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Director, AIGoodwin • Santa Monica, CA, United States
Director, AI

Director, AI

Goodwin • Santa Monica, CA, United States
21 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

Goodwin is seeking a Director of AI to lead the design and deployment of proprietary AI models trained on localized datasets. This role will accelerate how our attorneys deliver value to clients by embedding AI into the heart of our practice. The Director of AI will set the technical roadmap, lead custom AI developments, and pioneer AI solutions and awareness across the firm. The ideal candidate will balance long-term AI solution roadmap planning with day-to-day engineering execution and hands-on technical oversight.

What You Will Do

  • Set proprietary models for a list of targeted use cases with documented accuracy, latency and ROI targets.
  • Stand up a secure AI data layer (feature store, vector DB, retrieval pipelines) over firm content with permissions-aware retrieval.
  • Develop auditable governance including model cards, evaluation harness, bias testing, and quarterly review with legal and information security.
  • Operationalize CI / CD models / agents, evaluations, observability, rollback and cost tracking.
  • Hire and mentor a blended team of machine learning, data and prompt engineers.
  • Partner with KM on domain taxonomies, embeddings strategies, and feedback loops to continuously improve models.
  • Work with general counsel and privacy operations on confidentiality, data retention, vendor due diligence and AI policy—aligning to Goodwin Model Risk Management and Responsible AI standards.
  • Lead end-to-end lifecycle including problem framing, data pipelines, model selection, fine tuning, evaluations, deployment, monitoring and iteration.
  • Architect RAG over privileged content with strict access controls. Implement safety layers including prompt hardening and output filtering.
  • Build evaluation and assurance reference sets from attorney-labeled data, offline / online A / B testing and human-in-the-loop review.
  • Own change management and adoption including training plans, playbooks and success metrics with named practice leaders.
  • Publish internal guidance on model cards, decision logs, and user guidelines.

Who You Are

  • Preference will be given to candidates with experience in regulated industries such as financial services, legal, or healthcare, where compliance, big data, and ethical AI practices are critical to success.
  • 10+ years building ML / AI products; 4+ years leading applied ML / LLM teams.
  • Hands-on with modern LLM stacks, vector search, orchestration frameworks.
  • Strong data engineering foundations (Python, PyTorch, Spark, SQL); MLOps (Docker, feature store, model registry).
  • Demonstrated experience with high-sensitivity data and regulated deployments (privacy, privilege and auditability).
  • Great stakeholder management skills with attorneys / partners and business leaders.
  • Proven record translating ambiguity into shipped systems.
  • Benefits And More

  • Flexible work arrangements and hybrid work schedule
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Retirement & Savings Plan
  • Emergency back-up child and adult care
  • Paid vacation, sick time off, and holidays
  • Professional development and career advancement opportunities
  • Employee recognition and reward programs
  • Employee wellness and assistance programs
  • Employee discounts and perks
  • Consistent with city and state fair chance hiring ordinances, an arrest and conviction record will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration. Goodwin Procter LLP is an equal opportunity employer. This means that applicants are considered without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other legally protected status. To request reasonable accommodations during the application or interview process, contact the Benefits Department (US) at 617-570-1800 or the Recruiting Department (UK / Germany) for location-specific accommodations. This position is not eligible for overtime. The target salary range varies by location and is commensurate with experience : $235,000.00 - $315,000.00.

    Seniority level

  • Director
  • Employment type

  • Full-time
  • Job function

  • Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries : Law Practice and Legal Services
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