Senior Legal Counsel - AI & Tech Transactions

Generalist; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Generalist is seeking an experienced in-house attorney to own broad commercial, corporate, privacy, and technology matters as the company scales. You will partner with leadership and the AI & Partnerships teams, managing external counsel as needed.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in commercial and corporate law, is comfortable with emerging technologies, and can navigate questions with limited precedent around AI, data, IP, privacy, and new business models.

Qualifications

• JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 6-10+ years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful experience at a technology company, technology-focused law firm, or both.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial technology agreements.
• Ability to independently identify legal issues, assess risk, develop a recommendation, and drive matters to resolution without requiring significant day‑to‑day supervision.
• Strong grounding in corporate and commercial law, with the ability to work across a broad range of legal issues rather than specializing narrowly in a single area.
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts, work effectively with engineering and research teams, and advise on technology, data, intellectual property, privacy, or related legal issues.
• Excellent commercial judgment and an ability to give clear, practical advice rather than simply identifying legal risks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to non‑lawyers.
• Comfort operating in a fast‑moving environment where the applicable law, market norms, and contractual precedent may still be developing.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including strategic partnerships, customer and vendor contracts, pilots, SOWs, NDAs, and other technology transactions; support complex negotiations with Partnerships and company leadership.
• Support financings, fundraising, corporate governance, board and stockholder matters, diligence, and other corporate workstreams, coordinating with external counsel as needed.
• AI, data & technology: Advise on legal issues related to Generalist’s technology, including training data, data-use rights, models and fine-tunes, intellectual property, confidentiality and privacy, deployment, and other emerging AI and robotics issues.
• Legal advice & risk management: Serve as a practical legal advisor across the company, translating legal risk into clear recommendations that help teams move quickly and make sound decisions.
• Legal infrastructure & external counsel: Build scalable templates, playbooks, policies, and processes, and manage outside counsel where specialized support is needed.
• Emerging legal landscape: Stay current on developments in AI, LLMs, robotics, privacy, intellectual property, regulation, market practices, and contractual precedent, and take on new legal issues as they arise.

Skills

Commercial law

Corporate law

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Communication

Technical understanding

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission (US state)

Job description

Generalist is seeking an experienced in-house attorney to own broad commercial, corporate, privacy, and technology matters as the company scales. You will partner with leadership and the AI & Partnerships teams, managing external counsel as needed.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in commercial and corporate law, is comfortable with emerging technologies, and can navigate questions with limited precedent around AI, data, IP, privacy, and new business models.