Senior Counsel, Litigation (Safety)
OpenAI
Summary
We're growing our world-class Litigation and Regulatory team and seek an experienced counsel to support litigation matters related to AI model outputs, such as products liability and mass torts. This role is highly cross-functional across OpenAI, including work across our Legal, Communications, Global Affairs, and Executive teams. This role reports to our Deputy General Counsel.
Job description
About the Role
We're growing our world-class Litigation and Regulatory team and seek an experienced counsel to support litigation matters related to AI model outputs, such as products liability and mass torts. This role is highly cross-functional across OpenAI, including work across our Legal, Communications, Global Affairs, and Executive teams. This role reports to our Deputy General Counsel.
In this role, you will:
- Provide legal advice and counsel on a wide range of global litigation matters, including first-of-kind products liability, mass torts, model output liability, and commercial disputes.
- Manage and oversee outside counsel in all aspects of litigation matters, including discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, and settlement negotiations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant information, assess risk, and develop legal strategies to resolve disputes.
- Stay current on relevant laws, regulations, and industry trends, and provide updates and legal guidance to company leadership and stakeholders.
You might thrive in this role if you:
- Have at least 10+ years of combined litigation experience, including several inhouse at software/online technology companies. This will not be your first inhouse role.
- Have prior experience working on MDLs/JCCPs and other large litigations.
- Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about AI technology/online platforms, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous/unstructured/dynamic situations.
- Have a JD and license or qualification to practice in CA
Requirements
- At least 10+ years of combined litigation experience
- Several years in-house at software/online technology companies
- Prior experience working on MDLs/JCCPs and other large litigations
- Strong sense of ownership and sound judgment in ambiguous situations
- Enthusiastic about AI technology/online platforms
- JD degree
- License or qualification to practice law in California
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Commuter Expenses
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Medical Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Sick Time
- Mental Health Support
- Life Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Learning & Development Stipend
- Daily Meals
- Relocation Support
- Wellness Stipends
- Charitable Donation Matching
Company overview
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory and company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman, OpenAI initially operated as a non-profit research organization before transitioning to a capped-profit model. The company's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. OpenAI has developed groundbreaking AI technologies including GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models, DALL-E for image generation, and Codex for programming assistance. Their most notable product, ChatGPT, has revolutionized human-AI interaction and brought large language models to mainstream audiences. OpenAI conducts cutting-edge research in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning, while also developing practical AI applications that are transforming industries worldwide.