Manager/Senior Manager, Legal Technology and AI
- Seniority
- Senior
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
- Posted
- 5d ago
<p>Flagship Pioneering is a scientific innovation engine that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps in human health, sustainability, and beyond. </p> <p>What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our team of scientists, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and create breakthroughs for the benefit of people and planet.<br>Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.</p> <p>Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been named four times to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.</p> <h2>Position Summary</h2> <p class="s9">Flagship Pioneering is building a dedicated Legal Operations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>& Technology<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>function, and we are hiring a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>second<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Legal Technology and AI Specialist to help lead its hands-on build-out of AI-powered tools and workflows across the legal department. Reporting to the Director, Legal Operations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>& Technology, this role combines technical AI engineering skills with legal domain knowledge to design, implement, and maintain AI solutions that accelerate legal service delivery across the organization.</p> <p class="s9">Legal Operations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>& Technology<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is the engine that makes the legal function run<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>efficiently — owning<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the department's technology stack, process design, vendor relationships, and performance metrics. As a foundational member of this new team, you will translate that operational mandate into working technology, partnering closely with attorneys, the broader legal team, and stakeholders across Flagship.</p> <p class="s9">The ideal candidate brings strong technical fluency in AI/ML systems and a working understanding of legal operations gained through direct exposure to in-house legal work. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape how a leading life sciences and venture creation organization integrates AI into its legal function from day one.</p> <h3 class="s8"><strong><span class="s7">Key Responsibilities</span></strong></h3> <p class="s11"><span class="s10">AI Development and Implementation</span></p> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Build, configure, and deploy AI-powered tools and workflows for the legal team, including solutions for contract review, legal research, document drafting, compliance monitoring, and knowledge management.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Develop, test, and maintain prompt libraries and prompt engineering frameworks for generative AI systems used across the legal department.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Design and implement integrations between AI tools and the Legal Operations<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>&Technology stack (CLM, document management, matter management, e-billing).</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Prototype and iterate on AI-assisted workflows, moving from proof-of-concept to production deployment.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monitor emerging AI capabilities (including agentic AI workflows) and evaluate their applicability to Flagship's legal operations.</div> <p class="s11"><span class="s10">AI Governance and Quality Control</span></p> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Support the development and maintenance of internal AI usage policies and acceptable-use standards for the legal department.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Build quality control procedures for AI-generated legal work product, including validation protocols, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and output review standards.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Conduct technical risk assessments on new AI tools, evaluating for data security, confidentiality, bias, and hallucination risk before deployment.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Partner with Flagship's IT, information security, and data privacy teams to ensure legal AI tools comply with organizational security standards.</div> <p class="s11"><span class="s10">Process, Training, and Adoption</span></p> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Serve as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>go-to AI resource<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the legal team: design and deliver training sessions on effective use of AI tools, responsible prompting, and output verification.</div> <div class="s12">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Document and standardize AI-assisted workflows, c