Reflection AI · 18 hours ago
Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expReflection AI is focused on building open superintelligence and making it accessible to all. They are seeking a dedicated product & regulatory attorney to build and scale legal and compliance frameworks for their AI model development, ensuring adherence to emerging regulations and public trust expectations.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Provide legal and regulatory advice across the full model lifecycle, partnering with product, research, engineering, safety, and operations teams to embed 'legal by design' and 'safety by design' principles
Advise on the use of third-party, synthetic, and open-source data and models, ensuring compliance with data licensing, provenance, and attribution requirements
Design and implement policies for model and dataset publication under open-weights licenses, including governance documentation and responsible release frameworks
Develop and maintain internal policies, guardrails and playbooks addressing acceptable use, red teaming, misuse monitoring, adversarial testing, and model deprecation
Lead cross-functional risk governance (e.g., release committees, safety reviews and escalation paths)
Advise on model licensing regimes, open-source frameworks, and downstream usage rights
Monitor and interpret emerging AI, data, and export-control regulations, advising on global compliance for model development and commercialization
Oversee and help evolve the company’s global privacy program, including GDPR/CCPA/DPA compliance, DPIAs, and privacy-by-design reviews in coordination with information security and trust teams
Track and brief leadership on AI regulatory, safety, and ethics trends, including proposed legislation, standards, and industry codes of conduct
Advise on regulatory engagement and external advocacy, including responding to inquiries, participating in consultations, and liaising with agencies on emerging AI rules
Qualification
Required
J.D. or equivalent legal degree; active bar membership; eligibility to be admitted where needed
8–12+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or technology company or regulatory agency, ideally with some combination of in-house and law firm experience, with significant exposure to AI/ML, data science, or advanced technology regulation
Proven experience advising on regulated technology, privacy, cybersecurity, or similar complex compliance regimes, building credibility with product and engineering teams
Strong understanding of global privacy regimes (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, UK GDPR and others) and cross-border data transfer rules
Demonstrated ability to partner with engineering and research teams, translate complex technical concepts into practical legal guidance, and build scalable frameworks
Excellent judgment in balancing legal, safety, and business tradeoffs in emerging regulatory areas
Preferred
Familiarity with model evaluation, interpretability, or safety frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OECD AI Principles)
Experience engaging with regulators, standards bodies, or contributing to AI policy development
Prior leadership experience successfully scaling product and regulatory legal functions
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
Fully paid parental leave for all new parents, including adoptive and surrogate journeys.
Financial support for family planning.
Paid time off when you need it, relocation support, and more perks that optimize your time.
Lunch and dinner are provided daily.
Regular off-sites and team celebrations.
Company
Reflection AI
Frontier open intelligence accessible to all. Our team previously built frontier LLMs at labs like DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase