Counsel

Capital Group•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

“I can be myself at work.” You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace. We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community. “I can influence my income.” You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses. “I can lead a full life.” You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success. Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones Join a high-caliber Legal & Compliance team building and scaling a global AI enterprise program at a leading asset manager. This is a strategic role, focusing on designing and operationalizing AI policies and governance frameworks to enable responsible innovation across investment, client-facing, HR, and operational AI use cases at a highly regulated asset manager. The work is global by design and requires seamless coordination with Europe, Canada, and Asia stakeholders. You will help create policies, guardrails, tools, and scalable systems to handle large volumes that empower teams to experiment, deploy, and manage AI responsibly at enterprise scale.

Requirements

JD + active CA or NY Bar (or eligible for CA or NY Registered In House Counsel registration)
3–4 years’ experience in law focusing on technology transactions, data/privacy, or financial services regulatory counseling
Demonstrated success designing or operationalizing AI governance frameworks with practical integration of regulatory requirements, information security and global risk
Strong transactional foundation with experience negotiating IT vendor, SAAS and AI provider contracts and developing AI/cloud/data templates and playbooks, such as for AI enable contract markup and intelligence systems
Proven ability to coordinate complex, multijurisdictional projects (U.S. hub with EU/Asia input)
Demonstrated experimentation with AI tools in legal practice
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with credibility across senior investment, HR, client, and/or operations stakeholders

Nice To Haves

3-4 years' experience with a top tier law firm and/or a leading AI-focused financial services inhouse legal team
Experience with generative AI in investment, client facing, or HR applications
Familiarity with legal tech or contract AI platforms, and prior work building or experimenting with AI agents for Legal & Compliance use cases
Regional familiarity with Europe and Asia regulatory considerations and/or additional language fluency

Responsibilities

Design, iterate, and operationalize global AI policies, governance frameworks, experimentation protocols, risk assessments, and playbooks spanning investment research/management, client facing tools, HR/talent processes, and operational automation
Ensure multijurisdictional alignment (EU AI Act high-risk considerations, GDPR, emerging U.S. and Asia frameworks) with smooth cross time zone coordination
Leverage experience with negotiating third party data vendor, SAAS and AI provider contracts to build scalable AI/cloud/data vendor templates and negotiation playbooks that integrate Information Security and Global Risk requirements, and the candidate will enhance these via legal tech and AI enabled workflows and managed service providers
Partner with investment teams, client groups, HR, compliance, information security, data office, procurement, and global risk to embed pragmatic guardrails into high-impact AI initiatives
Provide clear, commercially oriented guidance, training, and governance committee support to accelerate responsible innovation and risk-aware decisions
Track regulatory and technology developments across the U.S., Canada, EU, and Asia and translate insights into actionable framework updates
The ideal candidate already experiments with AI tools and helps evolve AI enabled workflows, including developing or enhancing L&C focused AI automations and agents
Support governance decisions around complex AI applications (e.g., model supported research workflows, generative AI client tools, automated HR analytics)