Product Counsel, Gemini Models, DeepMind

About the Job

Google DeepMind is looking for an adept and enthusiastic Product Counsel for the Gemini model family.

Artificial intelligence will be one humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

Responsibilities

• Be the go-to counsel for several Google DeepMind Research and Engineering teams who you will partner with to develop and align models that are part of the Gemini model family or related model families.
  
• Monitor and interpret emerging regulations, laws, and commitments that impact the development and release of Gemini models. Establish practical governance frameworks for Gemini model development, including for training and alignment, evaluations, new capabilities, research, data, and other assets.
  
• Advise executive management on risks associated with AI research direction and existing governance frameworks. Present creative, flexible options to mitigate or eliminate those risks at scale.
  
• Collaborate with and advise cross-functional groups within Google DeepMind, including Research, Engineering, Product Management, Security, Privacy, Responsibility, and Compliance teams to improve or establish governance frameworks for forthcoming regulatory or legal changes that impact model lifecycles.
  

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 7 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
  
• Experience in partnering with executives on legal matters.
• Experience advising on legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to the full model lifecycle, as well as general privacy and consumer protection regulations ( e.g., EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA, Digital Markets Act).
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in legal contributions to AI model development as in-house legal counsel at a technology company.
• Understanding of opportunities and risks of AI.
• Understanding of modern generative AI model classes and state-of-the-art research.
• Understanding of key legal and business challenges AI providers face and how to build models accordingly.
• Understanding of Google DeepMind’s mission and help achieve it.
• Ability to be curious, organized, have a deep sense of ownership, a team player, and work at a fast pace.