Vice President of Legal, Snorkel AI
$300-375k
+ Equity
1+ day a week in office
The AI data research lab
Open for applications
The AI data research lab
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$300-375k
+ Equity
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to solve their most impactful problems through data-centric AI.
Role
Who you are
- This role combines hands-on execution with long-term strategic vision across commercial, corporate, IP, compliance, and employment domains
- 12+ years of experience in corporate, commercial, and technology law, including in-house counsel leadership (preferably in a VP, Head of Legal, or General Counsel capacity)
- Deep familiarity with SaaS, data licensing, and marketplace models; experience in AI, machine learning, or data services preferred
- Proven ability to build and lead small, high-impact legal teams while scaling process and governance frameworks
- Exceptional judgment, communication, and stakeholder management skills — you translate legal complexity into business clarity
- Adept at balancing strategic foresight with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership (CA preferred)
- Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions, you’re fully supported in building your career in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a strategic, business-minded VP of Legal to serve as Snorkel AI’s in-house counsel - building and driving a proactive legal strategy to support our next phase of growt
- Reporting directly to the CFO, you will lead the Legal function as a trusted executive partner, shaping the legal and regulatory foundation of our high-growth, data-centric business
- Serve as the company’s chief legal advisor, partnering with the executive team and Board on all legal and regulatory matters
- Build and scale a high-performing legal organization that supports Snorkel AI’s rapid global growth
- Develop the legal frameworks underpinning our Data-as-a-Service platform and two-sided data annotation marketplace
- Oversee all customer, vendor, and partner contracts, with an emphasis on complex data licensing, SaaS, and platform agreements
- Advise on product development and data governance to ensure compliance with evolving AI, data, and privacy laws globally
- Manage corporate structure, equity, and governance matters in partnership with Finance and the Board
- Support fundraising, M&A, and strategic transactions as a key deal architect
- Drive IP strategy across software, data, and AI model assets
- Protect and commercialize Snorkel AI’s proprietary technology and data partnerships
- Partner with People and Finance to navigate employment law issues and global compliance obligations
- Build scalable policies and frameworks to support our hybrid and distributed teams
- Operate as a central node across teams — enabling business velocity while managing risk with clarity, pragmatism, and speed
- Balance business enablement with legal rigor to ensure Snorkel AI continues to innovate responsibly
- As a member of our team, you’ll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success
Our take
Demand for AI is increasing in almost every industry, but the machine learning that fuels it is tedious to set up. In order to train machine learning algorithms, training data must be labelled manually, and this contributes to expenses in time, money and resources when integrating AI within a business.
Snorkel AI develops programmatic approaches to data labelling in order to automate the setup process of machine learning and decrease the required timeframe for a business to begin providing AI services. In addition to these automated data categorization services, the company also integrates data training, management, and analysis into a unified AI-deployment platform.
The complex computer science behind AI setup has resulted in many businesses without computer science backgrounds being left behind, and Snorkel AI has set this as their target audience. And recently, the company raised some serious funding which it plans to use to expand the company;'s engineering, research, and go-to-market efforts.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2025
$100m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$85m
SERIES C
Total funding: $235m
Company benefits
- Health: Snorkelers and their dependents are covered by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellness: All Snorkelers get a yearly wellness stipend to use on anything related to health and well-being.
- PTO and rest days: We provide unlimited personal time off so you can find your work-life balance. Plus, two company-wide rest days per quarter in addition to company holidays.
- One global team: From our headquarters in Redwood City, CA, to regional offices in San Francisco and New York, we work together as one global team.
- Events: Get to know your fellow Snorkelers outside of work! We host regular events and learning opportunities for our teams across our offices and virtually to connect, have fun, and grow.
- Family leave: Snorkel offers generous parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents based on eligibility.
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Alex Ratner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied at Harvard and received a PhD from Stanford. They are also an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
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