Director, Product and Regulatory Legal (AIML)
Job Description
- 10+ years in-house legal experience with significant experience supporting hardware, software, artificial intelligence, and/or machine learning products and services.
- Extensive product counseling experience.
- Experience with negotiating and drafting high-stakes commercial agreements and high-volume transactions.
- Knowledge of the global AI regulatory landscape.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to effectively balance risk management and business initiatives in high-stakes, fast-paced environments.
- Significant experience deftly handling sensitive matters and interpersonal conflict, escalation, and resolution.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with leaders, teammates, and cross-functional colleagues.
- Insightful analytical skills and strategic business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in thoughtful, collaborative, and effective ways.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to coordinate and manage a high volume of complex projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Comfort managing outside counsel to ensure efficient use of funds.
- Exemplary judgment and integrity.
- High EQ is a must.
- Lead a global legal team supporting Apple’s AIML technology and products.
- Develop and execute global initiatives for future products and internal AIML services.
- Manage regulatory and PR risk through cross-functional collaboration with Apple-wide partners.
- Mentor and develop junior to senior level team members.
- 15+ years professional legal experience at a top firm or in-house.
- 5+ years in a leadership role managing legal professionals.
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent degree.
- Admission to at least one US state bar.
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Range of discounted products and free services
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition (for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple)
- Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
- Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
- Can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
- Role might be eligible for relocation
Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Do you love tackling big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a deep knowledge of the legal field and a passion for innovation? As a part of Apple’s Legal group, you’ll help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law. Together with your team, you’ll provide the critical support needed worldwide for all Apple products and businesses. At Apple, we are dedicated to making the best products on the planet. We have a fantastic new opportunity for a talented lawyer to join our team of diverse, creative, and hardworking people.
Apple’s Product and Regulatory Legal Group is seeking a Director, Products and Regulatory, to lead a team of attorneys supporting Apple’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AIML) technologies and services. In this role, you will work closely with senior business leaders and colleagues across Apple to help the AIML and Software Engineering groups achieve their business objectives. You will constantly be shifting gears, day-to-day, as a trusted advisor across a variety of legal and business issues, and serve as a critical liaison to other Apple lines of business and legal teams. You will manage a team of attorneys that oversee the development of AIML products and services and the infrastructure and tools required to enable this technology throughout Apple. Your role will require you to think strategically about Apple’s products and services and advise on a diverse range of legal, operational, and PR issues around the deployment of AIML. In this role, you will be expected to proactively advocate for, influence, and implement strategies, partner cross-functionally across legal and Apple-wide teams, drive products, services, strategic deals, and initiatives.
- Lead a global legal team supporting Apple’s AIML technology and products.
- Develop and execute initiatives globally for future products, and internally developed hardware and software AIML services and solutions utilized by Apple business teams.
- Manage regulatory and PR risk via collaboration with cross-functional Apple-wide partners, including AIML Regulatory, Government Affairs, PR, Global Security, Worldwide Marketing, Operations, and Legal (litigation, HR, product, IP, services, marketing, and privacy teams).
- Mentor and develop team members spanning junior to senior levels.
Key Qualifications
- Attorney with 15+ years of professional legal experience at a top law firm and/or in-house legal department
- 5+ years in a leadership role managing other attorneys and/or other legal professionals with a positive track record of building and leading high-performing teams
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent degree
- Admission to at least one US state bar
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years in-house legal experience with significant experience supporting hardware, software, artificial intelligence, and/or machine learning products and services.
- Extensive product counseling experience.
- Experience with negotiating and drafting high-stakes commercial agreements and high-volume transactions.
- Knowledge of the global AI regulatory landscape.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to effectively balance risk management and business initiatives in high-stakes, fast-paced environments.
- Significant experience deftly handling sensitive matters and interpersonal conflict, escalation, and resolution.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with leaders, teammates, and cross-functional colleagues.
- Insightful analytical skills and strategic business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in thoughtful, collaborative, and effective ways.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to coordinate and manage a high volume of complex projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Comfort managing outside counsel to ensure efficient use of funds.
- Exemplary judgment and integrity.
- High EQ is a must.
