Sr. Counsel, AI Policy / Regulation
About the team
OpenAI’s Legal team plays an indispensable role in advancing OpenAI's mission by navigating futuristic, foundational legal issues in AI. This is the team for you if you care deeply about doing meaningful and novel work as a technology lawyer. The team is composed of various backgrounds, including technology, regulatory, M&A, employment, and contract law.
About the role
We seek a Sr. Counsel to lead our legal team supporting Global Affairs in navigating complex new regulations applicable to AI. This role will coordinate our legal efforts globally in developing positions on proposed AI legislation, and work closely with other legal and business teams in ensuring compliance with new AI regulations. You'll report to one of OpenAI's Deputy General Counsel and work closely with our Legal, Global Affairs, and Product teams and external counsel.
This role is remote eligible but based in Seattle, WA.
In this role, you will:
Analyze laws and regulations concerning AI to understand their impact on OpenAI and the broader AI community.
Develop policy positions on pending legislation and international standards.
Provide legal analysis and advice to the Global Affairs team and other internal stakeholders.
Contribute to our ongoing improvements to AI governance as regulations come into force.
Monitor and keep the team updated on emerging legislative and regulatory developments related to AI.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
12+ years of legal experience.
Strong leadership and ability to influence.
Combination of an in-house company, government/institution, or law firm experience.
Strong background in technology laws.
Experience and familiarity with AI or a demonstrated interest in AI laws and regulations.
Knowledge and experience with intellectual property laws.
Create clear and concise writing, distilling complex concepts into simple, explainable, and persuasive ideas
Experience analyzing complex legislation.
Experience engaging with regulators and/or policymakers.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
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Sr. Counsel, AI Policy / Regulation
About the team
OpenAI’s Legal team plays an indispensable role in advancing OpenAI's mission by navigating futuristic, foundational legal issues in AI. This is the team for you if you care deeply about doing meaningful and novel work as a technology lawyer. The team is composed of various backgrounds, including technology, regulatory, M&A, employment, and contract law.
About the role
We seek a Sr. Counsel to lead our legal team supporting Global Affairs in navigating complex new regulations applicable to AI. This role will coordinate our legal efforts globally in developing positions on proposed AI legislation, and work closely with other legal and business teams in ensuring compliance with new AI regulations. You'll report to one of OpenAI's Deputy General Counsel and work closely with our Legal, Global Affairs, and Product teams and external counsel.
This role is remote eligible but based in Seattle, WA.
In this role, you will:
Analyze laws and regulations concerning AI to understand their impact on OpenAI and the broader AI community.
Develop policy positions on pending legislation and international standards.
Provide legal analysis and advice to the Global Affairs team and other internal stakeholders.
Contribute to our ongoing improvements to AI governance as regulations come into force.
Monitor and keep the team updated on emerging legislative and regulatory developments related to AI.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
12+ years of legal experience.
Strong leadership and ability to influence.
Combination of an in-house company, government/institution, or law firm experience.
Strong background in technology laws.
Experience and familiarity with AI or a demonstrated interest in AI laws and regulations.
Knowledge and experience with intellectual property laws.
Create clear and concise writing, distilling complex concepts into simple, explainable, and persuasive ideas
Experience analyzing complex legislation.
Experience engaging with regulators and/or policymakers.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.