Lead Counsel, Privacy

Why Harvey

Harvey is a secure AI platform for professionals in law, tax, and finance that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Harvey uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized by our expert team of lawyers, engineers and research scientists. We’ve found product market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Harvey are:

• Exceptional product market fit: We have partnered with the largest law firms and professional service providers in the world like A&O, PwC, and many others.
• Strategic investors: Raised over $100 million from strategic investors including Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and the OpenAI Startup Fund.
• World-class team: Harvey is hiring the best technical and non-technical talent from places like DeepMind, Google Brain, Stripe, FAIR, Tesla Autopilot, Superhuman, and Glean.  Within the legal department, you will work with lawyers from Apple, Google, Snowflake, and Niantic.  
• Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.
• Performance: $0-20M ARR in the last 12 months.
• Value: Top of market cash and equity compensation.

Role 

We are looking for a lawyer to join our legal team to lead our privacy function.  You will play a crucial role as our service offering expands internationally; you will advise the engineering and product teams as we continue to interleave privacy into everything Harvey does, have ownership of the corporate privacy function, and negotiate with customers on thorny privacy issues (such as regarding our Data Processing Addendum),.  You will also play a role on our commercial team by negotiating platform agreements in support of our sales/ Go-To-Market team.   

Responsibilities

Generative AI has the power to greatly change the world and directly impact how things get done.  Harvey is at the forefront of this change, and our mission is to make generative AI actionable and useful for our customers.  This is a fast moving environment (we are a start-up!) that is serving some of the world’s most renowned law firms and professional organizations.    And this role will put you in the center of all of this.

More specifically, you will:  

• Refine, update, and adapt our key privacy agreements (that is our Data Processing Addendum and Privacy Policy) in order to ensure compliance with evolving laws and frameworks especially as the Platform grows and expands
• Negotiate with customers both with respect to our Data Processing Addendum and, more generally, on our commercial agreements
• Work with our product and engineering teams as we work to bring an EU-based version of Harvey to market
• You will conduct Impact Assessments relating to our key vendors, you will work on training and awareness to ensure that our employees are fully aware of our privacy obligations, where required, you will support any incident investigations

Qualifications 

• A law degree from an accredited law school
• Admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction and able to practice in California or New York 
• 6+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience   
• Strong background dealing with data privacy (including with customers based in Europe) 
• Experience negotiating SaaS and/or general technology/ IP/ commercial agreements 
• Ability to think creatively, function independently and work proactively in a fast-paced environment
• Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving practice
• Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude  
• Bonus qualifications include experience with AI, and a love for solving hard problems with a small tight-knit team.

Compensation

In consideration of market analysis and relevant factors, the salary range for this position is set between $200,000 and $280,000. However, adjustments outside of this range may be considered for candidates whose qualifications significantly differ from those outlined in the job description. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.

Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.