Legal Counsel, DeepMind
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Minimum qualifications:
- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
- Experience advising globally on a range of commercial and research matters, including intellectual property, data, and privacy issues.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in legal contributions to AI research and development as in-house legal counsel at a technology company.
- Experience in advising research, engineering and product teams in any of the following: frontier AI space, national security, cybersecurity, data licensing for AI purposes, AI safety, life sciences, materials, or AI within education and healthcare.
- Experience in content licensing, or AI safety or cybersecurity red-teaming, or testing agreements.
- Understanding of opportunities and risks of AI models and systems, including AI agents.
About the job
Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.
US: $217000 - $314000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, and discuss complex commercial agreements associated with DeepMind’s research, product, and operational activities, primarily focusing on content partnerships, collaboration agreements, technology Research and Development (R&D) agreements, and services agreements.
- Assist in providing impactful legal advice to a range of functional areas within DeepMind for the smooth and efficient running of the business on a day-to-day basis, including advising on contractual structuring, conducting legal research, and advising executive stakeholders on legal risks.
- Support key initiatives across all GDM’s efforts.
- Support the Legal team’s initiatives to manage and track OKRs, coordinate legal processes, and report on key legal metrics in support of high-level team strategies.
- Act as a critical bridge between engineering and legal by understanding deeply technical safety and security requirements and transforming them into scalable legal frameworks and agreement terms.
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