Unity Technologies

Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Ads & AI

Unity Technologies • $264K — $396K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Licensed to practice law, with experience in-house or at a law firm directly counseling technology product teams.
  • Proven expertise in legal counseling for AI or machine-learning products, including training-data rights and output ownership.
  • Strong knowledge of global privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, COPPA) applied to SDKs and data flows, not just policy.
  • Proficient in drafting and negotiating technology agreements independently.
  • History of issuing clear written legal positions on complex issues and advocating those positions with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as primary legal counsel for Unity's AI product portfolio from concept to launch.
  • Own the data-rights and identity frameworks underpinning Unity's Grow business.
  • Counsel product and engineering teams during feature design, translating legal constraints into actionable requirements.
  • Draft and negotiate essential agreements, including licenses and partnerships.
  • Establish and defend Unity's legal positions on emerging AI and data issues, creating templates and guidelines for scalability.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance.
  • Commute subsidy to support transportation.
  • Employee stock ownership for investment in the company.
  • Competitive retirement and pension plans for financial security.
  • Generous vacation and personal days for work-life balance.
  • Support for new parents with leave and family-care programs.
  • Office snacks to enhance workplace comfort.
  • Mental health and wellbeing programs for employee support.
  • Employee Resource Groups to foster community.
  • Global Employee Assistance Program for personal support services.
  • Training and development programs for career growth.
  • Volunteering and donation matching opportunities to encourage community involvement.
Full Job Description
The opportunity

This role is the lawyer at the center of both. You will be the legal owner for Unity's AI product portfolio - in-editor and desktop AI agents, generative tooling, our agent plugin ecosystem, and the ML systems powering ad monetization - and for the identity and data-rights frameworks those products depend on. The questions are genuinely unsettled. Who owns the output of a generative tool a developer directs? What can a platform train on when 90% of games embed third-party marketplace assets? When does a telemetry default cross from convenience into a consent problem? You will not be applying a playbook. You will be writing it, and your written positions will govern how products get built. Short-term success (first two quarters): the uncovered matters have a clear owner and a documented position; product teams route AI and data questions to you by default rather than escalating; the highest-risk open items have decisions attached to them. Longer-term success: Unity's AI and data-use positions are coherent across the portfolio rather than negotiated product by product; the frameworks scale without you personally reviewing every request; you are a trusted voice with product and engineering leadership on what Unity should and should not do. Impact. This is a small legal team where each lawyer owns their swimlanes outright. There is no layer between you and the product decisions. What you write becomes the company's position.

What you'll be doing
  • Serve as primary legal counsel for Unity's AI product portfolio - desktop and in-editor AI agents, generative tooling, the agent plugin ecosystem, and AI-driven marketing and monetization products - from concept through launch and iteration.
  • Own the data-rights and identity frameworks underpinning Unity's Grow business, including developer data-use architecture, training-data eligibility, device identifiers and cross-product data flows.
  • Counsel product, engineering and data-science teams in the room where features are designed, converting privacy, IP and regulatory constraints into requirements engineers can build to.
  • Draft and negotiate the agreements that make the roadmap possible - model and technology provider licenses, partnership and referral agreements, research collaborations and data-sharing arrangements.
  • Set and defend Unity's positions on emerging AI and data questions in writing, and build the templates, playbooks and guidance that let those positions scale across teams


What we're looking for
  • Licensed to practice law, with in-house or law-firm experience counseling technology product teams directly.
  • Demonstrated ownership of legal counseling for AI or machine-learning products, covering training-data rights, model licensing, output ownership and user-facing disclosures.
  • Working command of global privacy law - GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, COPPA - applied to SDKs, telemetry and advertising data flows, not just policy documentation.
  • Ability to draft and negotiate commercial technology agreements independently, from first redline to signature.
  • A track record of issuing clear written legal positions on unprecedented questions and defending them with senior stakeholders.


You might also have (optional)
  • Experience in games, interactive entertainment, or a developer-platform business.
  • Mobile advertising or ad tech background - mediation, attribution, programmatic, or measurement.
  • Hands-on EU AI Act or comparable emerging-AI-regulation assessment work.
  • Open-source licensing depth, especially license compatibility for datasets and embedded assets.
  • Experience building legal self-service infrastructure for fast-moving product organizations.
  • Comfort using AI tools in your own practice.


Additional information
  • Reports to: VP, Deputy General Counsel
  • Location: Remote Eligible, with periodic travel to key hubs and events
  • Travel: Up to ~25%
  • Relocation support is not available for this position
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position


Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status. While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance | Commute subsidy | Employee stock ownership | Competitive retirement/pension plans | Generous vacation and personal days | Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs | Office food snacks | Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support | Employee Resource Groups | Global Employee Assistance Program | Training and development programs | Volunteering and donation matching program

Base Salary Range: We determine the base salary range for this role based on your primary work location:

Zone A: $233,600 - $350,400 USD gross
Zone B: $264,000 - $396,000 USD gross
Zone C: $311,400 - $467,200 USD gross

This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate's relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.

About Unity Technologies

Unity Technologies is a software company that provides a platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D content. The company's platform is used by game developers, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and other creators to build and distribute interactive experiences. Unity Technologies was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company has offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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4,000 employees
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2004

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