OpenAI

Senior Counsel, AI Product

OpenAI$150K — $200K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in in-house or technology-focused law firm roles
  • JD and qualification to practice in California
  • Ability to navigate legal frameworks and provide practical solutions
  • Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Proactive and enthusiastic about emerging technologies

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary counsel for teams working on advanced AI models
  • Identify and mitigate legal risks across various dimensions including privacy and copyright
  • Develop innovative legal strategies to address complex challenges
  • Become a subject matter expert in AI law and contribute to policy development
  • Facilitate communication between legal and product teams to align on risk management

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance for new employees
  • Hybrid work model with 3 days in office
  • Equal opportunity workplace with a focus on inclusivity
  • Commitment to reasonable accommodations for disabilities
  • Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI technology and legal practice
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a member of our AI Product Counsel team, you will assist with legal initiatives related to our advanced AI products, models, and technologies. This role is highly cross-functional across OpenAI with a focus on advising product teams on the cutting edge of AI model and product developments, in areas that may span across ChatGPT and Codex, including agentic work, search, commerce, and multimodal outputs.This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with the forefront of the legal and AI fields. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:
  • Be the go-to counsel and partner for several teams focused on frontier AI models and products.
  • Identify and address product, regulatory, copyright, commerce, privacy, and other legal risks and mitigations, including for agentic, commerce, and multi-modal experiences.
  • Develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative ways and build processes for scaling flexible solutions that address risk.
  • Serve as an expert in AI legal matters and help propose and advance AI legal policy positions.


You'll thrive in this role if you:
  • Have 10+ years of experience with a mix of in-house or technology-focused law firm roles.
  • Understand the letter of the law and can approach problems in a practical, principled approach.
  • Build cross-functional relationships and communication styles that resonate with teams to balance risk-taking with responsible development.
  • Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
  • Have a JD and license or qualification to practice in CA.


This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
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Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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