Senior Counsel, Product & Privacy

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Job Description:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Counsel, Product and Privacy to join our legal team. You will serve as a primary legal contact for the product, research, and engineering organizations, and you will play a critical role in ensuring the legal compliance and risk management of our products and services. The role will require the candidate to take a proactive role in product counseling and advancing our privacy compliance program.   

You will have the opportunity to provide legal counsel in a dynamic industry with few legal precedents, brand new legal questions and concerns, and quickly evolving business models. Curiosity, the willingness to learn about new technologies, and the ability to translate an engineer’s technical explanations into actionable legal mitigation measures and contractual provisions is a must. 

This is a remote role. Although we are a global company, we are currently seeking candidates in the United States.     

Responsibilities:

• Serve as lead product and privacy counsel to multiple product teams
• Gain an in-depth understanding of Stability’s products and development processes, including their strengths, limitations, and vulnerabilities from a legal, security, and ethical standpoint
• Provide expert legal advice and guidance to product, design, and engineering teams to ensure Stability’s products and development processes comply with all laws, industry standards, and its own ethical guidelines 
• Work with product managers, engineering, release management, and security teams to continually develop a set of policies, processes, and documentation governing all data and product releases to ensure thorough legal review
• Ensure compliance with applicable global privacy and data security laws
• Work closely with the infosec team to manage incident response and attend to proper data security procedures
• Track and provide guidance on global laws pertaining to AI products and services, and collaborate with the product team in implementing ethical and safety initiatives for our AI products/services
• Provide guidance on copyright issues, including as they apply to the development and licensing of datasets used to train our AI models, the output of our generative AI products and services, and the hosting of content (such as the DMCA and Article 17)
• Ensure compliance with global trade regulations, including US export control laws and the Trade Agreements Act
• Provide frontline assistance to the commercial team in understanding Stability’s technology, licensing frameworks, and IP strategy on an ongoing basis  
• Conduct legal research and stay up-to-date with industry trends, regulatory changes, legal precedents, and emerging technologies that may impact Stability AI's products

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing
• 10+ years of experience as an attorney, with a focus on technology product counseling, privacy, and intellectual property
• Previous in-house experience as a product counselor at a technology company
• Deep understanding of data privacy law (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), emerging AI law (e.g., EU AU Act), and consumer protection law
• Experience building and maintaining data privacy compliance programs
• Passionate about obtaining a deep understanding of the inner-workings of AI technology
• Ability to address problems creatively with an open mind 
• Practical approach to commercially reasonable risk mitigation in the face of both legal and business uncertainty
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distill complex legal concepts into clear and actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and effectively managing multiple priorities
• Proactive mindset to identify and address legal risks
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving priorities 
• Ability to foster relationships and collaborate with internal clients
• Sense of humor and inquisitive attitude focused on problem solving and consensus-building

Preferred Qualifications:

• An understanding of data use in the context of generative AI model training and related risks/opportunities
• Experience with open source software licensing, data licensing, or source-available licensing, as well as open source development and open source communities
• Privacy and data security certifications (CIPP/US, CIPP/E)
• Experience developing and revising terms of service and privacy policy updates for global technology companies
• Deep curiosity of emerging technologies, including AI and data analytics, as well as knowledge of the emerging regulatory developments affecting them

Equal Employment Opportunity:

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.