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monday.com is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to advise on the legal and regulatory aspects of AI-powered products and technologies. This is a hands-on role within the global Legal-Tech team, working closely with Product, R&D, AI, Security, Privacy, Data, IP, Commercial, and cross-functional teams across the company.
Key responsibilities include:
- Advise on legal aspects of AI and technology products throughout their lifecycle—from ideation and architecture through development, testing, launch, and post-launch operations.
- Partner directly with Product, R&D, AI, Security, Data, and GTM teams to identify legal considerations early and embed legal-by-design principles into product development.
- Develop practical understanding of product architecture, data flows, model functionality, agents, integrations, user permissions, access controls, and retention policies.
- Assess how technical and product design choices affect legal, privacy, data, IP, regulatory, contractual, and operational risk; provide clear, actionable guidance to mitigate risks and maintain compliance.
- Translate complex technical, regulatory, and business issues into clear, practical legal advice for stakeholders, helping teams assess alternatives and design workable solutions.
- Advise on AI governance, responsible AI, AI risk management, regulatory requirements, product controls, and customer-facing disclosures for internal AI products and business applications.
- Support development and implementation of scalable AI governance frameworks, playbooks, review processes, and internal guidance, including workflows, controls, approvals, monitoring, and escalation processes.
- Identify emerging legal and regulatory developments in AI, data, digital technologies, SaaS, and technology regulation; translate them into practical business implications.
- Advise on general product legal matters including functionality, packaging, pricing, user/admin permissions, access controls, disclosures, notices, consents, and billing-related legal requirements.
- Contribute to protection and commercialization of company technology and IP, including advising on ownership, licensing, use rights, open source issues, and technology partnerships.
- Draft, review, and negotiate AI, technology, licensing, IP, vendor, partnership, and other strategic agreements.
- Support Commercial Legal team on strategic customer or partner transactions involving AI, technology, data, IP, or product-specific issues.
- Advise on company's internal use of AI across departments, including privacy, data, and legal requirements.
- Partner with Security, Privacy, IT, Procurement, Compliance, and business teams to assess and approve third-party AI tools.
- Provide practical support to marketing and go-to-market teams on AI and product-related claims, disclosures, positioning, and customer communications.
- Build knowledge, tools, and repeatable processes to enable the broader Legal team to handle recurring AI and technology questions efficiently.
- Serve as a source of expertise and guidance for other Legal team members; help raise overall team capability in AI and technology matters.
- Develop and deliver practical training, guidance, and enablement materials for cross-functional teams.
- Collaborate with Legal teams across global sites to promote consistent approaches to AI, product, privacy, IP, and regulatory matters.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Qualified to practice law in Israel.
- 5–8 years of relevant legal experience, preferably including in-house experience at a global technology, SaaS, or AI company.
- Meaningful experience advising on AI products, AI technologies, AI governance, or technology-driven products and services, from early design through launch and ongoing operation.
- Strong understanding of how AI and technology systems are designed and operated, including ability to engage substantively with technical teams on architecture, data flows, models, integrations, agents, and product functionality.
- Experience drafting and negotiating technology, AI, licensing, IP, vendor, partnership, and other strategic agreements.
- Ability to understand complex technical and business issues quickly and translate them into clear, practical legal advice.
- Ability to assess alternatives, identify trade-offs, and help design workable product or operational solutions.
- Comfortable operating independently in ambiguous and fast-moving environments, taking ownership from issue identification through resolution.
- Proactive; able to anticipate legal needs, identify gaps, and move matters forward.
- Collaborative; comfortable working directly with various stakeholders and challenging assumptions constructively.
- Able to manage shifting priorities and deliver high-quality advice at speed.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to influence technical, product, commercial, and senior business stakeholders.
- Natural teacher and multiplier who can share knowledge, develop practical guidance, and help other Legal team members grow.
- Experience working in a global organization strongly preferred, particularly experience collaborating across multiple jurisdictions and functions.
