Privacy & AI Counsel

New York · Arizona-HQ · USD 122,500-200,000 · 3+ years experience · Onsite · Posted Sep 21, 2026

At a glance

Axon is looking for its second ever dedicated Privacy & AI Counsel to join the Legal team, reporting to the VP of Legal Product & Innovation.
In this role, you'll partner closely with product, AI, and employment teams to embed privacy and ethical AI into the core of Axon's products and operations.
Your guidance will help shape how Axon responsibly builds the future of public safety and justice technology.

Partner across teams to support privacy and AI compliance in Axon's products, global operations, and culture through scalable guidance and hands-on execution.
Counsel on ethical and legal considerations of obtaining, handling, and using AI training data and outputs.
Identify opportunities for and implement AI-augmented workflows, skills, and agents in the team's work.
Drive implementation of privacy principles across products and internal operations by advising on and owning key workflows: impact assessments, DSARs, DPAs, and third-party/sub-processor reviews.
Work closely with Axon's existing privacy counsel to build, refine, and implement privacy and AI processes.
Exercise sound judgment and strong self-direction within a fast-growing, global business.
Partner closely with relevant stakeholders to provide guidance during and after incident response and remediation.

JD, admission to and in good standing with at least one US state bar.
Minimum of 3 years of experience practicing privacy or data protection law, ideally advising on technology, SaaS businesses, or AI-related products in highly regulated industries.
Experience advising on privacy regulations globally (e.g., GDPR, US state privacy laws, PIPEDA, Australia's Privacy Act, LGPD).
Expertise advising on and implementing enterprise privacy via cross-border transfer mechanisms, intra-group data transfer agreements, and DPA drafting and review.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, distill complexity, and work collaboratively across teams while always upholding Axon's Win Right value.
Fluency and comfort applying AI tools, prompts, and agents to accelerate and improve operations.
Strong communication skills and a practical, solution-oriented mindset.

Required to be in-office 4x week (Tuesday - Friday) in Boston, MA, NYC, NY, Atlanta, GA, or Sterling, VA.