AI/ML Senior Product Counsel

About the role

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management, helping organizations secure, protect, manage, and derive value from data across the data center, edge, and cloud. The company provides immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity is investing heavily in the responsible use of AI for sensitive enterprise data and seeks a subject‑matter expert attorney to lead AI/ML legal matters within the in‑house Legal team, reporting to the VP of IP&P.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all AI/ML legal issues, coordinating cross‑functionally and within legal
• Influence product development plans related to legal and compliance use cases that benefit customers
• Collaborate with the patent team to implement IP protection strategy for AI/ML innovations
• Collaborate with OSS and transactional legal teams to ensure license compliance
• Collaborate across legal regarding adjacent contractual, privacy and regulatory implications
• Advise/negotiate on AI/ML contractual provisions and create AI/ML playbook provisions
• Build processes and tools to scale compliance support for AI/ML products and services
• Prepare and provide AI/ML trainings to internal stakeholders
• Counsel on legal risk mitigation through technical architecture and product design
• Develop positive, strong, and collaborative relationships with multiple cross‑functional partners (Engineering, Product Management, Product Security, Info Sec, other Legal teams) to identify and proactively protect products, projects, and services
• Drive special projects, including establishing strategies, guidelines, processes, and procedures, to enable the IP and broader legal team to provide best‑in‑class service to its partners
• Provide executive roll‑up information related to industry trends and risks
• Be capable of presenting to executives and Board members along with the CLO and other senior members of legal

Requirements

• 10+ years of legal experience in a law firm and corporate environment
• JD degree with excellent academic credentials
• Substantive AI/ML technical and legal expertise
• Degree in engineering or computer science preferred
• Registered Patent attorney with prior in‑house patent experience highly preferred
• Open source licensing experience preferred

Skills

• Passion for AI and learning new areas of technology and evolving IP law
• Highly collaborative, patient, and capable of finding effective methods to influence diverse groups of people and functions across the company
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem‑solving skills, capable of proposing solutions to complex IP issues
• Strong project management and organizational skills, able to manage multiple simultaneous projects in a fast‑paced environment
• Team‑oriented mindset with strong ethics and integrity, sound judgment, and ability to concisely identify solutions addressing multiple needs
• Superb written and verbal communication skills for all business levels, including executives and board
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits
• Vacation, paid holidays, and refresh days
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life and disability insurance coverages
• Other benefits the company may offer from time to time

Pay

Pay range: $232,200.00 – $258,000.00 (annualized). The position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants.

Schedule

In‑office expectations: employees within a reasonable commute (≈45‑minute average travel time) work out of core offices 2‑3 days per week of their choosing. Preference for candidates located near the job location; relocation commitment required for those outside the area.