Counsel – Artificial Intelligence, Innovation Governance

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

📋 Description

• Track and evaluate new federal, state, and international laws, regulations, guidance, and enforcement developments concerning AI, machine learning, automated decision-making, and emerging technologies.

• Analyze AI legal requirements and provide practical guidance on their implications for the company’s operations, businesses, and AI governance framework.

• Keep updated regulatory inventories, legal summaries, guidance, and implementation resources.

• Perform legal reviews of proposed AI and machine-learning applications and offer advice on legal and regulatory risks.

• Engage in enterprise AI governance processes throughout the entire AI lifecycle.

• Review, draft, and negotiate provisions related to AI and intellectual property in technology, vendor, data, licensing, and commercial agreements.

• Create and maintain standard contractual provisions, negotiation guidance, playbooks, and related resources for AI and IP.

• Provide advice on how AI requirements intersect with privacy and data protection laws.

• Assist intellectual property counsel regarding employee IP obligations, outside activity requests, ownership, licensing, protection, and commercialization issues.

• Contribute to enterprise IP initiatives and address IP risks linked to AI and emerging technologies.

• Enhance workflows for the review of AI use cases and IP legal support, including processes for intake, triage, documentation, escalation, and tracking.

• Convert evolving legal requirements into actionable policies, standards, controls, and business guidance.

• Support enterprise policies, standards, training, and governance frameworks aimed at responsible AI and emerging technologies.

• Offer business-oriented legal advice that promotes responsible innovation while managing legal and regulatory risks.

• Collaborate with teams in Privacy & Innovation Governance, Enterprise Model Governance, Compliance, Information Security, Technology, Procurement, and business stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

• Active license and good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• Over 3 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, government agency, or a combination of these.

• Background in technology, privacy, data, commercial contracting, artificial intelligence, or related legal areas.

• Strong legal research and analytical abilities.

• Experience in reviewing and negotiating technology, software, data, cloud, or vendor agreements.

• Skill in translating legal requirements into practical processes and workflows.

• Sound legal judgment with the capability to identify risks, recommend mitigations, and escalate issues when necessary.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with attorneys, compliance professionals, governance teams, technical teams, and business stakeholders.

• Capacity to manage multiple priorities in a fast-evolving legal environment.

• Familiarity with emerging U.S. and international AI legal and regulatory frameworks.

• Experience in conducting legal or regulatory reviews of technology or AI use cases.

• Expertise in reviewing or negotiating provisions related to AI, data use, model training, intellectual property, or generative AI contracts.

• Experience in handling intellectual property matters.

• Background in developing or enhancing legal review processes, intake workflows, playbooks, templates, or similar tools.

• Knowledge of privacy and data protection laws.

• Experience in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, health insurance, pharmacy benefit management, or financial services.

• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary legal, compliance, governance, risk, or technology teams.

• Home internet connection via cable broadband or fiber optic service with at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speed when working from home.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual bonus plan.

• Medical insurance coverage.

• Vision insurance coverage.

• Dental insurance coverage.

• Programs focusing on well-being and behavioral health.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Company-sponsored life insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• A minimum of 18 days of paid time off annually.

• Paid holidays.

• Leaves of absence.

• Opportunity for remote work from home (occasionally or permanently, subject to internet requirements).