Sr. Legal Counsel

Summary of Role

As Senior Legal Counsel, you sit at the high-stakes intersection of elite legal practice and cutting-edge GenAI. You are the strategic bridge between sophisticated client legal teams and our internal engineers, ensuring that AI-powered contract review and negotiation tools are architected to meet complex, real-world legal requirements.

Your Impact & What You'll Do

• Lead Consultative Workshops: Act as the primary advisor to US-based legal teams, deeply documenting their contract negotiation playbooks, redlining positions, and specific risk tolerances.
• Legal Domain Authority: Serve as the subject matter expert in client-facing engagements, guiding General Counsel and Legal Ops leaders through the definition of AI-driven negotiation instructions.
• Technical Translation: Convert nuanced legal requirements into structured, actionable logic for technical teams to build precise AI models and prompts.
• High-Level Quality Assurance: Perform expert-level validation of platform outputs to ensure AI-generated redlines align perfectly with client commercial standards.
• UAT & Implementation Support: Support clients through the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase, gathering feedback to refine tool performance and ensure technical "readiness."

Why You'll Thrive at Execo

• Legal Pedigree: You are a qualified lawyer with a strong academic background and 7+ years of Post-Qualification Experience (PQE) in complex commercial contracting.
• Global Negotiator: Deep expertise in drafting and reviewing international contracts, with a strong preference for experience with US-based counterparties.
• Executive Presence: Proven ability to engage as a peer with senior stakeholders, projecting the credibility of a seasoned lawyer while maintaining a solutions-oriented, consultative approach.
• Technological Aptitude: You possess a genuine passion for legal innovation; while you aren't a coder, you intuitively understand how GenAI and CLM tools transform legal workflows.
• Communication Mastery: Flawless English skills with the specific ability to translate "legalese" into clear instructions for technical audiences.
• Autonomous & Agile: A detail-oriented professional comfortable working in a fast-paced, global environment that requires collaboration across multiple time zones.