Head of Legal

The role

You will lead legal strategy as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team. You will handle AI, data and privacy questions, commercial agreements with leading AI labs, and build the legal function from the ground up.

What you will do

• Lead legal strategy across the business, 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 the legal function, including its processes, infrastructure, and eventually, team.

Required qualifications

• 5 to 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.

Nice to have

• Experience working in-house at a technology company, including through a secondment.
• Exposure to litigation, disputes, or complex regulatory matters.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% coverage for most plans.
• FSA, HSA, and 401(k) access.
• Daily meals, snacks, and beverages at the office.
• Unlimited company-sponsored Barry's classes.

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is offered for H-1B transfers, H-1B1, O-1, E-3, and TN. STEM OPT candidates are also hired.
• If you are on OPT, you need a path to one of the listed visas before your OPT ends.

About the company

David AI builds data and evaluation infrastructure to help leading AI companies build better voice models and agents. Founded in 2024, it is a Series B company with about 70 people in San Francisco and New York City.