Senior Counsel, Product Legal (AI)

Location: Hybrid role based in Morrisville/Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Waltham, Massachusetts; or San Jose, California, United States. Other hirify.global office locations may be considered.

Salary: 196,350–260,000 USD target range; final compensation may vary by location, qualifications, experience, and education.

Company

hirify.global provides intelligent data infrastructure, enterprise storage, cloud and hybrid-cloud data management, unified storage, and data services across major cloud platforms.

What you will do

• Advise cloud storage, data management, software, SaaS, hardware, and intelligent data products as a strategic business partner.
• Support product teams throughout conception, design, MVP, go-to-market, general availability, support, and end-of-life stages.
• Advise on AI and LLM deployment, open-source and IP licensing, data privacy and security, compliance, and technology transactions.
• Develop scalable legal review and product launch processes, tracking dependencies and approvals across stakeholders.
• Structure and draft product-specific terms, SDK and API licenses, terms of use, product policies, and commercial templates.
• Support revenue modeling and negotiate partner, OEM, licensing, SaaS, professional services, hosted services, and strategic partnership agreements.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in a law firm or in-house practice supporting technology transactions or product development in hardware, software, cloud services, or SaaS markets.
• Experience with technology product lifecycle management and guiding products through launch processes.
• Knowledge of IP, product development, commercial and go-to-market matters, data privacy and security, compliance, software, SaaS, IP licensing, and strategic partnerships.
• Substantial experience advising, structuring, drafting, and negotiating technology transactions, including partner agreements, OEM relationships, inbound and outbound licenses, strategic alliances, SaaS, and professional or hosted services agreements.
• JD and admission to a bar in any jurisdiction in good standing.
• Ability to develop in-depth knowledge of hirify.global’s data storage and management solutions and provide pragmatic, business-focused legal advice.
• Self-starter mindset, proactive client engagement, comfort with ambiguity, and a record of building credibility with and influencing cross-functional teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working environment with some level of in-office or in-person expectations.
• Health insurance, life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, performance-based incentives, employee stock purchase plans, and possible restricted stock units, subject to regional variations.
• Culture emphasizing initiative, impact, ownership, flexibility, inclusion, and collaboration.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed only when submitted through the hirify.global company website; emailing employees, recruiters, or Human Resources does not influence the application.
• Some hiring stages may use AI-assisted evaluation tools, and candidates may request an alternative process by emailing a resume and job ID with “Data Privacy Request” in the subject line.