Sr. Counsel, RegulatoryNew$198K

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The opportunity

Location: We're looking to hire for this role locally to our offices based in Washington D. C.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary internal subject matter expert on emerging global: regulatory frameworks outside of privacy and export controls—including DORA, NIS-2, CSR, EU Data Act, EU AI Act, CRA, DMA, and DSA—as well as various global antitrust and competition regimes and payments regulation

  • Lead and drive the strategic implementation of these complex legislative: requirements, taking ownership of the centralized regulatory roadmap, triage process, and incident response playbooks

  • Partner cross-functionally to embed regulatory compliance by design into the: architecture of the Data Intelligence Platform, Lakehouse, and agentic AI workflows, providing early visibility into regulatory blocker issues before they derail product launches or customer deployments

  • Partner closely with Product Legal, Commercial Legal and GTM Legal to unblock: high-stakes enterprise deals and partnerships, draft specialized negotiation fallbacks, and build scalable, customer-facing collateral to accelerate the sales cycle

  • Act as the empowered regulatory point of contact on customer calls for: white-glove and highly regulated customers (e.g., financial services and public sector), making decisions and proactively implementing new playbook fallbacks to maintain deal velocity

  • Work directly with Corporate Operations to operationalize regulatory: compliance controls, bridging the gap between legal advice and business execution

What they're looking for

  • Support strategic international expansion efforts, including navigating local: AI and data regulations proactively and future-proofing for EU data sovereignty
  • Stay current on relevant legal developments and industry trends to offer: proactive advice, training, and support to the business, while leading OKRs to continuously improve and scale processes related to regulatory compliance
  • Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across multiple: geographical locations to ensure effective communication and collaboration
  • At least 8 years of experience at a nationally recognized law firm and / or: in-house legal department, with substantial focus on technology, data, or regulatory matters