Senior Legal AI Project Lead

TalentPluto, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentPluto, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Lead for the legal vertical in San Francisco to define what “correct” looks like in AI-driven legal datasets and evaluations. You will partner with frontier AI labs, scoping and delivering data-driven legal studies and evaluations that enhance model reasoning about the law.

This client-facing, high-ownership role requires a trained lawyer with comfort using data and AI tools, collaborating with a small, focused team to drive results.

Qualifications

• JD or equivalent legal qualification.
• 3+ years practicing law at a leading firm, in-house at a sophisticated company, at a government or regulatory body, or at a legal AI startup.
• Substantive legal track record in drafting, negotiating, litigating, or advising, with deep command of legal reasoning and research methodology.
• Comfort working with data and AI tools.
• High agency in ambiguous environments and a competitive track record.
• Collaborative, humble, low-ego working style with strong client-facing skills.
• Bonus: Python or hands-on data analysis; legal technology, e-discovery, or contract analytics experience; technically demanding practice areas such as securities, antitrust, tax, or patent prosecution; multi-jurisdictional experience.
• Able to work onsite in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Own legal-domain engagements with frontier AI lab researchers end to end, from scoping to delivery.
• Define quality standards and rubrics for what a correct legal answer looks like across practice areas.
• Translate lab requirements into clear specifications for legal datasets and evaluations.
• Recruit, guide, and quality-check a network of legal domain experts producing the data.
• Use data analysis and AI tools to review output, spot gaps, and improve throughput.
• Coordinate with engineering and operations teams to deliver on time and at a high bar.

Skills

Data tools

Client-facing skills

Collaboration

Education

JD or equivalent legal qualification

Tools

Python

Job description

TalentPluto, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Lead for the legal vertical in San Francisco to define what “correct” looks like in AI-driven legal datasets and evaluations. You will partner with frontier AI labs, scoping and delivering data-driven legal studies and evaluations that enhance model reasoning about the law.

This client-facing, high-ownership role requires a trained lawyer with comfort using data and AI tools, collaborating with a small, focused team to drive results.