Head of Legal Product/Privacy, WRITER
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Enterprise AI platform for agentic work
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for agentic work
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
+Stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring generative AI to the enterprise.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience where you’ve spent the majority of time working in-house supporting an enterprise SaaS-based or similar software platform
- Deep expertise in global laws and regulations relevant to AI, privacy, and security
- Previously led legal product and/or privacy functions and know how to seamlessly integrate yourself into pre-existing product and engineering workflows
- Supported the development of AI-powered products and features
- A law degree from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in the U.S
- Prior management experience (a plus)
- A business person first that also happens to be a lawyer
- Someone who knows how to bring people along with you
- A self-starter, who finds ways to add value without being told
- A great communicator
- Curious, reliable, comfortable moving uncomfortably fast, and - above all else - have a low ego
What the job involves
- We are looking for someone to lead our product and privacy legal function who will report directly to our General Counsel
- Work closely and integrate deeply with our product, engineering, product marketing, and security teams as we continue to build out Writer’s world-class AI platform
- Scale our AI compliance and governance programs to align with current and upcoming regulations along with industry best practices
- Develop and implement comprehensive global privacy and data protection strategies and help operationalize those across our business
- Work with teams across Writer to design and implement privacy-by-design principles and AI governance best practices
- Advise and train internal teams on evolving regulatory and industry standards affecting Writer and our customers
- Support our commercial legal team and go-to-market teams as questions arise during contract negotiations
- Stay current with evolving laws, policies, and regulations and best practices in the AI landscape and guide our teams on how best to respond
- Create thoughtful processes and practical guidance that benefit the entire business (not just legal) as we grow and scale
Our take
AI-assisted writing tools have taken off over recent years. With the likes of high-exposure company Grammarly accelerating adoption of such tools, a flurry of startups have appeared to offer their own takes. WRITER’s angle is to leverage AI as a means of standardizing and scaling both content and communications for business teams. The tool offers auto filling and inline suggestions that keep content aligned with pre-determined company language and style guides.
This branded fine-tuning function distinguishes it from full copy-generation competitors, as well as from Grammarly itself, which is a more generalist copyediting tool. It subsequently caters to major enterprise clients looking to maintain standards across multiple and sprawling teams, and the company has managed to net major clients like Deloitte, Twitter, UiPath, and Accenture.
While AI-related buzz remains solidly around generative AI's like ChatGPT and Bard, WRITER's narrow target market - in which it has already found success - supplies plenty of scope to grow, as AI copyediting tools look set to rapidly become content industry standard. With continued new launches and updates to its offerings, as well as an impressive $200 million Series C awarded in 2024, the company is well-placed for further success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
229% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2024
$200m
SERIES C
Sep 2023
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $326m
Company benefits
- Health: Selection of employer-covered medical plans, plus dental, vision, life insurance, and FSA.
- Family-friendly: Competitive parental leave policy, working parents can truly own their schedules.
- Hybrid culture: We’re built around a mix of in office collaboration and remote work when needed.
- Finance: Company stock options, plus a 401k plan with employer contributions.
- Growth: Learning and development stipend and generous PTO.
- SF/NY/London office space: Three beautiful sunny offices in three incredibly exciting cities.
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
May Habib
(Co-Founder & CEO)Harvard economics graduate, who was previously VP of sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Development Company, and a global shaper at the World Economic Forum. Also co-founded Qordoba.
Waseem Alshikh
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously co-founded CloudAppers, then served as CTO at iMENA. Subsequently co-founded AI content editor Qordoba.
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