# Senior Counsel

**Company:** [Rad AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rad-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $180k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** commercial contracts, technology transactions, B2B SaaS, HIPAA, business associate agreements, privacy programs, Generative AI, artificial intelligence, healthcare technology, legal technology
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Provides strategic legal counsel for AI research, healthcare technology, privacy, and commercial transactions. The role requires at least five years of legal experience, a JD, state bar membership, and expertise in technology or healthcare environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as trusted counsel to product, engineering, and model teams, providing strategic legal support for AI research and model development projects.
- Collaborate with sales to develop efficient processes that accelerate deal closures while maintaining rigorous legal standards.
- Negotiate commercial contracts enabling delivery of AI solutions to healthcare providers globally.
- Design and implement a comprehensive privacy program compliant with HIPAA and Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), safeguarding sensitive medical data in partnership with security and product teams.
- Build scalable legal processes, tools, and infrastructure, including internal documentation and a modern legal technology stack.
- Monitor emerging legal and policy trends in generative AI to support regulatory compliance and innovation.

## Requirements
- Minimum **5 years of legal experience**, including at least 2 years negotiating commercial contracts and technology transactions, ideally in a B2B SaaS environment.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited institution.
- Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
- Experience in healthcare technology or artificial intelligence, with an understanding of the legal challenges in these sectors.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and shape legal strategies in emerging fields.
- Strong cross-functional relationship-building and adaptable communication skills.
- Ability to balance business risk-taking with organizational protections.
- Proactive approach to professional development and new initiatives.

## Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of the healthcare industry and AI technology.
- Experience in a high-growth startup environment.
- Passion for healthcare or mission-driven technology.

## Compensation and benefits
- Salary range: **$180,000–$230,000**.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- HSA with employer match, FSA, and DCFSA.
- 401(k).
- 11 paid company holidays.
- Flexible PTO.
- Annual company-wide offsite and periodic team offsites.
- Annual equipment stipend.

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