Role Purpose
This role provides senior legal support for the operationalization and scaling of AI across AbbVie, with a focus on enterprise AI use cases, commercial transactions, and governance processes. The position exists to enable efficient, consistent, and risk-aligned deployment of AI technologies across the organization.
Scope & Impact
- Enterprise scope supporting high-volume AI deployment and adoption across business functions
- Leads legal support for AI-related commercial transactions and operational processes
- Plays a key role in scaling AI governance frameworks and intake processes (e.g., ACTOR)
- Serves as a senior legal advisor to business and functional stakeholders
- Individual contributor role with broad cross-functional engagement
Core Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide senior legal support for AI-enabled use cases across all business functions, including commercial, R&D, and enterprise productivity tools
- Conduct and oversee legal risk assessments at scale, including:
- Data privacy and data governance risks
- Intellectual property and licensing considerations
- Regulatory and compliance implications
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex AI-related commercial agreements, including:
- SaaS and AI vendor agreements
- Data licensing and use agreements
- AI-enabled service and platform agreements
- Lead development and implementation of:
- Standard AI contracting templates and fallback positions
- Enterprise playbooks for AI procurement and vendor engagement
- Partner with Legal Operations and Governance teams to:
- Scale and optimize AI intake and review processes (e.g., ACTOR, workflow tools)
- Improve efficiency and consistency in legal review
- Provide senior-level guidance and training to business stakeholders on AI legal risks and best practices
- Escalate and coordinate resolution of high-risk or complex issues with AI Legal leadership