Emerging Technology Attorney
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
About The Job
The Red Hat Legal Team is a key partner to our business leaders enabling innovative technologies and approaches. We are currently looking for a high performing, bright, technically savvy lawyer to assist the Product, Partner & Technology team on emerging technologies including at the cross section of artificial intelligence and open source to join us in Raleigh, Boston, or the D.C. Metropolitan area. In this role you will advise engineering, product and partnership teams working cross functionally both within the legal department and across stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a hands-on collaborator, excited to understand technology, and also comfortable with implementing processes to scale. It will be important that you are a strong communicator and have experience managing and guiding cross-functional projects, collaborating with diverse colleagues, customers, and internal teams. Red Hat prides itself on collaboration, transparency, and integrity and is poised for continued growth as the world's leader in enterprise open source solutions.
What You Will Do
Manage and analyze legal strategies related to new products offerings and solutions in coordination with other legal stakeholders and subject matter experts in the area of AI, open source, edge, automotive, and cloud computingOversee multidimensional projects and problem resolution that span legal, business, and functional objectivesDevelop and implement innovative process and policy improvements that meet our business needs, align with our open source model, and also appropriately manage associated legal, ethical and regulatory risksPartner with our commercial legal teams serving as an advisor on programs and product related terms and negotiationsDrafting and negotiating customer and partner terms relating to existing and novel product and program offerings, including terms with our relevant partners.Collaborate closely with privacy, security, open source, IP and compliance legal teams to ensure solutions are aligned with legal requirements and changing regulatory landscapes
What You Will Bring
Qualified to practice law and in good standing in the US7+ years of legal experience in a technology company or advising technology clients in the area of AI, software, technology or cloud-based product offeringsDemonstrated ability to manage new challenges efficiently and effectively, exercising sound business judgment with minimal supervision and a positive attitudeOpen minded and collaborative when working on novel issuesExperience working in and leading cross functional teams, meeting demanding deadlines in a fast paced environment, prioritizing work, and adjusting to frequent changes in workloadHighly organized, self motivated and capable of driving challenging projects forwardExperience in open sourceFamiliarity with privacy and security lawsHighest ethical standards and a curiosity to learn new thingsRecord of implementing operational enhancementsProgramming or academic experience in computer science are a plus
The salary range for this position is $131,810- $217,490. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.
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