Senior AI/ML Product Counsel, In-House

Cohesity; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Health and wellness benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Cohesity is seeking a highly experienced attorney to lead AI/ML IP and privacy initiatives within its in-house Legal team. Reporting to the VP of IP&P, you will guide AI/ML risk management, licensing, and cross-functional governance across engineering and product teams.

You will drive IP protection strategies, OSS licensing compliance, and regulatory alignment while collaborating with data/privacy, patent teams, and product security. This role blends legal acumen with technical insight.

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 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
• Strong project management and organizational skills in a fast-paced environment

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 relationships with cross-functional partners to protect products and services
• Drive special projects establishing strategies, guidelines, processes for the IP/legal team
• Provide executive roll-up information related to industry trends and risks
• Present to executives and board members alongside CLO and senior legal team

Skills

Legal experience

Collaborative skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Engineering or CS degree preferred

Tools

Open source licensing

Job description

Cohesity is seeking a highly experienced attorney to lead AI/ML IP and privacy initiatives within its in-house Legal team. Reporting to the VP of IP&P, you will guide AI/ML risk management, licensing, and cross-functional governance across engineering and product teams.

You will drive IP protection strategies, OSS licensing compliance, and regulatory alignment while collaborating with data/privacy, patent teams, and product security. This role blends legal acumen with technical insight.