General Motors

AI & Data Governance Counsel

General Motors • $130K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • J.D. and active bar membership in good standing.
  • 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, technology, or regulatory matters.
  • Strong fluency in AI concepts and limitations.
  • Familiarity with global AI legal frameworks and practical application.
  • Proven experience in building and scaling governance programs.
  • Strong judgment in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
  • Experience in multidisciplinary team collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal counsel on high-risk AI use cases and governance matters.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to define AI safety standards.
  • Refine GM's AI impact assessment process and risk decision-making.
  • Review contracts for AI solutions and evaluate governance maturity.
  • Develop external-facing AI usage policies and monitoring standards.
  • Maintain GM's AI inventory and governance documentation.
  • Translate legal and regulatory developments into practical guidance.

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility with on-site expectations for local candidates.
  • Professional development and training opportunities.
  • Engagement in cutting-edge AI governance practices.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description

GM is seeking an AI & Data Governance Counsel to join the team and help build, operationalize, and scale the company's AI governance program as enterprise AI adoption accelerates across products, services, internal tools, and business workflows. This lawyer will work across product-facing, governance-facing, and policy-adjacent matters, with a primary focus on high-risk and high-visibility AI initiatives, the AI impact assessment workflow, AI inventory, governance controls and mitigations, transparency artifacts, and cross-functional enablement. The role is designed for a lawyer who can combine strong legal judgment with practical execution, operate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, and help GM lead rather than follow in AI governance as we deploy AI assets across all facets of the business and the vehicles.

Key responsibilities
  • Provide legal counsel on GM's highest-risk and highest-visibility AI use cases, products, and governance escalations to ensure safe-by-design development and alignment with internal safety standards.
  • Partner closely with Security, DevEx, Data Governance, Enablement, product teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders to define internal AI safety standards and scale and operationalize AI guardrails, controls, and mitigation frameworks.
  • Help scale and refine GM's AI impact assessment process, including policy as code, issue spotting, risk triage, mitigation mapping, and governance decision-making for higher-risk AI uses.
  • Review and negotiate strategic contracts for AI solutions and AI add-ons, including evaluating other companies' AI governance maturity.
  • Develop external-facing AI usage policies, post-deployment monitoring standards, enforcement mechanisms, supporting materials, and data-logging practices to improve quality metrics and strengthen external defensibility.
  • Support the buildout and maintenance of GM's AI inventory and related governance documentation, including links to assessments, ownership, and risk categorization.
  • Advise on AI transparency and documentation artifacts, including explainability frameworks, AI system cards for consumer-facing AI products, and safety-aligned AI artifacts where appropriate.
  • Translate emerging legal, regulatory, and standards developments into practical internal guidance, workflows, and product-facing requirements.
  • Drive alignment on AI safety strategy and risk posture as it relates to AI deployed in physical spaces and machines.
  • Help develop and socialize repeatable AI governance practices, training materials, and legal guidance that scale expertise across legal, product, and business teams.
  • Support governance forums and cross-functional operating structures, including the AI Council, AI governance working groups, and the AI Virtual Team.
  • Contribute to external AI governance engagement with peer companies, standards bodies, and industry groups to help GM stay ahead of evolving norms and expectations.
Required qualifications
  • J.D. and active bar membership in good standing.
  • 8+ years of experience counseling on AI/ML, robotics, technology, digital products, data use, privacy, cybersecurity, or related regulatory matters.
  • AI fluency, including complex prompting, agent development, and vibe-coding, including knowledge of AI fitness for purpose and its limitations.
  • Demonstrated familiarity with global AI legal and standards frameworks and the ability to apply them in practical business and product contexts.
  • Proven track record of building 0-1 systems and scaling governance programs, workflows, or controls rather than only advising on them.
  • Strong judgment in ambiguous, fast-moving, cross-functional environments.
  • Experience working across multidisciplinary teams to implement governance, compliance, or risk-management practices in real operating processes.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with legal, technical, product, compliance, and business stakeholders.
  • Ability to move fluidly between strategic governance questions and hands-on execution work.
  • Experience drafting, interpreting, and negotiating contracts and templates for deals involving AI solutions and add-ons.
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience driving AI governance, responsible AI, algorithmic accountability, model risk, AI evaluations, and red-teaming.
  • Experience building solutions with the help of AI.
  • Familiarity with enterprise AI products, transparency artifacts, product documentation, or safety-aligned governance frameworks.
  • Experience engaging with external industry groups, benchmarking forums, or standards-development efforts related to AI, privacy, or digital governance.
  • Ability to identify skills gaps, create practical guidance, and help mature internal governance capabilities across business functions.

Location: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of (Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View), you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

Relocation: This role is NOT eligible for relocation benefits

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Learn more about General Motors
Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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