Counsel

Capital Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 208,245 - 354,017; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous health benefits

Matching gifts for charitable contributions

Access to professional development resources

Job summary

Capital Group in Los Angeles is looking for a Legal & Compliance specialist to drive the governance of AI programs. This role requires a JD with an active CA or NY Bar license and 3-4 years of experience in technology transactions or financial service laws. The position involves designing AI governance frameworks, ensuring regulatory compliance across jurisdictions, and leveraging experiences in contract negotiations. Benefits include generous time away, health options, and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years experience in law focusing on technology transactions or financial services regulatory counseling.
• Demonstrated success operationalizing AI governance frameworks.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and operationalize global AI policies and governance frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with multijurisdictional regulations.
• Leverage experience to build scalable AI vendor templates.

Skills

Negotiating contracts

AI governance frameworks

Communication skills

Education

JD plus active CA or NY Bar

Tools

Legal tech platforms

Contract management software

Job description

Position Overview

Join a high‑caliber Legal & Compliance team building and scaling a global AI enterprise program at a leading asset manager. This strategic role focuses on designing and operationalizing AI policies and governance frameworks to enable responsible innovation across investment, client‑facing, HR, and operational AI use cases. The work is global and requires coordination with stakeholders in Europe, Canada, and Asia.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, iterate, and operationalize global AI policies, governance frameworks, experimentation protocols, risk assessments, and playbooks across investment research, client‑facing tools, HR/talent processes, and operational automation.
• Ensure multijurisdictional alignment (EU AI Act, GDPR, emerging U.S. and Asian frameworks) with smooth cross‑time‑zone coordination.
• Leverage experience negotiating third‑party data vendor, SaaS and AI provider contracts to build scalable AI/cloud/data vendor templates and negotiation playbooks that integrate information security and global risk requirements.
• Partner with investment teams, client groups, HR, compliance, information security, data office, procurement, and global risk to embed pragmatic guardrails into high‑impact AI initiatives.
• Provide clear, commercially oriented guidance, training, and governance committee support to accelerate responsible innovation and risk‑aware decisions.
• Track regulatory and technology developments across the U.S., Canada, EU, and Asia and translate insights into actionable framework updates.
• Support governance decisions around complex AI applications such as model‑supported research workflows, generative AI client tools, and automated HR analytics.

Required Qualifications

• JD plus active CA or NY Bar (or eligible for CA or NY In‑House Counsel registration).
• 3‑4 years experience in law focusing on technology transactions, data/privacy, or financial services regulatory counseling.
• Demonstrated success designing or operationalizing AI governance frameworks with practical integration of regulatory requirements, information security and global risk.
• Strong transactional foundation with experience negotiating IT vendor, SaaS and AI provider contracts and developing AI/cloud/data templates and playbooks.
• Proven ability to coordinate complex, multijurisdictional projects.
• Demonstrated experimentation with AI tools in legal practice.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with credibility across senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3‑4 years experience with a top‑tier law firm and/or a leading AI‑focused financial services in‑house legal team.
• Experience with generative AI in investment, client‑facing, or HR applications.
• Familiarity with legal tech or contract AI platforms and prior work building or experimenting with AI agents for Legal & Compliance use cases.
• Regional familiarity with Europe and Asia regulatory considerations and/or additional language fluency.

Benefits

• Generous time‑away and health benefits from day one, with flexible work options.
• 2‑for‑1 matching gifts for charitable contributions and opportunities to secure annual grants.
• Access to on‑demand professional development resources.

Compensation

Southern California Base Salary Range: $208,245‑$354,017. New York Base Salary Range: $220,768‑$375,306.

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, you will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, Capital's annual profitability bonus, and a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings. Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above compensation and benefit plans.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.