Legal Counsel (AI)

TL;DR

Legal Counsel (AI): Drafting and negotiating high-volume commercial agreements while supporting corporate governance, privacy, regulatory compliance, and AI governance with an accent on contract execution, legal risk management, and process optimization. Focus on building scalable contract playbooks, operationalizing global regulatory requirements, and advising cross-functional stakeholders on complex commercial and corporate matters.

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina; in-office at least 3 days per week. Applicants must be Raleigh-based.

Company

hirify.global provides a cloud database and operational data platform for modern applications, including AI workloads, serving enterprise customers from cloud to edge.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and independently negotiate buy-side vendor contracts, statements of work, customer agreements, and sales orders.
• Create and maintain commercial templates, negotiation playbooks, and fallback language.
• Streamline the contracting lifecycle, including repositories, reporting, and integrations with procurement and sales tools.
• Advise on privacy, AI governance, international regulatory compliance, and import/export controls.
• Support entity maintenance, corporate governance, compliance policies, and routine commercial, vendor, and employee dispute resolution.
• Partner with sales, procurement, HR, finance, information security, privacy, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active admission to practice law in North Carolina, or eligibility for an NC in-house counsel license.
• 2–4 years of relevant legal experience with substantial commercial contract drafting and negotiation.
• Ability to independently manage end-to-end commercial contract negotiations.
• Knowledge of employment law basics, intellectual property oversight, corporate governance, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong legal drafting, communication, collaboration, and process improvement skills.
• Must be Raleigh-based and able to work in the office at least 3 days per week.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible time off to support personal and family needs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, wellness, and employee assistance programs.
• Retirement program and business travel insurance.
• Career growth and employee development programs.
• Ergonomic in-office and work-from-home setup, with food and snacks for in-office employees.
• Inclusive workplace supporting diverse backgrounds and reasonable accommodations.