Senior Counsel, Litigation (Safety)

The role

This person will provide legal advice on global litigation matters including products liability, mass torts, and model output liability. They will manage outside counsel and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop legal strategies.

What you will do

• 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.

Required qualifications

• At least 10+ years of combined litigation experience, including several inhouse at software/online technology companies.
• This will not be your first inhouse role.
• Prior experience working on MDLs/JCCPs and other large litigations.
• JD
• License or qualification to practice in CA

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.