Product Counsel

Google DeepMind; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI company in London is seeking a Product Counsel to provide legal guidance on product launches related to cutting-edge AI technologies. The ideal candidate will have a law qualification in a major jurisdiction and experience in privacy and consumer protection laws. Responsibilities include counseling on regulatory issues and managing projects across globally recognized AI products. This position fosters a collaborative work environment and emphasizes the importance of legal compliance in technology.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage several time-sensitive projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with global privacy and security regulations.
• Capable of balancing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual product and regulatory counseling for launches.
• Support various cross-functional projects and regulatory investigations.
• Cultivate relationships with business leaders for balanced legal strategies.

Skills

Legal expertise in product and privacy law

Knowledge of consumer protection laws

Flexibility in fast-paced environments

Risk assessment capabilities

Understanding of technology

Education

Qualified to practice law in UK, US, or major jurisdiction

Job description

Overview

The Google DeepMind Legal team provides proactive and strategic legal counseling to accelerate Google DeepMind’s best-in-class technologies. We are looking for an adept and enthusiastic Product Counsel to work closely with the Google DeepMind product, engineering and cross-functional teams to advise on a variety of legal issues relevant to their work.

About Us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The Role

We have a product counsel role available focused on product, privacy, and regulatory counseling across Google Gemini. As a product counsel you will play a key role in counseling high-risk product launches globally, implicating cutting-edge AI, machine-learning, privacy, content, copyright, and competition legal issues. You will help build solutions to successfully land product launches globally. You will work closely with key stakeholders across Global Affairs and the wider company to prepare and comply with existing and upcoming global laws.

Responsibilities:

• Provide front-line individual product, privacy and regulatory counseling for various consumer product launches across Gemini apps.
• Build risk-calibrated solutions to help products comply with existing and upcoming global laws.
• Lead and support various cross-functional and other projects as needed, including regulatory investigations.
• Cultivate strong relationships with business and product leaders across Google DeepMind and Gemini teams to identify balanced strategy and solutions for business and legal risks.

About You

In order to set you up for success at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• Qualified to practice law in a recognized jurisdiction. Qualification in the UK, US, or another major common or civil law jurisdiction is preferred.
• Knowledge and experience working with global content, privacy and security, consumer protection, copyright, and competition laws
• Ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment with limited direction, balance competing priorities, and manage several time-sensitive projects at once
• Ability to apply Google’s risk principles and make risk calls with imperfect information
• Understanding of technology (Internet, Hardware, Software, ML)
• Sense of humor and love of technology

Location: London (other major DeepMind locations may be considered)

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