AI Strategist, Corporate Law

Hebbia AI•New York, NY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Hebbia is seeking an AI Strategist with a background in corporate law to join their AI Strategy Team. This role involves applying cutting-edge AI, building domain expertise in financial and legal workflows, and acting as a core advisor to customers. The AI Strategist will drive value-backed growth, optimize processes for scale, and operate with autonomy in a fast-moving environment. This is a strategic, post-sales role focused on the deployment and measurable value creation of Hebbia’s AI platform within top global financial institutions, transforming how AI is used in the enterprise. The position is based in the SoHo office and requires 5 days per week in the office.

Requirements

A law degree (LLB, JD, or equivalent) is required; professional legal qualification and practising status are not required.
At least 5–7 years of commercial legal experience required, with a strong preference for candidates trained in private equity, M&A, leveraged finance, debt capital markets (DCM), investment funds, or comparable transactional practises at a leading law firm.
Strong ownership mindset with a demonstrated track record of outperformance, value creation, and expanded responsibilities.
Experience and comfort with leading LLM models and tools; we want to hear about what you’ve built/tested/researched.

Nice To Haves

8+ years of client-facing experience with an emphasis on relationship-building.
Strong commercial acumen and experience driving revenue expansion, particularly deploying AI/SaaS into enterprise organizations.
Technical startup and/or founder experience, building systems and processes for scale.
LLM technical knowledge and practical experience implementing into professional workflows.

Responsibilities

Develop expertise with leading LLMs (Opus 4.6, GPT-5.2, Gemini 3, etc.), become a SME in Hebbia’s product and features, and apply to complex professional settings and workflows.
Develop an intimate understanding of the complex banking, financial and legal workflows of our users (e.g., credit agreements, lease documents, etc.).
Deeply understand our customer stakeholders, drive value and growth as a trusted AI advisor.
Identify and capture value with customers, serving as a key driver of our land-and-expand commercial strategy.
Define and constantly enhance internal processes and workflows to shape the post-sales team and improve our customer experience.
Operate with autonomy and clarity in fast-moving, unstructured environments - quickly distill complex problems, learn on the fly, and drive toward actionable solutions across customer and product needs.