Associate General Counsel, AI Partnerships

Responsibilities

Provide strategic legal advice and day-to-day support to internal stakeholders, with a focus on the AI Partnerships & Business Development team, and high-impact product initiatives.

Serve as legal subject matter specialist on artificial intelligence technology transactions, including advanced licensing, joint development, and strategic collaborations.

Draft, negotiate, and close complex AI transactions, including bespoke licensing agreements and technology integrations.

Lead and support 0→1 strategic partnerships, enabling new AI-driven products and features from inception to launch.

Actively participate on cross-functional teams, collaborating with Product, Engineering, Privacy, Policy, and other Legal teams to address novel legal and regulatory issues in AI.

Consult with subject matter experts (e.g., Product counsel, Privacy, Litigation, Compliance, etc.) as needed.

Develop scalable processes for evaluating and executing sophisticated partnership opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm and/or in-house, with experience leading technology transactions and complex licensing agreements.
• Demonstrated business judgment and executive client counseling experience.
• Experience drafting and negotiating strategic, high-value, non-routine technology licensing agreements.
• Experience communicating complex legal and business concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including through written memos, contract summaries, and executive briefings.
• Experience collaborating at all levels of the business across functions, including leadership and C-suite.
• Familiarity with global data privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory issues in the AI domain.
• Prior in-house experience supporting business development teams, product partnerships, advanced product teams, or 0→1 product launches.
• Proven track record leading complex, first-of-kind transactions involving novel deal structures, intricate IP licensing frameworks, joint development arrangements, and high-value strategic partnerships.
• Prior experience defining priorities and creating execution plans in evolving or undefined problem spaces, balancing competing deadlines and stakeholder needs.