Avant is looking for a motivated, experienced attorney to lead legal support for privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), intellectual property (IP), and consumer litigation. This highly cross-functional role serves as the primary legal partner to Avant’s Privacy Officer and to the Product, Risk, Technology, and Data teams that build and use our data-driven products. The role also supports development of and manages Avant’s enterprise IP strategy, including protecting Avant CreditOS™, our proprietary credit decisioning platform, and oversees consumer claims and disputes. This role will be split across these areas, and the successful candidate will manage their time based on the needs of the business. Our new attorney will build strong relationships among teammates and business partners.
What you do at Avant:
Privacy & AI
Serve as the primary legal advisor for privacy and AI, supporting the design, implementation, and maturation of Avant’s privacy and AI governance programs, including policies, playbooks, impact assessments, and training.
Provide practical legal guidance to the Privacy Officer, Product, Risk, Compliance, and other teams on the collection, use, sharing, consent, and retention of personal and consumer data.
Counsel on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), state comprehensive privacy laws (including their financial data exemptions), state AI and automated decision-making technology (ADMT) laws, and emerging consumer financial data requirements.
Advise on AI, machine learning, and automated decision-making in credit underwriting, fraud prevention, marketing, servicing, and internal operations, including wiretap and call-recording laws as applied to AI-enabled tools.
Monitor new and changing laws, regulations, guidance, and enforcement activity, and translate them into concise, actionable guidance and compliance plans.
Draft privacy notices, consents, and terms of use, and negotiate privacy, data protection, and AI provisions in third-party agreements.
Coordinate with the Deputy General Counsel on the privacy implications of data incidents, as requested.
Intellectual Property
Support development, implementation, and management of Avant’s enterprise IP strategy, with a primary focus on trade secrets and trademarks.
Oversee and manage outside counsel supporting day-to-day trademark clearance, enforcement, maintenance, docketing, and monitoring, and manage related budgets.
Advise on branding, trademark licensing in co-brand and partner programs, and IP issues arising from AI and software development, including ownership of models and outputs, rights in training data, and open source software.
Draft and negotiate IP ownership, licensing, and confidentiality provisions in vendor, partner, technology, and data agreements as necessary.
Consumer Litigation
Oversee and support all aspects of Avant’s consumer litigation matters, subpoenas, and other disputes, including pre-litigation counseling, fact investigation, discovery, motions practice, arbitration, and dispute resolution in federal and state jurisdictions.
Work cross-departmentally with stakeholders to provide practical and strategic advice and counseling to help resolve disputes while balancing risk and business objectives.
Identify litigation and enforcement trends and potential areas of risk within new and existing products, and feed those lessons back into product design and privacy counseling.
General
Operate in a fast-paced environment, provide supportive leadership within our legal and compliance department, partner with the legal team and outside counsel on issues outside your expertise, and handle other tasks as assigned.
Efficiently manage outside counsel and operational budgets.
Why you are a fit
J.D. degree with 6+ years of legal experience, including meaningful experience in the following: privacy/data protection, intellectual property, and litigation, gained at a law firm, in-house legal department, or government…