Senior Counsel, AI & Product (AI)

Location: US Remote. Headquarters are in Glendale, California, but this role is remote and the stated salary ranges apply to candidates in the United States.

Salary: $218,300–$327,500 USD for Zone 1 locations (CA, CT, DC, MD, MA, NJ, NY, VA, WA); $204,000–$306,000 USD for all other US locations. Additional annual bonus, equity, and benefits are included.

Company

hirify.global builds an operating system for the trades, including AI-enabled features across its B2B SaaS platform.

What you will do

• Provide practical legal counsel across the product life cycle, from ideation through launch and ongoing operations, for AI-enabled features and other product capabilities.
• Administer the AI governance program, including AI Inventory intake, AI Impact Assessment review, risk-tiered workflows, legal sign-off, and evolving AI Design Guidelines.
• Assess legal and regulatory risks involving generative AI, automated decision-making, algorithmic scoring, employee- and customer-facing automation, and AI tools used internally or distributed to customers.
• Define contractual safeguards for AI vendors and integrations, and monitor emerging legislation including state automated decision-making rules and the Colorado AI Act.
• Review AI-related product claims with Marketing and Commercial Legal to ensure they are accurate and substantiated.
• Build playbooks, templates, training, and repeatable processes while coordinating judgment across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, Marketing, Privacy, Commercial, Litigation, and IP.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and membership in at least one US state bar.
• 8–10 years of combined law firm and in-house experience counseling technology companies on product development, data, and emerging-technology legal issues.
• Meaningful hands-on experience advising on generative AI governance, deployment, or compliance; recent applied experience is weighted more heavily than total tenure in this niche.
• Working knowledge of US consumer protection and communications law, including TCPA; biometric privacy statutes such as BIPA; and state automated decision-making and AI laws, including California CCPA ADMT rules and the Colorado AI Act.
• Experience advising non-product functions on AI-powered tools, vendor risk, data handling practices, and deployment safeguards.
• Technology industry experience in a B2B SaaS company.
• Pragmatic, business-oriented problem solving with strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical and legal complexity into clear, actionable guidance.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing organizational needs.

Nice to have

• Experience with automated decision-making, algorithmic systems, or data-driven products such as ad tech, biometric technology, scoring, eligibility systems, or earlier-generation ML features.
• Experience building or operating an AI governance program involving AI inventories, impact assessments, and cross-functional review workflows.
• B2B SaaS experience where compliance decisions affect real-world business and consumer outcomes.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with flextime, recognition, and support for autonomous work.
• Flexible time off, learning and development opportunities, comprehensive onboarding, leadership training, and career programs.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, with employer-paid options and dependent coverage, plus FSA, HSA, 401(k) match, and telehealth.
• Parental leave and support, fertility services up to $20,000, surrogacy and adoption reimbursement, maternity support, breast milk shipping, pet insurance, legal advisory services, and financial planning tools.
• Annual bonus, equity, and a commitment to fair and equitable compensation.