Senior Regulatory Counsel, AI Compliance & Rulemaking

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior regulatory law professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in regulatory compliance and government affairs contexts.

The role spans two tracks: a US track (Administrative Procedure Act and agency-specific statutes such as SEC, FDA, FTC rules) and an International track (EU regulatory frameworks and UK regulatory bodies). Experts qualified in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling and understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking work.
• JD with bar admission or international equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations and enforcement actions, and rulemaking or comment processes.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation, healthcare and FDA regulation, antitrust and competition law, data privacy and cybersecurity regulation, and environmental and energy regulation.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms, compliance management systems, and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies to produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school recall.

Skills

Regulatory law

Compliance counsel

Regulatory tooling

Education

JD with bar admission

International equivalen

Tools

Regulatory tracking platforms

Compliance management systems

Agency filing systems

Job description

Mercor is seeking senior regulatory law professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in regulatory compliance and government affairs contexts.

The role spans two tracks: a US track (Administrative Procedure Act and agency-specific statutes such as SEC, FDA, FTC rules) and an International track (EU regulatory frameworks and UK regulatory bodies). Experts qualified in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply.