Lenovo
Senior Legal Counsel, CTO Office
$176K–$270K
Morrisville, North Carolina · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of legal experience; 10+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience is also stated.
- Education
- Doctor of Law (JD); JD from a top tier law school preferred.
About the job
Provides strategic legal advice to Lenovo’s CTO organization on technology innovation, AI platforms, product development, partnerships, commercialization, and regulatory matters.
What you'll do
- Advise global business teams on legal issues involving AI, technology development, partnerships, transactions, and regulatory compliance.
- Identify and manage legal issues across the CTO organization’s development pipeline, and coordinate with other corporate legal functions.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executives and business teams, offering practical risk guidance for technology initiatives.
What they ask for
- Doctor of Law (JD).
- 10+ years of legal experience.
- Knowledge of legal topics relevant to technology businesses, including IP, commercial contracts, software, licensing, data rights, privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, and transactions.
- Experience advising senior executives of a large multinational corporation on strategic technology initiatives.
Nice to have
- Strong academic credentials; business, technical product, software, AI/ML, data platform, or engineering-adjacent background.
- Global collaboration, in-house and outside counsel experience, strategic alliances or research partnerships, or work in an R&D organization.
Pay
176,300–270,365 USD (annual compensation range; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
enterprise AI agents, model and agent platforms, AI/ML, AI software platforms
AI focus
Provides legal counsel for enterprise AI agents, model and agent platforms, AI governance, and responsible development and deployment of AI-related technology.
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