Senior AI Counsel at Proof (Remote)

About the role

Proof is the world's first identity-assured transaction management platform and we are on a mission to digitize trust for all of life’s most critical transactions. Developed by the same market leaders and experts who brought notarization online with Notarize℠, Proof offers trust in a digital world by verifying identities and securing transactions to protect businesses and their customers. Since 2015, we’ve completed many of the world’s first digital commerce transactions, including the first online real estate closing, online mortgage closing, online auto sale, and online will and we're still just getting started!

We're hiring a Senior AI Counsel to be the hands-on legal lead for privacy at Proof, with meaningful responsibility across AI governance and security law. Reporting directly to the Chief Privacy Officer, you'll partner closely with product, engineering, security, and go-to-market teams to keep privacy at the center of how we build.

This is a senior individual contributor role: deep subject matter expertise and broad cross-functional influence, without direct reports to start. Because Proof handles identity data including biometrics, government IDs, and recorded notarization sessions privacy is mission critical, and this role sits squarely at its center.

What You'll Do as our AI Counsel:

AI Governance

Advise on the legal and regulatory dimensions of Proof's use of AI and machine learning, including identity verification, biometric comparison, and fraud detection.

Help build and run Proof's AI governance framework: model risk, transparency, fairness, and vendor AI assessments.

Advise on automated decision-making, profiling, and bias-audit requirements, including New York City's Local Law 144 governing automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) and the California CPPA's automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) regulations, as well as comparable obligations emerging in other states.

Review AI-related product features, training-data practices, and AI terms in customer and vendor agreements.

Privacy

Serve as Proof's legal advisor on global privacy and data protection, including U.S. state privacy laws (CCPA/CPRA and the growing set of state comprehensive laws), GLBA, biometric privacy laws such as BIPA, HIPAA where applicable, and GDPR/UK GDPR.

Manage and mature Proof's privacy program: policies, data maps, records of processing, privacy and data protection impact assessments, retention schedules, and privacy-by-design review of new products and features.

Work with commercial counsel on data processing agreements, standard contractual clauses, and privacy terms with customers, vendors, and partners.

Advise product and engineering on the handling of identity data, biometrics, and notarization recordings across the full data lifecycle.

Manage consumer and data-subject rights requests, privacy notices, consent flows, and cookie/tracking compliance.

Help the Government Affairs and Public Policy team to monitor the evolving privacy landscape and translate new obligations into practical, prioritized guidance for the business.

Assist with RFPs, due diligence, and audit responses.

Security & Incident Response

Partner with the security team on the legal aspects of information security, readiness, security questionnaires, and customer security commitments.

Advise on breach assessment and notification obligations, and help lead the legal response to security incidents.

Support vendor security and risk reviews and the contractual security requirements that flow from them.

Cross-functional

Act as a trusted advisor to executives and product leaders, delivering clear, risk-calibrated, business-minded counsel.

Build scalable training, playbooks, and self-serve resources that raise privacy and security fluency across the company.

Support regulatory inquiries, audits, and customer due diligence.

What You Bring:

J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.

6+ years of relevant legal experience (law firm and/or in-house) with a substantial focus on privacy and data protection.

Deep, current knowledge of U.S. privacy laws (CCPA/CPRA, state comprehensive laws, GLBA, BIPA) and working fluency with GDPR.

A track record of operationalizing privacy, not just spotting issues, but designing and running programs that hold up in a fast-moving product environment.

Strong drafting and negotiation skills across DPAs and data-related commercial terms.

Excellent judgment and communication, with the ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers.

Comfort working independently and managing competing priorities in a high-growth company.

Experience advising on biometric data and/or e-signature and online notarization regulatory regimes.

Understanding of technology and machine learning.

Experience at an identity, fintech, security, healthcare, or other regulated-data company.

Familiarity with AI/ML governance and emerging AI regulation (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF).

Working knowledge of security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO, NIST) and incident response.

Ideal Candidate Will Also Have:

Privacy certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT.

AI governance certification such as the IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP).

Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or CCSP.

Our Proof Pillars:

Pave the Way: When obstacles arise, we break through barriers with passion and perseverance. We lead with creativity and forward-thinking. We aim to set new standards and shape the future in a repeatable, scalable way so the path to success is easier for our team to follow.

Own It: We embrace the responsibility that comes with supporting life's most important transactions. When a problem arises we relentlessly pursue the solution with a 'Yes before no' attitude. Because every problem and every transaction is treated like it's our own.

Act with Integrity: We are in the business of building trust and it is at the core of everything we do. We are honest and transparent with our customers, each other and ourselves. If we make a mistake, we own up to it right away and do what it takes to make it right. Our dedication to security and compliance is key to earning trust, fighting fraud and ultimately, our success.

Play to Win: We believe excellence is about always striving to be better so when we get it wrong, we iterate, we learn and we grow. We know we can only go so far alone, we're better together and collectively, we win!

Here are some of our great benefits:

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage

401k Plan with a 4% match, beginning on your hire date

Unlimited Sick and Vacation time

14 paid company holidays

12 weeks of paid parental leave

4 week sabbatical after 5 years of continuous full time employment

Health Reimbursement Arrangements for fertility and gender affirmation

Lunch on Proof through Grubhub credit

Monthly work from home stipend

Professional development credit

Monthly reimbursement for Wellness

And more!

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