Global AI Governance Counsel

111 CRMC Capital Research & Mgmt; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 354,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Group is seeking a strategic Legal & Compliance leader to design and operationalize AI policies, governance frameworks, and risk assessments for an enterprise AI program. The role spans investment research, client tools, HR processes, and operations on a global scale.

The ideal candidate will have 3–4 years’ technology transactions and regulatory experience, strong negotiation skills for IT vendor contracts, and fluency in coordinating multijurisdictional teams (US, EU, Asia).

Qualifications

• JD + active CA or NY Bar (or eligible for CA or NY Registered 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, such as for AI enable contract markup and intelligence systems
• Proven ability to coordinate complex, multijurisdictional projects (U.S. hub with EU/Asia input)

Responsibilities

• Design, iterate, and operationalize global AI policies, governance frameworks, experimentation protocols, risk assessments, and playbooks spanning investment research/management, client facing tools, HR/talent processes, and operational automation
• Ensure multijurisdictional alignment (EU AI Act high-risk considerations, GDPR, emerging U.S. and Asia frameworks) with smooth cross time zone coordination
• Leverage experience with 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

Skills

Legal experience

AI governance

Contract negotiation

Regulatory counseling

Education

JD + CA/NY Bar

Job description

Capital Group is seeking a strategic Legal & Compliance leader to design and operationalize AI policies, governance frameworks, and risk assessments for an enterprise AI program. The role spans investment research, client tools, HR processes, and operations on a global scale.

The ideal candidate will have 3–4 years’ technology transactions and regulatory experience, strong negotiation skills for IT vendor contracts, and fluency in coordinating multijurisdictional teams (US, EU, Asia).