Associate General Counsel

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 280000 - 325000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science.

We believe that world models are at the frontier of progress in artificial intelligence. Language models alone wont solve the worlds hardest problems robotics disease scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation rather than in the real world.

World models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation changing how stories are told how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached.

Our team consists of creative open minded caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same wed love to hear from you.

About the role

*Open to hiring remote across the US we also have offices in NYC San Francisco and Seattle

We are looking to hire an experienced Associate General Counsel to lead Runways litigation and dispute resolution work and pitch in on a variety of other legal domains to support our lean team. While not required the ideal candidate will have experience in one or more legal subject matter areas beyond litigation.

In addition to advising company leadership you may have the opportunity to represent the company externally including potentially in public highly visible settings. Youll work at the cutting edge of a highly technical and rapidly evolving area of the law navigating challenges that are shaping the future of the industry. This role reports directly to the General Counsel.

What youll do

Oversee litigation third-party process and regulatory requests involving the company
Serve as our in-house expert on the regulatory and policy landscape relating to generative AI including advising product and engineering teams on key developments
Develop and execute Runways IP enforcement strategy
Dive into the technical aspects of the product to learn it inside and out to inform your advice to the business
Manage outside counsel and external advisors as appropriate
Support the team in a number of other legal domains potentially including but not limited to: employment trust & safety policy commercial privacy IP and/or others

What youll need

A J.D. and admission in good standing with at least one state bar
Strong business acumen
7 years of experience including 4 years of experience in litigation (can include clerkships)
Experience working with cutting-edge technologies is highly preferred
The capacity to think big; a bias for action; and a strong sense of ownership
A working knowledge of the key legal issues in Runways industry
Excitement about generative AI and motivation to become a leading expert in the legal landscape governing a rapidly innovating industry and how it should evolve

Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size stage and industry and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide.

There are many factors that go into salary determinations including relevant experience skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job this case we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range.

Lastly the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions there may be a change in the range which again will be communicated to candidates.

Salary range: $280000-$325000

Working at Runway

Great things come from great teams. Wed love to hear from you.

Were committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race gender identity or expression sexual orientation religion origin ability age veteran status if joining this mission speaks to you we encourage you to apply.

More about Runway

Universal World Simulator
GWM-1
Gen-4.5
General World Models
Robotics SDK
Conversational Real-time Agents
Runway Studios

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