AI/ML Senior Product Counsel

Cohesity; Durham (OR); On-site; USD 232,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a highly motivated in-house attorney to lead AI/ML IP and compliance matters. You will advise on legal risk, collaborate with Engineering, Product, Privacy, and OSS teams, and shape IP protection strategies for AI/ML initiatives.

Reporting to the VP of IP&P, you will support AI/ML foundation models, tools, and data, and help build scalable compliance processes. A strong background in AI/ML law and patent experience is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience in a law firm and corporate environment.
• JD degree with excellent academic credentials
• Substantive AI/ML technical and legal expertise
• Degree in engineering or computer science preferred
• Registered Patent attorney with in-house patent experience highly preferred
• Open source licensing experience preferred
• Passion for AI and learning new areas of technology and evolving IP law
• Highly collaborative, patient and capable of influencing diverse groups across the company
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills for IP complex issues
• Strong project management and organizational skills in a fast-paced environment
• Team oriented with ethics, integrity, and sound judgment
• Excellent written and verbal communication for all business levels
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all AI/ML legal issues, coordinating cross-functionally, as well as within legal
• Influence product development plans related to legal and compliance use cases that benefit our customers
• Collaborate with patent team to implement IP protection strategy for AI/ML innovations
• Collaborate with OSS and transactional legal teams to ensure license compliance
• Collaborate across legal regarding adjacent contractual, privacy and regulatory implications
• Advise/negotiate on AI/ML contractual provisions and create AI/ML playbook provisions
• Build processes and tools to scale compliance support for AI/ML products and services
• Prepare and provide AI/ML trainings to internal stakeholders
• Counsel on legal risk mitigation through technical architecture and product design
• Develop positive, strong, and collaborative relationships with cross-functional partners
• Drive special projects, including strategies, guidelines, and procedures for IP and legal teams
• Provide executive roll-up information related to industry trends and risks
• Be capable of presenting to executives and Board members with CLO and senior legal leaders

Skills

Legal experience

JD degree

AI/ML expertise

Engineering background

Patent attorney

OSS licensing

Collaboration

Project management

Education

J.D. degree

Engineering or CS background

Job description

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.

Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

Given Cohesity’s role in the rapid adoption and expansion of AI/ML capabilities and uses across organizations, we are heavily investing in building and advocating the responsible use of AI as applied to sensitive data within the enterprise setting. We are seeking to bring in a thought leader and subject matter expert within the legal department to play a key role during this rapidly evolving and transformative era in technology, given the associated regulatory and legal backdrop as it changes in real-time. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced attorney to join the Cohesity in-house Legal team. Reporting directly to the VP of IP&P, you will be the lead IP attorney for all Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) issues. You will be an integral part of our AI/ML compliance team, serving as a subject matter expert on emerging AI/ML trends, regulations and technology. You will support Cohesity’s engineering and business teams as they develop and deploy AI/ML foundation models, tools, and associated data. You will partner closely with our AI product team, Open Source Software (OSS) legal team, Data/privacy experts, and patent teams for AI/ML matters.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

• Be responsible for all AI/ML legal issues, coordinating cross-functionally, as well as within legal
• Influence product development plans related to legal and compliance use cases that benefit our customers
• Collaborate with patent team to implement IP protection strategy for AI/ML innovations
• Collaborate with OSS and transactional legal teams to ensure license compliance
• Collaborate across legal regarding adjacent contractual, privacy and regulatory implications
• Advise/negotiate on AI/ML contractual provisions and create AI/ML playbook provisions
• Build processes and tools to scale compliance support for AI/ML products and services
• Prepare and provide AI/ML trainings to internal stakeholders
• Counsel on legal risk mitigation through technical architecture and product design
• Develop positive, strong, and collaborative relationships with multiple cross-functional partners (e.g., Engineering, Product Management, Product Security, Info Sec and other Legal teams) to identify and proactively protect products, projects, and services
• Drive special projects, including establishing strategies, guidelines, processes, and procedures, to enable the IP and broader legal team to provide best in class service to its partners
• Provide executive roll-up information related to industry trends and risks
• Be capable of presenting to executives and Board members along with the CLO and other senior members of legal

WE’D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• 10+ years of legal experience in a law firm and corporate environment
• JD degree with excellent academic credentials
• Substantive AI/ML technical and legal expertise
• Degree in engineering or computer science preferred
• Registered Patent attorney with in prior in-house patent experience highly preferred
• Open source licensing experience preferred
• Passion for AI and learning new areas of technology and evolving IP law
• Highly collaborative, patient and capable of finding effective methods to influence diverse groups of people and functions across the company
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills that is capable of proposing solutions to IP complex issues
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous projects in a fast paced environment
• Team oriented mindset with strong ethics and integrity, sound judgment, and ability to concisely identify solutions addressed to multiple needs
• Superb written and verbal communication skills for all business levels including executives/board
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.

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Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in ourcomprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$232,200.00-$258,000.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

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In-Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.

We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.