AI/ML Senior Product Counsel

Cohesity is a leader in AI‑powered data security and management, helping organizations protect, manage, and derive value from data across data centers, edge, and cloud. The company is heavily investing in responsible AI use for sensitive enterprise data and seeks a thought‑leader attorney to join its in‑house Legal team as the lead IP attorney for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) matters.

About the role

Reporting to the VP of IP&P, you will be the primary legal expert for all AI/ML issues, working closely with engineering, product, open‑source, data/privacy, and patent teams. You will influence product development, ensure compliance, and help shape the company’s AI/ML strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead all AI/ML legal issues, coordinating cross‑functionally 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.
• Work with OSS and transactional legal teams to ensure license compliance.
• Address adjacent contractual, privacy, and regulatory implications across legal.
• Advise and negotiate AI/ML contractual provisions; create AI/ML playbook provisions.
• Build processes and tools to scale compliance support for AI/ML products and services.
• Prepare and deliver AI/ML trainings to internal stakeholders.
• Counsel on legal risk mitigation through technical architecture and product design.
• Develop strong, collaborative relationships with engineering, product management, product security, InfoSec, and other legal teams to proactively protect products, projects, and services.
• Drive special projects, establishing strategies, guidelines, processes, and procedures to enable the IP and broader legal team to provide best‑in‑class service.
• Provide executive roll‑up information on industry trends and risks.
• Present to executives, Board members, the CLO, and senior legal leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience in both law firm and corporate environments.
• J.D. 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 evolving IP law.
• Highly collaborative, patient, and able to influence diverse groups.
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem‑solving skills for complex IP issues.
• Strong project management and organizational abilities; capable of handling multiple fast‑paced projects.
• Team‑oriented mindset with high ethics, integrity, sound judgment, and concise solution communication.
• 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

Pay Range: $232,200 – $258,000 per year (annualized hourly rate for full‑time employment). Compensation may include bonus, commission (if applicable), and/or equity grants.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Vacation, paid holidays, and refresh days.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life and disability insurance coverages.
• Additional benefits offered from time to time.

Work location & Schedule

Employees within a reasonable commute (approximately 45 minutes) work out of core offices 2–3 days per week of their choosing. Candidates near the designated location are strongly preferred; those outside the area should be willing to relocate before the start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.