Legal Counsel

About the role

Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle. On-site requirements vary based on position and team.

Responsibilities

• Support all stages of development for open AI artifacts and technologies, including data curation, model training, release planning, and post-release management.
• Provide direct AI counseling for applications, research demos, scientific agents, and environmental and conservation tools, including diligence, data governance, and bridging legal and technical requirements.
• Review and prepare data licenses, open source licenses, and related documentation.
• Create and improve frameworks for responsible AI development and processes to streamline AI releases.
• Create AI development guides, playbooks, and templates for releasing AI resources and artifacts.
• Exercise sound judgment and provide strategic and practical legal guidance that balances business priorities, nonprofit mission, compliance, and evolving AI policies and regulation.
• Provide support and due diligence across Ai2’s charitable, scientific, and educational activities and ensure that they are conducted within appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Collaborate and coach others across the organization on areas of expertise to drive success and impact.

Requirements

• Minimum Degree required: JD
• Licensed to practice law in Washington State
• 6+ years of technology transactions experience in a law firm or equivalent corporate environment.
• Experience with copyright and IP licensing.
• Experience with data governance and privacy laws like GDPR, CCPA, and/or HIPAA, and other international regulations like EU AI Act.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills: polished, concise, catered messages to different audiences.
• Self-starter: Does not need daily directions or close supervision to make decisions.
• Start-up mentality: adaptable, can pivot quickly.
• Skilled in working with ambiguity: comfortable identifying and solving for novel risks.
• Ability to adjust rapidly to new strategies and approaches for building support in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to work on complex issues where problems are not clearly defined and where fundamental principles do not fully apply.
• Sufficient technical experience to communicate effectively with research and engineering experts.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in AI or product counseling preferred.
• Experience and/or interest in project management to establish or improve processes and streamline legal team efforts with existing workflows in the company.

Skills

• Agile and critical thinking
• Energetic problem solving
• Building things
• Dynamic environments
• Novel and complex legal issues
• Business needs
• Technical requirements
• Relationships across the organization
• Stakeholders
• Aggressive deadlines
• Unexpected twists

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program.
• Health savings account plan, healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
• 401k plan.
• $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
• Up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Awarded annual bonuses and participation in the long-term incentive plan.

Pay

The base salary range is $175,000 - $225,000, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.

Schedule

Hybrid setting that includes a beautiful new office on Lake Union. In-person whiteboard sessions. Slightly more pro-dog than pro-cat.

Qualifications

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• The ability to observe details at close range.
• Can work under deadlines.

About Ai2

Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world’s biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities to the full extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).