Why Harvey

Harvey is a secure AI platform for legal and professional services that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Harvey uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized and developed by our expert team of lawyers, engineers and research scientists. We’ve found product market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Harvey are:

• Exceptional product market fit: We have partnered with the largest law firms and professional service providers in the world, including Paul Weiss, A&O Shearman, Ashurst, O’Melveny & Myers, PwC, KKR, and many others.

• Strategic investors: Raised over $200 million from strategic investors including Sequoia, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and the OpenAI Startup Fund.

• World-class team: Harvey is hiring the best talent from DeepMind, Google Brain, Stripe, FAIR, Tesla Autopilot, Glean, Superhuman, Figma, and more.

• Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.

• Performance: 4x ARR in 2024.

• Competitive compensation.

Role Overview

We are looking for a privacy lawyer to join our growing legal team.  You will play a key role, working directly with our Head of Privacy, in maintaining and promoting a culture of privacy and security within the organization. In this role you will advise the engineering and product teams to ensure that our business practices adhere to privacy laws and regulations globally, partner closely with the security function to safeguard and maintain the integrity of our data, and collaborate closely with legal colleagues in the commercial team and our sales/ Go-To-Market team. 

What You’ll Do

Generative AI has the power to greatly change the world and directly impact how things get done.  Harvey is at the forefront of this change, and our mission is to make generative AI actionable and useful for our customers.  This is a fast moving environment (we are a start-up!) that is serving some of the world’s most renowned law firms and professional service organizations.  And this role will put you in the center of all of this.

More specifically, you will:  

• Assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating Data Processing Agreements with our customers and third-parties.

• Help develop, maintain, and scale global privacy programs. This includes preparing Data Protection Impact Assessments to identify and mitigate privacy risks and Records of Processing in accordance with regulatory requirements. 

• Work cross functionally with talented product and engineering teams in evaluating the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulatory guidance on exciting product developments.

• Monitor and respond to changes in privacy laws and regulations, including AI regulations.

We are a small, but growing company, and one of the best things about working in such an environment is that there is lots of opportunity to pick up other aspects of the legal work that supports our company.  While the principal job will be as described above, there will be ample opportunities to broaden your wheelhouse here at Harvey!

This role is based in New York, N.Y. or San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.

What You Have

• A law degree from an accredited law school

• Admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction and able to practice in California or New York 

• 3+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience   ideally working in or for a technology company on the privacy and data protection aspects of the business. 

• Strong background dealing with data privacy (including with customers based in Europe) 

• Experience negotiating SaaS and/or general technology/ IP/ commercial data processing agreements.

• Ability to think creatively, function independently and work proactively in a fast-paced environment

• Team-focused and collaborative work style; willingness to build expertise and solve new challenges in an evolving practice

• Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Bonus qualifications include experience with AI, and a love for solving hard problems with a small tight-knit team.

Please find our CA applicant privacy notice here.

Compensation Range

$150,000 - $200,000 USD

Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are in the early innings of a generational company. Joining early at a hypergrowth startup has proven to lead to exponential growth in responsibility, access, and ability. Apply here today!