enterprise customers with AI governance, legal compliance, or procurement approvals.

• Valuable experience in legal, compliance, privacy, or data protection.

• Valuable experience with enterprise SaaS due diligence or customer assurance.

• Valuable experience in HR technology, recruitment, assessment, or occupational psychology.

• Valuable experience in implementing regulated software.

• Valuable experience in customer-facing consulting or solutions roles.

• Valuable experience drafting policies, DPIAs, risk assessments, governance packs, or customer-facing documentation.

• Valuable experience managing specialist external legal counsel.

🏝️ Benefits

• Meaningful share options

• Health insurance

• Enhanced pension

• Nursery salary sacrifice scheme

• 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)

• Remote-first work environment

• Work from home budget

• Learning & Development budget

• Dental coverage

• Eye-care support

• Co-working space budget

• Wellbeing allowance

• Travel insurance

• Electric car scheme

• Access to the latest AI-powered tools and technologies