Senior Counsel, Public Sector

About the Role

We’re seeking a lawyer to support our growing OpenAI for Government business, including compliance and contracting issues related to our government business line. This role will support a wide range of issues relating to the sale of information technology services to governments, including matters related to facilities clearance and security compliance requirements, transactions and contract management, bid protests, contract performance, pre/post strategy, systems building, claims and disputes, compliance management, etc. This person needs to be a do-er who can jump between issues in a broad portfolio.

Role and Responsibilities

- This counsel will be dedicated to supporting legal issues related to our OpenAI for Government business line, supporting US federal, state and local government, and international sales.

- Work collaboratively with subject matter experts across the legal team on cutting-edge issue relating to artificial intelligence products.

- Scale legal support through innovative application of AI tools and other automation mechanisms.

- Areas of responsibility will include:

- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Compliance

- Contract Review and Negotiation

- Bid Protests and Claims Management

- Ethics and Compliance tailored to federal contracting

- Data Privacy and Security Compliance, including security requirements such as NIST 800-171, CMMC, or FISMA

- Lobbying and government affairs restrictions

- False Claims Act (FCA) Risk Management

- Supply Chain Management and Flow-Down Requirements

- Audits and Reporting Obligations

Skills & Experience

- 10+ years experience.

- In-house experience at a technology company that does significant business with the government.

- Experience negotiating complex technology transactions with government customers, including federal, state and local, and international customers

- Broad knowledge of government procurement regimes, including FAR and federal contracting.

- Experience advising on government contracting compliance issues.

- Experience scaling legal support through automation, particularly using AI tools.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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