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Counsel, AI Safety & Cyber Incident Response

San FranciscoFull-time2026-11-03 → 2026-11-08
Hybrid

Core

Lead legal responses to cybersecurity and AI safety incidents, defining frameworks for investigating model behavior, safeguards degradation, and potential harm.

Role type

Senior counsel (incident response & AI safety)

Builds

Legal frameworks, response playbooks, and escalation criteria for frontier AI safety events.

Domain

AI safety & cybersecurity

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

incident response management, legal analysis, cross-functional coordination, outside counsel management, regulatory assessment, risk assessment, technical translation, strategic communication, process development, post-incident review

Preferred skills

AI incident experience, complex technology investigations, time-sensitive decision making

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Lead assigned cybersecurity and AI safety incidents; coordinate fact development and legal analysis; manage outside counsel and third-party providers; assess notification and reporting obligations; prepare incident updates and decision materials; develop severity-based escalation criteria and response playbooks; support post-incident reviews and corrective actions.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC