About the role

  • Principal Counsel at Higgsfield AI, supporting legal and business operations during hypergrowth phase. Role involves extensive cross-functional collaboration and building legal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted legal partner across Product, GTM, Operations, HR, Finance, and leadership teams.
  • Support a broad range of commercial matters, including customer agreements, vendor contracts, partnership agreements, and operational legal requests.
  • Provide practical legal guidance related to product, privacy, AI, intellectual property, marketing, employment, and regulatory matters.
  • Help build scalable legal processes, templates, workflows, and internal policies to support rapid company growth.
  • Partner cross-functionally to identify legal and operational risks and provide business-friendly solutions.
  • Assist with corporate governance, compliance initiatives, and other strategic company projects as needed.
  • Stay current on legal and regulatory developments relevant to AI and technology companies.
  • Contribute to urgent and evolving business priorities outside of core subject-matter expertise.

Requirements

  • Strong generalist legal background with the ability to operate across multiple areas of law.
  • Experience supporting high-growth technology or startup environments.
  • Practical judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Low-ego, highly collaborative, and willing to roll up sleeves on projects both large and small.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, demanding, and evolving environment with colleagues across time zones.
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously.
  • J.D. and active membership in at least one state bar with ability to practice in-house in California.
  • 6+ years of legal experience strongly preferred.
  • Preferred: experience with technology, AI, SaaS, privacy, commercial contracting, employment, or regulatory matters in an in-house environment.

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits package to support you both professionally and personally

Job title

Senior Counsel

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$200,000 - $220,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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