David AI Head of Legal role at David AI involves leading legal strategy and navigating complex AI, data, and privacy legal questions. The role includes building and scaling the legal function and advising on commercial and regulatory matters.
Responsibilities
We're hiring a Head of Legal, our founding legal hire, working closely with our executive team.
Given the nature of our business, we view legal as a strategic function that can help us build a stronger competitive moat and accelerate our growth, not just a back-office function. You'll have broad ownership across the company, navigating complex legal questions at the frontier of AI while building our legal function from the ground up.
Lead legal strategy across the business, serving as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team.
Navigate complex AI, data, and privacy questions related to data acquisition, AI model training, and evaluation.
Own commercial and transactional legal work, including negotiating agreements with the world's leading AI labs.
Advise across a broad range of corporate, regulatory, and legal matters, working with external counsel where appropriate.
Build and scale our legal function, including its processes, infrastructure, and eventually, team.
Qualification
5–12 years of post-JD experienceExceptional intellectual horsepowerExperience with AIA bias for actionExposure to litigation
Required
5–12 years of post-JD experience, including experience at an elite law firm.
Exceptional intellectual horsepower, attention to detail, and legal judgment.
Demonstrated versatility across legal disciplines, with the ability to quickly develop expertise in unfamiliar areas.
Experience with AI, data, or privacy matters, and strong commercial or transactional experience.
A bias for action, comfort operating in ambiguity, and the ability to move quickly without sacrificing rigor.
A business-oriented mindset and genuine excitement about helping build a fast-growing AI company.
Preferred
Experience working in-house at a technology company, including through a secondment.
Exposure to litigation, disputes, or complex regulatory matters.
