Senior Regulatory Counsel & AI Training Lead

Mercor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor in Chicago seeks senior regulatory law professionals to design evaluation tasks for AI systems within regulatory compliance and government affairs contexts. The role spans US (Administrative Procedure Act; agency statutes) and International (EU/UK) frameworks, requiring ownership of regulatory programs and enforcement matters.

Ideal candidates possess JD with bar admission and deep experience with regulatory tooling, agency rulemaking, and compliance documentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking actually work.
• A JD with bar admission or international equivalent is strongly preferred; rubric/training authorship is a plus.

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 acrossregulated 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 or bar exam-level recall.

Skills

Regulatory law

Compliance counsel

Agency interactions

Regulatory tooling

Education

JD with bar admission

Tools

Regulatory tracking platforms

Compliance management systems

Agency filing systems

Job description

Mercor in Chicago seeks senior regulatory law professionals to design evaluation tasks for AI systems within regulatory compliance and government affairs contexts. The role spans US (Administrative Procedure Act; agency statutes) and International (EU/UK) frameworks, requiring ownership of regulatory programs and enforcement matters.

Ideal candidates possess JD with bar admission and deep experience with regulatory tooling, agency rulemaking, and compliance documentation.