Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy

At Harvey were transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI an enterprise-grade platform and deep domain expertise were reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.

This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. Were scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious the bar is high and the opportunity for growth personal professional and financial is unmatched.

Our team moves fast takes ownership and is deeply committed to the mission operating with intensity staying close to our customers and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness Simplicity and Jobs Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information we believe simplicity is what scales and were never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive wed love to build with you.

At Harvey the future of professional services is being written today and were just getting started.

As Harveys founding Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy you will build the function responsible for how Harvey engages with governments regulators judiciaries and the institutions shaping the future of AI in legal and professional services in the US and globally.

This is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Strategy Officer. The primary emphasis is on public policy: educating and informing policymakers building Harveys credibility as a substantive trusted voice in consequential conversations about AI governance the future of the legal profession and access to justice.

The scope spans federal state and local bodies in the US EMEA and APAC where bar associations state licensing authorities and judicial and legislative actions are currently setting the most consequential AI policy. You will own the overall strategy and engagement framework build the companys presence from a standing start and hire the regional team beneath you as the function grows.

This is a builders role. The playbook doesnt exist yet and youll write it.

• Build Harveys government affairs and public policy function. Stand up the strategy engagement framework and stakeholder relationships that position Harvey as a trusted credible voice in the future of AI in legal and professional services. Define what Harvey says and what it doesnt on the policy issues that matter most.

• Own the policy relationship landscape. Build and maintain direct relationships with policymakers regulators bar associations judicial legislative and regulatory bodies and other key institutions across the US and over time internationally. You are the person in those meetings not a coordinator behind them.

• Develop Harveys policy narrative. Partner with the Chief Strategy Officer senior legal leadership and communications to shape Harveys public positioning on AI governance the future of the legal profession responsible technology deployment and access to justice. Maintain bipartisan and cross-jurisdictional credibility..

• Maintain institutional credibility. You will develop and cultivate collaborative relationships with policy makers around the world bringing a candid well-informed perspective on the future of the legal profession and the policy positions best aligned with fostering and supporting a vibrant resilient legal ecosystem. You will advocate for positions that enable Harveys product strategy will advancing the broader interests of the legal profession including both in-house lawyers and private practice attorneys.

• Inform product and market strategy. Serve as a strategic bridge between the external policy environment and Harveys product and go-to-market teams specifically where product decisions carry regulatory triggers or policy implications. Surface emerging compliance requirements public-sector opportunities and the kinds of ethically complex questions that arise when AI intersects with sensitive legal and governmental contexts. Help ensure Harvey is well-positioned to serve government legal departments and regulated industries as those markets evolve.

• Build and lead the team. As the function grows hire and develop regional government affairs managers across key markets (initially US with EMEA and APAC to follow). Set up the operational infrastructure stakeholder tracking regulatory monitoring policy calendar management that keeps Harveys policy posture sharp current and globally coordinated.

• A career defined by progressive depth in public policy government affairs or regulatory work whether in-house at a major technology or professional services company in senior government or regulatory roles or in a senior advisory capacity at a leading firm. J.D. strongly preferred.

• A policy-first orientation not a lobbying-first one. You understand the difference between working the machinery of government and educating policymakers and you lead with the latter. You build credibility through substance not access alone.

• Demonstrated ability to build not just operate. You have stood up a function set a strategy and built relationships from a standing start or led a significant expansion of scope within a larger organization. You know what it takes to go from zero to credible in a new institutional landscape.

• Deep trusted relationships with senior government regulatory and institutional stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. You are known respected and sought out for your judgment. Your relationships outlast administrations and election cycles.

• Substantive familiarity with the legal industry the judiciary or the regulatory environment around legal services and AI. You understand how bar associations courts and government legal departments think and you can engage credibly at a senior level with people who have spent decades in these institutions.

• Bipartisan credibility and intellectual integrity. You have worked constructively across political environments. You know when to hold a position and when to listen. You can make the case for Harveys work in rooms where the politics cut differently without compromising your credibility in either.

• Genuine conviction about the role of AI in improving legal services and expanding access to justice. This is not a defensive compliance role. Harveys position that AI can augment professional judgment reduce barriers to expertise and strengthen legal institutions is one worth making and youll make it persuasively and responsibly.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication. You can represent Harvey in high-stakes high-visibility settings before bar committees judicial conferences congressional staff and international regulatory bodies and hold the room.

• Principled judgment in complex environments. Youve navigated situations where the right answer wasnt obvious politically ethically or commercially and made calls youd stand behind publicly. You can help Harvey develop clear positions on hard questions and represent them credibly.

• The chance to build Harveys government affairs and public policy function from scratch with a genuine mandate from the executive team and direct access to senior leadership.

• A global mandate that grows starting with the US with EMEA and APAC to follow at a company already operating across 60 countries.

• A role at the center of one of the most consequential policy conversations happening anywhere in technology: what AI means for the legal profession the judiciary and access to justice.

• A direct line to the CSO and a seat at the table on key strategic decisions.

• A clear path to building and leading a growing team as the function scales alongside the company with this role expected to grow in scope as Harvey matures.

• A company at a genuine inflection point with strong product-market fit rapid growth and increasing recognition as the defining platform for AI in legal and professional services.

$260000 - $350000 USD

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