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 comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity is heavily investing in building and advocating the responsible use of AI as applied to sensitive data within the enterprise setting and is seeking a highly motivated and experienced attorney to join the in-house Legal team. Reporting directly to the VP of IP&P, you will serve as the lead IP attorney for all Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) issues, be an integral part of the AI/ML compliance team, and act as a subject matter expert on emerging AI/ML trends, regulations, and technology.

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 (e.g., Engineering, Product Management, Product Security, Info Sec, and 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

Qualifications

• 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
• 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, with the ability 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/board
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making

Pay

The position has a starting pay range of $232,200.00–$258,000.00 (annualized). Actual salary depends on factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, location, and salary expectations, and may be offered at the low end, high end, or above the stated range. The role may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants.

Benefits

Full‑time employees are eligible to participate in Cohesity’s comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, a 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the company may offer from time to time.

Schedule

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g., within a 45‑minute average travel time) work out of the core offices 2‑3 days a week of their choosing. The company strongly prefers candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location; candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.