Sr. Manager, Corporate Counsel - AI Compliance

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is a Fortune 100 global leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. From accelerating life sciences research and solving complex analytical challenges to improving patient diagnostics, therapies, and laboratory efficiency, we support customers across the scientific ecosystem.

With more than 120,000 colleagues worldwide, we deliver an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands. To learn more, visit

The Sr. Manager, Corporate Counsel – AI Compliance will provide strategic legal guidance on the development and use of AI-enabled products, services, and processes across Thermo Fisher’s global businesses. The role focuses on supporting innovation while managing legal, regulatory, and ethical risks associated with artificial intelligence and automated decision‑making technologies. This position is part of the Global Privacy and Technology Office, collaborating closely with business, digital, and compliance leaders.

Success in this role requires building strong relationships, working effectively across functions and time zones, and influencing through expertise and sound judgment in a highly matrixed organization.

This role can be based at one of the following US Thermo Fisher locations:
Hillsboro, Oregon (USA);
Raleigh, North Carolina (USA); or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA).

• Partner with colleagues in Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, IT, IP, HR, Commercial, and Regulatory functions to ensure that product development and business operations align with company policy and global AI requirements.
• Provide practical, business‑oriented legal advice on the use, development, and deployment of AI technologies, including risk assessment, documentation, and compliance with emerging AI regulations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements for AI‑enabled products, services, customer engagements, pilots, and supplier relationships, including terms addressing data use, confidentiality, service commitments, warranties, indemnities, liability, and regulatory responsibility.
• Partner with product, engineering, commercial, privacy, cybersecurity, IP, and regulatory teams to translate AI functionality, services descriptions, and customer commitments into clear and scalable contract terms.
• Maintain and leverage AI‑related templates, clause libraries, playbooks, guidance, and training materials to operationalize AI legal standards across business teams.
• Support multiple Thermo Fisher businesses (AIG, SDG, CCG, LSG, LPG, BPG) in identifying, assessing, and managing AI‑related risks in customer and supplier engagements.
• Advise and collaborate with the Global Privacy and Technology Office to enhance AI governance frameworks, streamline legal service delivery, and share best practices.
• Maintain and organize legally required documentation, ensuring readiness for audits or regulatory reviews.

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in legal, compliance, privacy, technology, product, or commercial contracting roles, ideally with significant exposure to AI, digital innovation, software, data governance, or technology‑enabled products and services.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial, technology, services, software, data, licensing, product, or customer‑facing agreements, including nuanced contract language for emerging products and services.
• Practical understanding of global data protection and emerging AI regulatory frameworks (e.g., EU AI Act, OECD principles, NIST AI RMF).
• Strong judgment, business orientation, and the ability to deliver clear, solution‑focused legal advice in complex or novel situations.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working across multiple time zones and in a matrixed global organization.
• Advanced English proficiency; additional languages a plus.
• Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or technology sectors desirable.

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