Regulatory Legal Counsel (AI)

Location: London, England, United Kingdom; in-office 5 days per week. Other listed locations: Ireland and the UK.

Company

xAI/SpaceXSI is building a full super-intelligence stack, including Colossus supercomputers, Grok models and products such as Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice and X.

What you will do

• Advise on implementation and compliance with EU, UK and other EMEA digital regulations, including the EU AI Act, DSA, UK OSA, AVMSD, Ireland's Online Safety Code and the eCommerce Directive.
• Support regulatory engagement and investigations involving the European Commission, EU AI Office, Ofcom, Coimisiún na Meán and other regulators.
• Work with Safety, Product and Engineering to assess features and AI products, including systemic and illegal-content risks, age assurance, protection of minors, content moderation, user reporting, advertising transparency, researcher data access and AI transparency and labeling.
• Track legislation, codes of practice, guidelines and enforcement trends across EMEA and translate them into practical product guidance.
• Build scalable compliance processes, templates and playbooks, and align positions across Compliance, Product Counsel, Privacy, Litigation and Policy.
• Manage outside counsel cost-consciously and support broader legal-department needs while using AI products daily to accelerate learning and productivity.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in good standing, ideally in the UK and/or EU.
• Ideally 5+ years of legal experience in technology, platform or digital regulation at a top-tier law firm, technology company or regulator.
• Strong working knowledge of the DSA and/or UK OSA.
• Strong understanding of the legislative process and technology industry.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas succinctly and impactfully.
• Ability to work effectively with technical and non-legal teams and understand how products work.
• Strong ownership, sound judgment and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to working in the office 5 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with the EU AI Act, AVMSD or Ireland's Online Safety Code.
• Experience responding to regulatory information requests or investigations from the European Commission, Ofcom or Coimisiún na Meán.
• In-house or secondment experience at a social media, consumer platform or AI company.
• Familiarity with GDPR, consumer protection and advertising regulation.
• Contentious experience.
• Additional European languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Close collaboration with Safety, Product, Engineering, Policy, Compliance and Legal teams.
• Fast-paced environment requiring ownership, sound judgment and management of multiple priorities.
• Daily use of AI products to support learning and productivity.