Senior Counsel, AI and Data (Pharma Experience Required)

About the role

EVERSANA is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Counsel to join our legal team. This role will serve as a hands-on legal advisor and counselor supporting the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) and data initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert legal counsel to various business units
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements
• Identify, analyze, and assess legal risks and provide proactive advice
• Stay abreast of relevant changes in laws, regulations, and industry trends
• Collaborate effectively with other members of the Legal and Compliance function and cross-functional teams
• Manage outside counsel relationships and legal expenses
• Provide legal advice and risk assessment on AI tools, models, and data-driven initiatives across the enterprise
• Identify and assess legal risks related to intellectual property, data use, privacy, regulatory compliance, and contractual exposure
• Apply sound legal judgment to evaluate AI use cases and provide clear, practical, business-oriented guidance
• Serve as a legal advisor to business, product, and technology teams supporting the development and deployment of AI-enabled offerings
• Enable business teams to move forward with AI initiatives in a responsible, compliant, and commercially viable manner
• Act as a subject matter expert on AI-related legal issues, with a strong emphasis on intellectual property and data-related risks
• Advise on: AI model development, training, and deployment, training data sourcing, licensing, and copyright considerations, ownership and use of AI-generated outputs, data use, access, and privacy requirements, protection of enterprise IP while managing third-party IP exposure
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements related to AI, technology, and data use, including: Technology and SaaS agreements, data usage → data rights, licensing, and training data provisions, AI output ownership, use restrictions, and indemnities
• Advise on contractual risk allocation in AI-enabled products and services
• Show a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from accredited law school
• 10 - 12+ years of relevant legal experience, including experience in a similar role advising on technology, AI, data, or intellectual property matters
• Strong ability to assess legal issues related to AI, data, and emerging technologies
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex, cross-functional legal matters and drive issues to resolution
• Strong communication skills and ability to deliver practical, business-oriented legal guidance