Medical Copyright & Licensing Expert – AI Medical Data

Medical Copyright & Licensing Expert USA

Location: United States
Candidates must currently be based in the U.S.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Medical Copyright & Licensing Expert to lead the acquisition and licensing strategy for high-quality medical content used in advanced AI medical models.

In this role you will identify and negotiate partnerships with leading international medical journals and scientific publishers structure complex licensing agreements and support compliant use of medical data for AI training and research applications.

You will work at the intersection of medicine scientific publishing copyright law and artificial intelligence helping expand access to trusted medical knowledge while ensuring responsible and compliant data use.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and negotiate content licensing agreements with international medical journals and scientific publishers

• Design partnership models including content licensing distribution agreements and strategic collaboration

• Lead negotiations involving Text and Data Mining (TDM) rights and other complex data licensing structures

• Build relationships with editorial legal and commercial teams across the global medical publishing ecosystem

• Develop strategies for medical data acquisition and licensing supporting AI model development

• Ensure compliance with international copyright regulations and data mining policies

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across medical legal research and technology functions

Candidate Requirements

• Masters degree or above in biomedical sciences clinical medicine pharmacy or a related field
  (MD or PhD strongly preferred)

• 5 years of experience in one of the following areas:

  • Copyright licensing rights management or content partnerships within scientific or medical publishing

  • Data acquisition content strategy or AI data partnerships within a technology or AI-focused organization

• Experience negotiating complex data or content licensing agreements including Text and Data Mining (TDM) rights

• Strong familiarity with the international medical publishing ecosystem and major scientific journals

• Experience working with or negotiating with scientific publishers medical journals or research organizations

• Strong negotiation stakeholder management and partnership development capabilities

• Professional-level Chinese language proficiency with the ability to conduct business discussions in Chinese

• Fluent English

• Currently based in the United States

Ideal Profile

• Entrepreneurial and resilient in complex multi-round negotiations

• Deep understanding of medical publishing business models and content licensing

• High level of integrity and professionalism when handling sensitive copyright and data matters

• Strong intellectual curiosity around AI medical innovation and evolving copyright frameworks

• Comfortable working across medicine law publishing and technology