Associate General Counsel, AI Product

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 233,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's AI Partnerships Legal team is seeking a Commercial Counsel to support the full range of commercial work powering Meta's AI ambitions, with a focus on bringing consumer apps and models to market across the ecosystem.

You will counsel on AI product licensing, distribution deals with CSPs, data rights, and enterprise partnerships, collaborating with product, engineering, policy, and business development to move deals quickly in a rapidly evolving space.

Qualifications

• J.D. and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of legal experience focused on technology transactions, licensing, or partnerships.
• Experience structuring and negotiating complex cloud/SaaS/tech deals.
• Ability to work independently and drive deals to close with minimal oversight.
• Experience handling risk in evolving regulatory environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial legal counsel to teams building AI-powered consumer experiences across Meta apps.
• Structure, negotiate, and close distribution agreements with CSPs and other channels.
• Lead or support complex AI technology deals, including partnerships and licensing.
• Advise on data acquisition and licensing for model training and product development.
• Collaborate with BD, product, engineering, policy and other teams to enable fast-moving activity.

Skills

Tech transactions

Commercial licensing

Strategic partnerships

Independent work

Regulatory risk

Education

J.D. and bar admission (US)

Job description

Summary:

Meta's Legal team is looking for a Commercial Counsel to join our AI Partnerships Legal group. This role will support the full range of commercial legal work powering Meta's AI ambitions — with a particular focus on bringing our consumer apps and models to market across the broader ecosystem.

About the Team

The AI Partnerships Legal team supports Meta's most commercially significant AI relationships — from frontier model partnerships and data licensing to ecosystem distribution and product integrations. The work is fast-paced, high-visibility, and directly tied to Meta's AI strategy.

Required Skills:

Associate General Counsel, AI Product Responsibilities:

1. Provide commercial legal counsel to teams building and shipping AI-powered consumer experiences across Meta's family of apps, including Muse, Meta's personal AI agent. This includes the third-party relationships that power agentic capabilities and the novel questions that come with an agent acting on a user's behalf
2. Serve as a legal partner for efforts to distribute Meta's AI models through cloud service providers (CSPs), open source channels, and other go-to-market pathways. Structure, negotiate, and close distribution agreements that enable broad model availability while protecting Meta's interests
3. Lead or support complex commercial deals involving AI technology — including strategic partnerships, joint development arrangements, and enterprise licensing
4. Advise on data acquisition and licensing transactions that fuel model training and product development, including negotiating inbound and outbound data rights
5. Work closely with business development, product, engineering, policy, and other legal teams to enable fast-moving commercial activity in a rapidly evolving space

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. J.D. (or equivalent) and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
2. 10+ years of legal experience, with meaningful time spent on technology transactions, commercial licensing, or strategic partnerships
3. Experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial agreements (cloud, SaaS, platform, or similar technology deals)
4. Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and drive deals to close with minimal oversight
5. Experience exercising legal judgment on risk in ambiguous or evolving regulatory environments and comfortable advising where the law is unsettled or evolving

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
2. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
3. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development and staying current with emerging AI technologies
4. Experience supporting go-to-market or partnership strategies for technology products and platforms
5. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
6. Prior in-house experience at a technology company operating at scale
7. Experience advising on AI or emerging technology products, including licensing, distribution, or commercialization

Public Compensation:

$233,000/year to $313,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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