Strategic Projects Lead - Legal

The role

You will partner with frontier AI labs to manage legal data and evaluation needs. You will recruit and lead expert contractor teams and design specifications for legal reasoning datasets.

What you will do

• Partner with frontier AI labs on legal data and evaluation needs.
• Recruit and lead practicing attorneys and specialists across practice areas and jurisdictions.
• Design specifications behind legal reasoning datasets and research workflows.
• Build grading standards and evaluation criteria for legal reasoning.
• Own projects from scoping through final delivery.
• Support initiatives across building, analysis, and coordination.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years practicing law at a leading firm, in-house at a sophisticated company, a government or regulatory body, or a legal AI startup.
• JD (or equivalent qualification) and a track record of substantive legal work.
• Deep command of legal reasoning and research methodology.
• High agency and the ability to execute in ambiguity.
• Analytical ability to break down complex legal problems and workflows.
• Genuine passion for AI and interest in entrepreneurship.
• Demonstrated track record of competitive success.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Comfort with data and AI tools.

Nice to have

• Python proficiency or hands-on experience with data analysis.
• Experience with legal technology, e-discovery, contract analytics, or AI-assisted legal workflows.
• Depth in a technically demanding practice area (securities, antitrust, tax, patent prosecution, complex regulatory).
• Multi-jurisdictional or non-US legal experience.
• Experience using AI tools to automate workflows and build products.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Daily UberEats Stipend
• Monthly Wellness Stipend

About the company

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. They serve frontier AI labs to deliver data to power models.