AI Product & Commercial Counsel (Generative AI)

Location: Remote; preferred near offices in New York City or San Francisco, with hiring open around the United States.

Salary: $230,000–$290,000 annually for candidates in the U.S.

Company

Runway develops generative AI video products and world models that simulate the world by combining art and science.

What you will do

• Advise on product legal matters from design through launch, providing pragmatic, product-focused guidance.
• Support AI product development and integrations by creating playbooks and streamlining legal review for data partnerships, IP and model licensing, procurement, reseller, marketplace, robotics, hardware, and compute agreements.
• Close strategic partner and customer deals, including B2B SaaS contracts for generative AI products and APIs, DPAs, and order forms.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the technical aspects of generative AI products to inform legal advice.
• Track and help shape technical, legal, and policy developments in AI and translate them into practical product guidance.
• Scale the legal team’s impact through enablement, self-service resources, and AI-enabled automation.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience, including in-house experience at a fast-paced technology company.
• Experience advising product development leaders and executives across a broad range of issues, especially intellectual property and privacy.
• Experience closing partnership and go-to-market deals, including data partnerships, IP and model licensing, robotics, hardware, compute, reseller, partner, customer, and vendor agreements.
• Experience providing practical recommendations to senior leaders with limited time and information.
• J.D. and admission in good standing with at least one state bar.

Nice to have

• Understanding of and interest in generative AI models and agentic workflows.
• Experience closing strategic, IP-heavy partnerships.
• Experience in both B2C and B2B industries and in product-led and enterprise businesses.
• Experience closing B2B SaaS customer deals.
• Big Law and/or hypergrowth technology startup experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work remotely, with a preference for candidates near the New York City or San Francisco offices.
• Open to hiring around the United States for the right candidate.
• Commitment to diversity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and pay equity.
• Salary ranges are based on market rates, experience, skill level, qualifications, and internal equity.