Senior Counsel, AI Legal – Operations & Commercial
About The Position
This role provides senior legal support for the operationalization and scaling of AI across AbbVie, with a focus on enterprise AI use cases, commercial transactions, and governance processes. The position exists to enable efficient, consistent, and risk-aligned deployment of AI technologies across the organization. This is an enterprise scope role supporting high-volume AI deployment and adoption across business functions. It leads legal support for AI-related commercial transactions and operational processes, and plays a key role in scaling AI governance frameworks and intake processes (e.g., ACTOR). The role serves as a senior legal advisor to business and functional stakeholders and is an individual contributor role with broad cross-functional engagement.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership
- Minimum 5+ years of legal experience
- Significant experience in commercial contracting and technology transactions
- Strong expertise in data privacy, IP, and SaaS agreements
- Proven ability to manage complex, high-volume legal workflows
Nice To Haves
- 8+ years of legal experience preferred
- Experience with AI/ML technologies or digital platforms
- Prior in-house experience in a large, matrixed organization
- Familiarity with enterprise governance and workflow tools
Responsibilities
- Provide senior legal support for AI-enabled use cases across all business functions, including commercial, R&D, and enterprise productivity tools.
- Conduct and oversee legal risk assessments at scale, including data privacy and data governance risks, intellectual property and licensing considerations, and regulatory and compliance implications.
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex AI-related commercial agreements, including SaaS and AI vendor agreements, data licensing and use agreements, and AI-enabled service and platform agreements.
- Lead development and implementation of standard AI contracting templates and fallback positions, and enterprise playbooks for AI procurement and vendor engagement.
- Partner with Legal Operations and Governance teams to scale and optimize AI intake and review processes (e.g., ACTOR, workflow tools) and improve efficiency and consistency in legal review.
- Provide senior-level guidance and training to business stakeholders on AI legal risks and best practices.
- Escalate and coordinate resolution of high-risk or complex issues with AI Legal leadership.
Benefits
- paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- long-term incentive programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
