Senior Counsel, Litigation (Safety) at OpenAI · LumiJobs

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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.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
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 12+ 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
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

Senior Counsel, Litigation (Safety)

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